Westville Presby Camp and Lordship study Oct. 14-7

October 14 & 15

This weekend I had the privilege of going to the camp with my church here in South Africa! Whoo!

I really enjoyed the weekend and it was really cool to see how we effected people's lives!

Ash and I worked as the children's workers, and we had 5 very special young ladies in our class :D They were all a handful, but each one of them was wonderful and really a pleasure to be with!

When we did have breaks, Ash and I were able to bond with the church body. It was really nice especially for me to remake some friendships from last year and start new ones. Probably besides doing a water games with the girls I really enjoyed a scavenger hunt that we did as a church. Everyone was on a different team based on their family and age groups. Funny thing was that there were only 3 or 4 on my team who were not considerably older or younger; so us for 4 did a LOT of running to get each target. It was really great getting to talk to the people on my team who I wouldn't normally have ever talked to, and it was cool to have that competive edge! My team did come in 3^rd place, but we would have come in 2^nd had we not gotten there only a few seconds late :(.

 

Later that night since there was no children's session got to go to the night time session, bonfire, and worship :D super awesome. Later played signs with some of my youth pastor's friends then later that night played mafia with the youth group. :D Good times!

Had fun teaching the girls about wanting more of God while the main service was learning almost the same thing :) It was definitely hard; had to stretch my knowledge to entertain all the kids for long periods of time, and It was very tiring, but it was TOTALLY worth it!

October 16 & 17

Classes started, but we have a new speaker, Wilson Goeda, who was the founder of YWAM Durban and handed it over to our base leader back in 2010. He is soooo enthusiastic! I don't know how I would be able to track him if I didn't have a laptop and could type! He just gets sooo excited about what we are learning that he begins speaking a million miles an hour!

This week we are discussing the Lordship of Christ. It is a really hard topic. In years past, Wilson mentioned that sometimes students have walked out because it is sooo hard to hear. It's all about giving God EVERYTHING and leaving no leaf unturned for Him. I was really convicted to put EVERYTHING on the table/alter for God to take or give. To some it might seem scary, but I actually find comfort in it that I am not in control, but God is! We keep mentioning how scary it must be for non-believers. I have no idea how they live life putting everything on their shoulders and carrying all that weight around! It's crazy how God is real and He wants to be incharge of our lives and our worries so we don't have to worry or be afraid! I really am enjoying this week's teaching!