Week 4 Airdrie

Going into this week our team knew it was going to be a big camp, around 75 campers. Kim was also not going to be with us this week, she was joining the other team in Coaldale. Instead we had another female coach from SEAC called Steph. She had volunteered last year at her own church but has never coached before so my team and I had to brief her on a lot of stuff the night before camp. Just planning for the week was a bit of a challenge for this camp simply because it was so big. Our camps are designed for 60 kids and it usually gets pretty messy after that. Throughout the week we had to adjust a lot of our games and had to do a lot of extra work because of the size of the camp. The week went by quickly but the days seemed long if that makes any sense. Camp was still a blast but yea, just a lot more tiring and exhausting.

One of the highlights of my week was in my small groups. I had a boy called Dustin in my group who told me he went to church. It was pretty confusing because I found out later that his mom and his grandma go to a mormon church, but his mom also goes to the Airdrie baptist church sometimes too. So I wasn't really sure on where he stood in his faith. But I found Dustin different from all the other Christian kids in my group, because he actually liked to pray. Everyday I would ask if anyone wanted to pray and only Dustin raised up his hand. Not only was he excited to pray but he was excited to share with me all the things he remembered from coach's corner. On the day I presented the gospel, I drew a picture. We tell the kids that we are all on the wrong team because we have sinned against God, and that means we are separated from him. But because God loved us so much he sent down Jesus to die for us to we didn't have to, and if we choose to we can now be on God's team. I explained that to the kids, and most of them were probably already hearing it for the millionth time. I told all the kids in my small group to close their eyes, and to raise their hand if they have already chosen to be on God's team, and everyone but Dustin raises their hand. I then asked them if anyone would be willing to be on God's team, and once again everyone raised their hand up again, including Dustin this time. So I prayed for lunch and then I told the kids, if they were serious about their decision to come find me at lunch. I've done this for 3 weeks, and no kid has ever stayed behind to talk to me or talk to me at lunch as soon as I tell them they can go eat. Halfway through lunch this wednesday though, Dustin taps me on the shoulder and says, "Coach crunch, I want to be on God's team". So I took him aside, and I had him explain to me, the gospel essentially, and he did. I made sure that he understood what he was about to commit too and what he was believing in. After going through all that, it was still a step he wanted to take, so I prayed with him and Dustin accepted the Lord that day!

So it would be awesome if you guys could pray for Dustin! Pray that God will nurture the seed that has been planted in him and that he will continue to grow!That he will continue to have this passion to learn more and to be on God's team!