today kind of started out like yesterday. us. a lot of time to plan for. and even more little kids with so much energy our heads kind of spin.
we did our usual devotional, water recreation, and craft time. then went for a nature walk through the woods and learned about the fascinating wildlife in the kolomoki campground. our group of girls just loved hearing about which leaves you can't touch and how to look for fat lighter on a dead pine tree.........yep. that hour was super fun.
however, tonight was something none of us could have planned for.
because of the amount of stuff we are having to do here we figured we would utilize the junior counselors and ask one of them to give a message to the older campers. i randomly asked one of the girls, abby, to do it and she agreed happily..
so she starts off with the lyrics "salvation is here and it lives in me" and the importance of living that out in our lives...in understanding that being saved leads us to be examples for other people..and that we aren't worthy of even having salvation so how wrong is it to not speak about our faith that we have so graciously been given when we have opportunities to.
she just really hit home and god spoke through her words in such a powerful way..we honestly did not see this coming. the usual "emotional" night is the light night and here comes abby with this awesome message and we really saw the kids come into a greater understanding of god.
our team has done some reevaluating of sorts and we know that to finish out the next two days and to serve the kids the way they deserve we have to go to god in prayer for all of the things we give to them. in planning devotionals, skits, games, spending time being weird with them. we just have to be doing this all out of an overflow of our fellowship and fulfillment with god.
so yeah. it was a great night. and we just thank god for all that he's doing in this camp.
favorite quote of the day-- " is hair actually a real part of your body?"- carly miles, age 6
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