This was certainly an action packed day. Today was stuffed
full of activities or the teens. They hiked to the falls, rode the zip line had
lake time. They also had a long break to do whatever they wanted. Several were
in the craft shop, in the creek, on the big swing, the big slide and on and on.
You name it, our kids did it. I’m glad they are taking in everything The Wilds
has to offer.
Most importantly they are having quality time with God.
Memory verses, Cabin Devotions, Chapel, Christian Life Seminars, God & I
Time and the evening service every day. I enjoy being with them during these sessions.
They help me every bit as much as the teens. One of my most favorite sessions
is the Christian Life Seminar.
I challenge you who read this update to ask your teen about
a few (or all) of these sessions listed above. See which one they liked best.
Ask them who the speaker was. Ask them what the message was about. Ask them
what God taught them during the session. Ask them about any decision they made
due to something they heard or learned during them. There is a lot of material
for quality spiritual conversation to be had. It will help them to put into
action at home the things they thought about or decided here when they have
their family members as their accountability partners.
Today’s Chapel service was “God Will Always Be With Us”. Teens
are Studying Joseph and using his life proving this fact that God will always
be with us like He was with Joseph.
Christian Life Seminar was taught by camp favorite Willie.
He spoke about the importance of not quitting church. He provided the statistics
of how many 20 year olds drift away from church after they graduate high
school. He gave many real life relevant points. I always appreciate and enjoy
the way Willie teaches.
The evening service with Steve Pettit dealt with Why You Must
Be Born Again. It was very good food for thought and several teens in the
service moved during invitation time. I hope someone accepted Him tonight.
Wednesday night always brings Fun Time after the evening
service. High quality, funny skits which are very entertaining. Every year they
us some sponsors in one of the skits on in some way. Usually to make fun of
them. Scotty got it this year. You can ask him what happened. After fun time
the teens got pizza, donuts and soft drinks if they wanted them with a sponsor
dunk contest. Scotty and I are too old to be eating pizza at 10:30 pm so we left
that to the younger stomachs.
