Red Rock Wrap Up

I had planned to end with two more video blogs about camp, but things got a little thrown off by the smashing and possible breaking of a big toe!  Said big toe is presently healing and going through a sunset of colours in the process...blue, purple, green, yellow and now almost back to normal.

Here is the final wrap up of my time at Red Rock!

Day 4: Chapel Theme - God Goes with You

In this chapel I looked at the roller coaster of emotions the disciples must have felt when Jesus died, came back to life, and then left them again.  How would it feel to know that your best friend, the one you gave up your job, friends and family for, the one who changed the way you look at EVERYTHING was willingly leaving you.  Imagine the excitement of finding out he had come back from the dead only to realize he wasn't sticking around.  But Jesus, in his wisdom, left them with these final words, "And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:20  Every single one of us has felt rejection, abandonment, fear.  We have all experienced what the disciples felt in some way or another.  And the truth is, God goes with you!  He is the only one who will never leave you or forsake you!

Day 5: Chapel Theme - Go by Faith

This was basically another version of my "Dream Big" talk.  I told campers that I really hate my alarm clock and often hit the snooze button multiple times per morning.  What would it look like to live a life you were so excited about that you never wanted to hit the snooze button?  What if you were so expectant of how God would use you and teach you each day that when the alarm went off you would bolt out of bed.  When our lives are only filled with boredom and distraction, we are not living the life God has for us.  He wants us to live a life that requires faith!  Is there anything in our lives that actually requires us to 100% believe and trust God?  Are we taking risks and stepping out of comfort?  Are we going beyond the walls of our home, church, school, etc?  God is "able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us." Ephesians 3:20.  Are we willing to step out and see how he wants to use us?

Overall, I had an amazing week at Red Rock.  Several campers made decisions to follow Christ and many more rededicated their lives.  One camper excitedly approached me and told me that she wanted to share her faith with a friend and realized that reading the bible for herself was the best way to do it.  It was like it dawned on her for the first time that the bible was actually a tool she could use to help her in her everyday life!  What an amazing truth.