Life Applications

Every day our Kampers are kept busy as they move from one class to the next. Smiles abound as they learn how to sail, blob and canoe for the first time. At the end of every class we circle up and talk about “Life applications.” Life Apps. are an explanation of how we can apply the event we just did to what God wants us to remember in life about Him. During life apps. counselors are often reminded why Scripture says we are to have faith like a child.

A few summers ago I spent a lot of time down at the dock and it was there that I heard my favorite Life App. When driving a group of younger girls on boats one day a little girl shared with me that she already had her Life App. prepared for the end of class. This little girl explained that the boat was God, the tube was her walk with God and the rope in between was prayer and reading the Bible (the things that connect her to God). She said that some days it’s really hard to stay on her walk because the waves (devil) are constantly trying to knock her off. She then said that she trusts the boat and knows it will not leave her alone in the middle of the lake, but that it will always turn around and pick her back up when she falls off. So simple. So true.



There are many many more stories just like this that have been shared by Kampers over the years. Often it seems that we as staff can learn more from kids than we think simply because of their innocent faith.

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