We arrived at Jonathan Creek!!!

Well after 2 1/2 hours of travel, or that's what we tell the students, we have made it safely to J-Creek!!! We were greeted at the gate by staff who prayed over our van and students, what a great way to start the week. We then departed our vehicles and did the typical camp things like, take our group picture, run through our church banner (which will appear on the morning celebration video in the morning), and played corn hole while Brent got us registered. We then got our gear stowed away in our "hotel rooms." Think about a regular size hotel room, now put 4 bunk beds, one cot, one air mattress, two chairs, and some random other pieces of furniture. You have that image in your mind yet? Now put 7 smelly Jr. High boys in it and three adults! At least it is air conditioned. We had some free time after we got here and the guys went swimming and the girls played volleyball. Smart move on the boys part! We then ate supper and made our way up to worship.

Our Camp Pastor this week is Dustin Schadt, from Louisville, KY. Tonight during worship he discussed the theme for the week which is washed. The key verse of the week is 1 Corinthians 6:11 which says:

"And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."

The question was asked, "What does it mean to be Washed? And the answer that the students learned tonight was that it was, "An act of God, by grace, to cleanse our hearts from the stain of sin." The students at this camp are in a lot of different spots in their lives. Some students are on fire for Christ and the decision that they are dealing with is where to faithfully serve. Some students are far from God and probably feel dirty on the inside but try to hide it from the world. The one essential truth is that the Gospel can wash each and every student from the inside-out through Jesus Christ. My prayer this week is that God will do remarkable things through each of these students, by the power of Christ. I pray that the Holy Spirit will come after the hearts of those students that have not been washed by the blood of Christ and that they will be washed for God's glory.

Well that was pretty much our day. The students are spending their last few minutes before curfew eating sorbets, playing ping pong, volleyball, and basketball, and pestering me while I type this blog. They all say hi and send their love to all of their parents, siblings, family, and friends. Please keep us in your prayers!