Recap Camp Wilds Day 5

Friday evening is coming to a close at Camp Wilds. By the time many of you read this we will be heading home. Staff was warned by the power company that power would be shut off from 8am - 11am this morning to permanently repair what caused our power outage on Monday. They changed the repair to 8pm - 11pm tonight which would be during our evening service. Thank the good Lord that He did not allow this distraction to occur. As of 11pm, we still have lights and AC !!!

We found out a snake had crawled into a main transformer, shorted it and took out power to three counties on Monday.

All of your kids are doing great, but I believe they are worn out and ready to get back home.

Tonight's service by Brother Ron DeGarde was taken from Matthew 9.
Do You Have A Heart For The HarvestThree Reasons God Has a Heart of Compassion1. Jesus saw the world's fainting condition
2. Jesus saw their final condemnation
3. Jesus saw the world's few compassionate

After this evening's service, we participated in the Fire Side Service. Be sure to have your teen explain this service to you if you don't know what I am talking about.

Today's Christian Life Seminar was excellent.
Friend or Foe. II Sam 13:1-3
What kind of friends do you hang out with?
What happens when you hang with the wrong friends?
1. You will be deceived
2. You will be defiled
3. You will be destroyed
4. You will be dead
5: You will be deserted

Chapel this morning continued the Principles of Powerful Living Part II

Teens had plenty of free time between services and their God and I time to enjoy the many activities at camp. Scotty and I joined them in tubing and they got us on the big slide. Great Fun!

I am done for the night, have to get up early to load. We will see you all Saturday evening.

Recap Camp Wilds Day 4

We enjoyed another beautiful day at Camp Wilds.

A couple of quick things I forgot during the Wednesday update. First a big thank you to those who mailed cards to the teens. It is a huge blessing to the teens. That is not coming from me either. That is coming from the teens themselves. I had a couple of our older teen guys actually bring theirs to me so I could read them.  The mail is a very welcomed sight for each of them. Your encouraging words are truly a help to them. So thank you again for supporting our teens in that way. (Thanks from me and Scotty as well. Your words for us were uplifting and a welcomed reminder of home.)

Now I forgot what the second thing was from yesterday that I wanted to say... maybe it will come to me.

In my defense, it is now 11:47pm and we literally just got off the zipline with Matthew N., Laken, Kendall and Chris.

I am going to take Thursday's update in reverse order.

We just finished a fun time, open Night Big Swing and ZipLine. Stations for pizza, doughnuts, drinks, Cool Beans, putt putt & basketball. Right before that was an awesome group game called Tic Tac Go. Your kid can tell you about it.

Tonight's service was once again very good. Several of the teens have stated how consistently good all of the services have been and how each service has helped them in some way. Scotty and I were saying the same thing. God has used each service to either convict or help us as well. To God be the Glory,  great things He has done...and is doing.

Portrait of Powerful Prayer
  Characteristics of a Prayer WarriorWarrior
1. They Believe the Promise of Prayer
2. They Believe the Power of Prayer
3. The Perception of Prayer

Earlier this afternoon the teens enjoyed the County Fair. This has many fun games on the field and activities

This morning, Chapel was on Principles of Powerful Living taken from Romans 12: 9-13.

Scotty and I then attended a mens' sponsor session: From Panic to Praise, God Opens the Red Sea. Exodus 14.  At this time,  the teens were on their "God and I" time.

Thanks to Amanda, Grayson, Salem, Chad, Jason, Erin, Lisa & Michael for visiting today. They timed their arrival perfectly for the Family Reunion time. This is a time where Scotty and I get to gather all of the teens together in one spot. We get to hear from them, what help they have received so far, services that touched them or just basically whatever they want to share with us and the teens group.

As Scotty told them during Family Reunion, the week is not over. God still has something for each of them. Please continue to pray that every teen will be receptive and obedient to what God wants of them.

 As I look at the clock, Friday has snuck up on me. Morning comes quickly at Camp Wilds!

Three of our teens participated in the teen choir (VERY Proud of them !) You get to play "Where's Waldo". See if you can spot our three teens. Your hint: 1 guy and 2 ladies.

Camp Wilds Photos

Here are a few photos from some different areas @ Camp for those of you that have never been there.

Playing Field (Playing Air Ball)

Water cannons @ the creek

The Chapel

Recap Camp Wilds Day 3

A big hello to everyone! Not to be a broken record, but the Lord blessed us and the teens with another beautiful and blessed day at Camp Wilds.

We have had a very busy day today and I believe my age is starting to show. Knees hurt, back hurts, found those muscles that thought I would never find them again. I worked them hard and now they are fussing back. Anyway, enough about that...

I attended the Christian Life Seminar this morning with our teens. It was great! Scotty and I were not able to yesterday due to meetings that we were scheduled to attend. Willy Parton spoke on:
Defeating Temptation1. Determine to Escape Temptation
2. Defend Your Heart
3. Delight in the Word of God
4. Depend on God's Grace

We got enjoy a hotdog picnic on the field with our teens for lunch. They played a new group game called AirBall and then many, many activities that they were able to choose.

I went to each and asked them what there one favorite thing has been so far:
Matthew Norman: Big Ball
Alex: Services / Tubing
Matthew Waddell: 3 Ball
Chris: Fishing
Travis: Tubing
Issac: Tubing
Kendall: Christian Life Services
Laken: Christian Life Services
Lauren: Tubing
Sarah: Big Slide
Courtney: Big Slide
Mackenzie: Tubing
Harley: Cabin Mates
Katie: Tubing
Melanie: Big Swing
Ashlyn: Big Swing
Christina: ?
Angel: ?

Last night I stated that the message was gun barrel straight and hard. Tonight I will add hot. Brother Ron delivered a solid gospel message on Hell.

Hell, A Place of the Damned.  Luke 16:19-31
1. Reality of a Place Called Hell
2. Residence of a Place Called Hell
3. Report from a Place Called Hell
4. Rescue from a Place Called Hell

This was a very convicting message and I am glad our teens were able to hear it. I pray that God will use it to change the lives of everyone of our teens!

Sorry for the long update. Its been a busy day and there's alot to talk about.

Thanks to Tim and Stephanie for visiting today.

I'll shut up now. It is 11:02 and Scotty is already over there in his bunk wanting me to turn the lights off ; )

Recap Camp Wilds Day 2

Tuesday Update

We have been blessed with another beautiful today in the mountains of North Carolina. Weather was sunny and cool with a nice breeze all day. God has blessed!  No power outages today which is another blessing. We take it for granted until it is missing.

All of your teens had another exciting day of fun and we trust spiritual growth & help. We make our rounds several times each day catching up with each one during their activities. Smiles abound.

Scotty and I just got back to our dorm room after this evening's service. It is 10:47 as I type on my little bity keyboard on the phone. Our speaker this week is Ron DeGarde.  Though we expected no less, and prayed weeks before this trip, he has proven to be an excellent speaker touched by God. His message tonight was gun barrel straight and hard.

His message was taken from Joshua 6. What Happens When You Decide You Can Cover Yourself. No One Is Above Hidden Sin.
1 The Pathway of Hidden Sin (Your eyes connect straight to your heart)
      Teens' Practical Application: Media (TV, Internet, Movies, Music etc)
2 The Price of Hidden Sin
3 The Purging of Hidden Sin

Great, great service!   Many teens responded tonight, to the glory of God!

We hope you are enjoying the updates to the blog, and we hope it is a help to you. I am going to continue to give you daily updates,  but I will slow down on the number of pictures. We want to save a few surprises for the Sunday night power point presentation.

Good night or good morning, whatever it may be when you are reading this.

Dale

Wilds Photos Day 2

God and I Time

Click on  Photos for larger View

The Dining Hall

Recap Camp Wilds Day 1

We ended up going through last nights service with no power. They had a generator to power the sound system and one spot light. Went well.  Speaker did a good job also. He spoke on what kind of soil is your heart for God to throw the seed on.

Staff did a great job with the make shift lighting. Everyone was able to get back to their areas with not much problems. We had no more than made it back and the power came back on. So power was off from about 5:30 to 10:30.

After big balls and before the service MANY were washing off in the creek. Several of our girls did as well!

Be sure to check back around 7:30 for photos from today!

Wilds Photos Day 1

Here is some more photos from Day 1, to get a larger view simply click on the photo.

Power is out in a 3 county radius, so this is what's running camp, hope to have it on by midnight

Lauren, Laken, and Kendall in the black

Annual first game to kick off camp BIG BALL

Wilds Photos Day 1

Entire Group in one van!  Are they trying out to be clowns in a circus or are they at camp?

Camp Wilds Day 1

They have arrived safe and sound to camp. Check back in a couple of hours for photos, and don't forget to keep the teens and leaders in your prayers this week!

VBS June 18-22

Hey Guys this is just a reminder that we are having Vacation Bible School this week from 6:30-8:45.  We hope to see yall there!

Incentive Trip

Don't forget that we will be leaving the church @ 8:30am this Saturday to go to the Whitewater Center.  And I just want to say congratulations to all of you that are going you deserve it!  Hope everyone has fun!