So this week as flown by so fast! kids at camp are always so much fun to talk to and just be able to get to know. It did get difficult sometimes with their being so many kids at the camp (70 kids!!) and also many workers, so lots of the kids would try to spend time around whats more familiar to them, like their cabin leaders, but me and Sarah were still able to get to know a few of them! It was just so cool to see the enthusiasm that was placed inside these kids hearts. Many of them made it their goal to use up every second of spare time to read and finish their lessons to be able to get more lessons and prizes. Since we were staying at the camp and constantly being around these kids also made it easier for them to be able to come to us with their lessons, there were quite a few times where I would be in the bathroom and they would be waiting for me outside with smiles on their faces and lessons in their hands! They would also come knock on our cabin door wanting to give in their next lessons or say a memory verse (that usually wasn’t off the book mark but from the lessons like genesis 1:1), so after the first three kids that came knocking on our door, we just decided to either sit outside or have our door open.
As a kid I used to go to camp, but forgot about the lifestyle of everything, and going back their and experiencing that all over again was so much fun! Chapel time and a the campfires really brought back so many memories!
Something that sorta scared me upon arrival was that we were asked if we were the speakers. Now I’m 16 years and I don’t think I could say 5 years ago that I was going to be a speaker at a camp. But after a while being known as the speaker began to fade and I got used to it. well, then as we were walking to the beach, an LIT (leader in training) said to one of the kids that was asking about what they were going to do at campfire that night “we’re going to listen to Sarah and Anja preach to us” well Fantastic! I am now a Preacher! who can say they were 16 years old and a preacher? not too many. Join 5-day clubs everyone! easy way to check of being a preacher off your list!
Anja Petker
My name is Anja Petker, I am fifteen years old and in grade ten. This year is my second year of teaching 5-day clubs. One of the main things I'm looking forward to is being used by God to share His amazing love with children in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Please pray for: • confidence to share Gods word without embarrassment • health • to grow in my relationship with the Lord