This weekend we were blessed with wonderful weekend of ministry to our Junior High Students. We had almost 300 people with us, with a great outpouring of support from leaders allowing us to average 1 leader for every two students! The staff led the students through John 17 “Jesus last wish for his children.” We discussed unity and biblical forgiveness and had a real out pouring of the Holy Spirit.

A couple quick highlights:

• A student who came to RHG for several weeks before camp made a first time decision for Christ this weekend.
• A High School student leader led a new junior high student to Christ during free time
• A student called his mom immediately following the sermon on forgiveness and in tears apologized!
• One of our leaders at this camp had come to Christ at this same camp in Junior High with us nine years earlier! Now she was with us leading other girls to follow Christ
• 0 % of kids who attended camp said that they had made some spiritual decision this weekend.
• 10 students gave their hearts to Christ for the first time

At the end of one of the last sessions kids wrote down responses to three prayers – Read through a few of the things they wrote down…

• God help me to forgive…..
• Help me to forgive all that have and will wrong me
• So many people in my life especially my friends because I know they talk behind my back.
• My stepdad for hurting me. I give this to you lord.
• My mother and help us to get along
• Forgive my dad for doing everything he has done and for hurting me and my family and himself
• Help me to be nice to my mom and forgive her
• Help me to forgive the guy that did things thank you know about that has scared me.
• Forgive me for being mean to my parents
• Help me to forgive and love my brother
• Forgive my father for all the things he did. Help me to forget about all the stuff he did.
• God please forgive me for….
• Help me to worship more fully and forgive me when I haven’t
• Spreading gossip
• Not trusting you
• Not being strong in my Christianity like I could and living my life without thinking of you at all.
• I’m sorry for my sins. I covet, cursed, and didn’t put you as the center of my life.
• For not honoring my parents and not being fully devoted to you, and not sharing your word when you gave me chances to do that.
• Being unthankful and impatient with other.
• Being disrespectful to my parents
• From being angry for trying to settle it with violence.
• Forgive me when I gossip when I hurt others when I forget you
• For not praying
• For cussing, lying, yelling
• Not reading your word enough
• My inability to stay in your word and for my disrespect for my peers
• Yelling at my grandma
• Judging others
• Being selfish
• Jesus, Thanks you for…
• Everything in my life, my house, my family,
• All of the friends have made here at camp
• Winter camp
• Thank you for this spiritual weekend where I could grow closer to you
• All you’ve given me, my friends, family and a new life
• This awesome opportunity here at camp

Praise God for His work in the lives of these kids!

Mike Reed is the Director of Student Ministries @ MBC Loudoun