7 years ago
Oct 7, 2006
Posted by
Mark
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Saturday, October 07, 2006
The last three days I have been helping out with a mid-high camp for Okinawa Christian School International (OCSI). Most of the kids aren't Christian so don't let the name fool you. A lot of people send their kids there so that they will learn english better than in a Japanese school.
The camp was loads of fun. We went up north, near Nago, for the first two days and spent the third day down on a beautiful beach. Aaron got to give a message around the camp fire the last night. It was really good. He wanted to talk about love but the theme of the camp was perseverance. He reconciled this by making a message called true love perseveres. He talked about how much Christ persevered for us and how that kind of perseverance is impossible without true love. It was so good. I couldn't believe how much God was doing that night.
I know the kids in my group were really touched by Jesus' love for them. One kid said through teary eyes, "I knew all the right words, I knew what He did, I knew it all, but I never realized how much it cost. How much He persevered. Just for me." I was almost crying when I was talking to my kids.
The prayers for the camp were definitely heard by God, and answered in great ways.
...walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
— ephesians 5:2
The camp was loads of fun. We went up north, near Nago, for the first two days and spent the third day down on a beautiful beach. Aaron got to give a message around the camp fire the last night. It was really good. He wanted to talk about love but the theme of the camp was perseverance. He reconciled this by making a message called true love perseveres. He talked about how much Christ persevered for us and how that kind of perseverance is impossible without true love. It was so good. I couldn't believe how much God was doing that night.
I know the kids in my group were really touched by Jesus' love for them. One kid said through teary eyes, "I knew all the right words, I knew what He did, I knew it all, but I never realized how much it cost. How much He persevered. Just for me." I was almost crying when I was talking to my kids.
The prayers for the camp were definitely heard by God, and answered in great ways.
...walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
— ephesians 5:2
