PYV East Camp - Day Three

Daniel Turcato has provided the blog posts through East Camp 2018. Thanks Daniel. 

After a big day 2, our final day at East Camp ’18 was likely to see a lot of tired campers and leaders.  Despite this, day 3 turned out to be an amazing day and probably my favourite day on camp so far!  After our day started again with early morning prayer and breakfast, we had our final session which was primarily about the Bible’s teaching on words. 

Nick taught us about how words are incredibly powerful and how the words of others are important.  We were challenged to not only be careful of not using negative words but also to be deliberate in using our words to encourage.  The old phrase “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all” is only half the picture!  We should be aiming to build each other up as well.  We were also challenged to be good listeners and to view the words of others as important.

Our session today also included a panel of leaders answering questions submitted to an anonymous question box.  There were a number of really honest and genuine questions from the campers.  These were answered with Godly wisdom from the Bible by Nick, our speaker, and Dean and Sandy, our leader’s chaplains.

Following session we squeezed in some morning tea, packing up and then went into our study groups.  These seemed to go really well with the kids really engaging with the topic of words.  Then after the studies and lunch, we had an opportunity for campers to have a time set aside to spend time with God.  These quiet times are invaluable and we have encouraged our campers to continue this on into the week ahead.  Maybe you can grab a copy of the camp booklet, have a read and help encourage your child to continue on –even join them in doing the quiet times!  On camp we have found it was a real blessing to see leaders and campers doing quiet times together, studying God’s word and praying together.

As camp finished, the leaders expressed how there was a lovely spirit at the camp.  All campers were very well behaved and joined in the activities with enthusiasm.  On behalf of PYV, thank you for your partnership in gospel ministry for youth.  We look forward to future opportunities to continue this work!