July 15, 2012

• CEF camp

  Last month a bunch of us headed to Asheville for the North Carolina CEF state training.  The 11-day training included learning how to teach a 5 Day Club, going to an apartment complex for an outreach, and doing a week of 5 Day Clubs.

  I’m actually at Camp Good News volunteering in the kitchen (will be here for four weeks…this week in the kitchen and the others as a counselor).  We have 30 boys here ages 7-9.  So far so good.  Looking forward to seeing what God is going to do here.  The morning chapel times are about Daniel, and the evening chapel times are about New Testament and modern-day martyrs.  The Gospel is shared every day and counselors are encouraged to have one-on-one conversations with the children. More on Camp Good News later.

  Here are the pictures from CEF camp.

  

  Part of the Charlotte chapter ready to head to camp!

  

  We four had our own teams we were in charge of. 

  

  After session time, people practiced their lessons and then had to say them for their counselors.

  

  As interns/staff, we had more than one opportunity to teach some sessions and to demonstrate parts of a 5 Day Club (Bible lesson, Bible verse, missionary story, etc.).

  

  Jennifer and I taught a session on how to teach teens.  Something we really like to do is analogies with an application.  The middle picture lists some of our favorite analogies. If you want to know what they are, I can send them to you in a message. Maybe I’ll put them in another post sometime.

  

  Jen working with her team

  

  The juniors working on their missionary story and Christopher giving a demonstration

  

  The first half of the week is spent mostly in sessions.  The second half of the week is spent practicing, doing practicums, and actually going out to do a 5 Day Club.

  

  Practicums

  

  Our sweet cabin.  About 12 of us fit in this cabin.  It was nice being in a small cabin because it was easy to keep clean and we all got to know each other pretty well.

  

  We found these poor bunnies outside one day, so some of the staff took care of them. 

  

  Half-way through camp, we went to an apartment complex and did an outreach. 

  

  

  Sharing the Gospel with people of all ages

  

  It never ceases to amaze me how many times the ice cream truck will come by while we’re either teaching a 5 Day Club or doing an outreach.  This time was no exception.  However, none of the kids wanted ice cream and stayed to listen to the rest of the Gospel presentation.  Praise God!

  

  Knocking on doors and Christopher sharing the Gospel

  

  We did manage to have some fun in between all the sessions and studying.

  

  These children were the sweetest little things!  Their parents went through the training, so we took turns watching the kids.  They became our new best friends.

  

  The Charlotte Chapter (minus one) and with the regional/state director and his wife.

  

  

  Staff/Interns and the NC Christian Youth in Action group

  

  

  Our annual/traditional Wescott face

  

  All four of our clubs

  

  

  It was a great camp and our 5 Day Clubs went really well. We did three weeks of clubs and are now going to be here at Camp Good News until mid-August. A post on the 5 Day Clubs will be coming up.  We had some GREAT kids to teach and are thankful we live in a country that allows us to speak about the Lord Jesus.

   

   

   

   

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