Village Bible Church || Aurora | Indian Creek | Sugar Grove | IL

This week has truly been about learning about how big our God is! We have seen him work in tremendous ways. In chapels we have worked our way through the Gospel Banners (God, man, the fall, the offer, Jesus and the response) and we have seen a couple campers take those points to heart. Two campers have professed to have accepted the offer. Their names are Kylee and Riley. Please pray for them as they live out that decision.

The campers have finally overcome homesickness which is great because they are opening up more with the counselors, but it also means that they are hyper and rambunctious. We are seeing Satan try to distract us as we learn about the Armor of God. Today in chapel we were interrupted by a moose walking by the window! We all stopped to look out the window and came back together. Not something we are used to, but it somewhat common here.

The rest of the week were are focusing on our theme of the Armor of God and fighting the spiritual battle. We are definitely fighting that this week! We have all been challenged, counselors included, to memorize Ephesians 6:10-18 and it may be harder for the us! It's been wonderful to see the campers hide God's Word in their hearts and it's been good for us to do so as well.

Megan has a camper who is hungry for God's Word in a way that we all should be. As she goes to bed at night and sometimes wakes up earlier than the other campers she asks if it's okay to read her Bible. Her name is Lydia, and Lydia even spends Flop on Bunk (the counselor's favorite time of day!) reading the Bible and memorizing verses. She's memorized all the verses and has read through Genesis 48 this week. Lydia has kept coming up with really deep questions about what she's reading and is truly hungry for the Word!

We've had a ton of fun getting to know the kids and just spending time with them has helped them open up. The first day none of them would talk and that's not really a problem anymore. We have camp-wide activities every night and last night was the campers' favorite/counselor' least favorite game. It was the counselor hunt and three of our own were found. As a penalty for being caught by a camper a counselor is pushed into the lake. Melissa, Chuck and Vic were all found, but Chuck took Melissa's punishment. We're really learning about sacrifice! :)

Today is the first truly sunny day and it's amazing to be in God's creation and to help these kids see the world in light of what God has done. It's been a wonderful blessing to be here and to be supported by your love and prayers.