The Oldest Kids Are Amazing

I don't think I really need to say anything else. They're great.

Seriously.

Alright fine, I'll elaborate :P

While there are occasional disciplinary issues, we laugh them off and always manage to get through the lessons and such. They always get involved in the discussions (which is good, because otherwise it would be less a discussion and more a lecture) and participate in the activities.

The best part is that they're all at that point in their lives where any questions they have about God are really deep. I'm hoping they start asking them soon though, because they haven't done alot of that so far. They all grew up in the church, and for the most part are strong in their faith, which is a really refreshing thing to see in the younger generation.

I made it my goal to get them to pray as often as possible this past week, and to my pleasant surprise they all were totally up for this! I even had one camper receive a vision from the Lord during Jesus Time, a vision that was encouraging to him AND to me.

They're also super helpful- one of them, a master pianist (no joke, this kid's infinitely better than any of the staff!) likes to help out with Jesus Time on a regular basis. Another is always asking to help with the clean up at the end of the day, doing dishes, helping take out trash, etc. I even have one camper who took the "Going to the wading pool with the little kids" punishment and starting begging to be put in there so he can help with them! Strange, innit?

So that's my praise report for this week. :)