Remembering Who Jesus Is...

Yesterday we got home after spending 4 days in this beautiful location on youth camp. As many of you will know, camp is my biggest event of the year, and work on it starts in January. This was my third year organising camp, and I feel like I've finally got into the rhythm of how it goes. My first year, I was so stressed trying to make every thing perfect, and then got upset when things didn't go to plan. Last year, I was in the sad situation of dealing with grief and a trip to the UK for two funerals directly before camp started. I didn't have the time or energy to micromanage everything, and so I was forced to let go and just trust that things would work out. In his great mercy, God blessed our time last year, and I learnt that I didn't need to hold on to things quite so tightly. I also faced additional challenges this year with the surgery on my elbow, but I learnt from last year, and worried about the things I could control, and didn't stress about the things I couldn't.

I am so thankful for all that God did at camp this year. We were looking at the I Am statements from John's gospel, and it was such a great reminder of what Jesus says about himself. It was such a great encouragement to me as I was preparing the Bible studies, to see what Jesus says, and how he proves it with his actions. It was also really encouraging to see the young people, listening and getting stuck into the Bible. In total 27 people went to camp, including 14 teenagers (aged 11-20), 3 languages, 6 nationalities and 3 churches. We had a couple of new teenagers come this year and they settled in really quickly. In a small country like Slovenia, these young people don't know many other Christian teenagers and so camp is a really good time for them to come together and encourage one another. Please pray for all the young people who came, that they would remember what they learnt and that they would keep looking Jesus - the bread of life; the light of the world; the gate; the good shepherd; the resurrection and the life; the way, the truth and the life; and the true vine.