CFL KIDS' CAMP 2009

It never ceases to be amazing the volume of volunteers that make Champions For Life Kids' Camp such a success. The picture above are the volunteers from week 1. This is doubled week two to make a small army. We took 62 children the first week, followed by 61 children the second week.

In the words one of our campers:
"It is so so so much fun. It helps me with my problems. "

In a letter to God another camper wrote:
"Thank you for helping me forgive and forget the past. I love you Jesus, you are my super hero!!"
Below is the campfire where we ask Jesus to burn the pain of our past memories. The campers took time to write down their pain on a piece of paper, rip it up and place it in the pot. We then ask Jesus to burn the pain of the memories of our past, while we symbolically burn the papers in our bonfire. One young boy described it as "God tickling his heart"
We had many wonderful new additions to our camp this year. The owner of Michelle's shoe store came up to camp, measured every child's foot and fitted each one with a new pair of shoes. One boy was drawing a Nike sign on his shoe earlier in the week to make his shoe look better so you can imagine his thrill to get a new pair of shoes. Many of the girls wanted to wear their new shoes with their formals to their birthday party. Another addition was our princess party and boot camp. While the boys were taught how to be a soldier of the Most High God, the girls learned that they are all princesses because they are daughters of the King of Kings. Below is a picture of our princess party.
In God's word pure religion is described as this: to remember the fatherless. Each and every year this camp grows through the faithfulness of God. We are so grateful to the hundreds of volunteers that are willing to lay down their life for one week to love a child. The fruit of this endeavor is tremendous. Many of our staff and volunteers follow up throughout the year and keep in contact with these campers, encouraging them and speaking into their lives.