LEADERSHIP SEMINAR IN ROMBLON

Every year during Holy Week (the week before Easter, for those who may not know) I go with my hosts Mirlo and Gloe, founders of the LAMP Christian Development Center and LAMP Christian Fellowship church (someday I will feature their story) to Gloe’s home town Calatrava, Romblon, for church meetings, a Leadership Seminar of some sort, and a Youth Camp.

This year the Leadership Seminar was 3 days, with a commissioning of leaders at the conclusion. 7 teams from different communities were commissioned, including two from the Manila area that took the overnight boat and hour trip over rough roads to attend.

The town mayor attended when he could, and the Philippine Ambassador to Iraq attended most of the sessions, being on leave from his post for a few days.

More photos in the gallery on our web site www.eagles-wwj.org

SUMMER YOUTH CAMP

HUNGRY for the WORD

We just completed the 9th Annual Summer Youth Camp in Calatrava, Romblon, Philippines, sponsored by LAMP Christian Development Foundation. I think I have been a speaker at all of these camps! Last year I became the Camp Organizer and Advisor, heading up our team of Camp Masters who plan and execute the camp. More photos in the gallery at our web site: www.eagles-wwj.org.

Basic data:
Just under 80 participants attended the full three days.
We had seven teams of 10 or more
Ages ranged from 9 - 27 (yes, it’s not a typo!).
We had worship, teaching, more worship, testimonies, more worship, games and contests, more worship . . . You may rightly discern that we did a lot of worship! They had morning devotions together, each camper was personally prayed over.

Camp Theme: Winners Never Quit!
Theme Day One: I am a Child of God (loved and adopted)
Memory Pledge for the day: Today I will live as a Child of God for the Spirit of God gives witness that I am a Child of God (Romans 8:16)
Theme Day Two: Palace Life (what a child of God does)
Memory Pledge: Today I will remember to play the game of life as a winner, no matter what the past, no matter what the circumstances, for I am more than a conqueror through Jesus Christ (Romans 8:37)

13 of the participants received the Lord and were baptized Saturday afternoon.

Among other things, they competed in games for highest team score. One of the favorite games was where they had to find names, stories, or information in the Bible - it was a scavenger hunt of sorts, because not every translation contains the same words, and they were looking for English and Tagalog languages as well as the different translations. I’ve never seen young people so eager to seek out the Word of God!

Lots of hard work, long hours for 3 days but well worth it!

--HK--