Northland Mission.Camp Trip 2007

Our teens are officially Northland Campers now! After a restful morning (Camp staff schedule allows a late morning) we hit brunch at 10am. The teens were already getting excited as Staff meeting cranked up, and from outside, they could hear the cheers of counselors and operational staffers getting pumped about the week. After brunch we headed to our morning devotions, where we wrapped up our study of Nehemiah. Our study finished with the emphasis on the Word of God and the revival that took place in the Israelites when they respected and honored it. Our teens got it! They were broken as they shared how much they needed God’s word to be real to them this week–how much they needed to respond as if God was talking to them directly (which He is.) Our morning devotions got us ready for what’s to come this week.

After devotions, we headed back to our rooms. They were in need of some attention to get them ready for campers coming in a few hours. We spent the remainder of the morning and beginning of the afternoon hopping back and forth between the laundry room changing loads and our rooms scrubbing, dusting and vacumming. We got everything better than we found it, and moved our stuff out.

We all piled into the registration area and the teens got medicines turned in. Then it was out the door to meet thier counselors. We requested some great counselors for our teens that are already doing a great job. Our team moved thier stuff into thier dorms and had free time till thier team meetings followed by dinner.

Family Feud cranked up after dinnger to get all the information out about the games activities, rules, and just stuff around the campsite. Players buzzed in to guess what some of the best activities at Norhtland are.

The game of the evening was Home Run on the Range. Players throw a set number of balls as far as they can out into the field and make it around as many bases as they could before all the balls got brought back into home plate. Its a crazy game, and our team jumped right in and had a blast.

The service started us out on a great note. The singing and special music was powerful and God focused and we were ready to hear God’s word preached from Will. He preached out of Psalm 119, drawing us to our total and utter dependance on God. The message was Quicken Me, O Lord. We need to be made alive, brought back to new life by our God. He gave us 5 reasons why we should pray Quicken Me.
Quicken Me, O Lord, because…

Will closed the service by asking the counselors to take thier cabin and share together what they needed God to Quicken them in. They then prayed together as a cabin for God’s quickening power to be on thier lives.

It was a powerful service. Praise the Lord for His working so far in preparing hearts.

Pray for honesty when our teens are confronted with truth and wills that want to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!