Camp Rocks!

hey everyone! finally decided to get myself a few free moments to post here. I don't really know where to start! the worship was by far the best i've experienced at camp or anywhere else for that matter. it really was awesome to have kids pouring their hearts out for God in amazingly HOT conditions. i think it was on monday night after worship i could just shake my head and sweat would just pour everywhere. I also think that worship was great just to give everything to God before he would give it right back in ministry time. I was able to pray for 2 kids that came to the Lord and it felt great to welcome more kids into the kingdom! i was also able to pray for and minister to many other kids throughout the week. God also got a hold of me and now i feel like he really is with me everyday and right there telling me to come back to him and to be his servant. GOD IS SO AMAZING i'm reminded of that daily and i LOVE it. i don't see how i could ever turn away from his greatness. "You are good. all the time, You are good."

-jonathan lind

More Pictures

Hey Vineyard Camp people, what an awesome week we had and I was so blessed by all of you. The Lord is awesome and do not let the work that he did in your lives go un-noticed..

http://community.webshots.com/album/414033338mKitbu

There are pictures from my camera (before it broke) and the great works of Austin P.

Open Discussion

Hey Folks,

Lets have a discussion open to all Vineyard Camp attenders.

The question, "How can we keep this excitement this move of what God is doing going even when we are not at Vineyard Camp?"

What are some of your idea's? What do you think we can do individually and as leaders to keep the momentum going?

We welcome your comments.

Dave

Started Photo Page

You can now access photo's of Vineyard Camp 2005 at the link to the right. I am slowly uploading photo's so there is more to come.

Also if you have photo's to share make sure and get them to me on a CD-ROM so I can upload them.

Have fun and keep the posts coming.

Dave

Comments for All

Hey Campers and Blog viewers alike,

I wanted to post the comments that we have already received about Vineyard Camp 2005.

I am also in the process of sending out the invites to those of you who have requested so that you can opost your thoughts and testimonies right on the front page.

Below are some of the first comments we have received:


Aimee said...
Camp was the coolest thing in the entire world last week. But remember nothing grows on mountain tops. We had a great experience last week and many many good things happened. We had a "mountain top" experience...But now many of us have come down from that and are back to living in the valley. But this is where we grow in God not on the mountain. So don't think that just because we are back doesn't mean that God can't do the things He did at camp. Expect the impossible! Rock and Roll Make it Work! RIGHT ON!
6:17 PM





Jesus Freak said...
I always look forward to camp, every year. It is my favorite time of year. This time, I was slain in the spirit! Yay! Twice! Double yay! I had a friend who saw an angel, a friend who was healed, a friend who had a burden taken off of him, and I am sure many more things I don't know about! Worship was (and will be next year ;-)) AWESOME. One day we were singing "Open the floodgates of heaven, let it rain. Let it rain." And we kept singing and worshipping even after the band walked off stage! We worshipped for so long they came back on and played some more! We also had GREAT speakers, such as Alen Auguste and Steve Robbins (please tell me that is right!) and funny skits every night (except for the last night which was a serious one). Oh so many things to say so little time! Well, I had a GREAT TIME. GO! GO TO CAMP NOW!!! :-D~Bobby
9:30 AM

*sarahD. said...
Howdy, y'all...I always hate to leave Camp. The first year I went, I seriously cried as I drove home. This year, I cried, but not for the same reasons; my tears were prompted by the recognition of how powerfully and sweetly our Daddy moved this past week. He brought freedom to so many... including myself. He did some major ministry to my heart as He revealed to me a depth of His love for you guys and for myself. There were moments at Camp where I would just sob because our Lord was showing me how desperately He loved each and everyone of you. I gave my testimony at our Rock service this past weekend, so I won't go into detail, but the Lord used this year's camp to bring healing to some wounds deep down in my soul. How faithful... How sweet He is. Deep love to you, my friends.*sarahD.
10:14 AM

allison said...
Hey, guys! I was a couselor at camp and everyone at camp blessed me! God is so good! He was so gracious to me this year for me to be able to spend the whole week with such cool people and be a part of Vineyard Church camp! Remember to lean on eachother so that you can keep the changes that God has made in your life at camp. I think all week I told my cabin that it's cool if God touches you but what does it really mean if it doesn't change you. I love you, cabin ESTHER girls and miss yall! Go out and make a difference everybody!
6:42 PM

Email from Aimee

These past 9 days have been so AMAZING! The first day I got at camp was staff day and that was fun and kinda like the calm before the storm. We, the leaders, got prayer about loving ALL the kids who were coming, even the ones that might seem unlovable. The next day the campers started arriving and I knew pretty much everyone who was going to be in my cabin except for a few kids. On the list we were given I saw that there was a girl named Angel that was going to be in our cabin. The only Angel I really knew was kinda mean and not a kid that I would really get along with. Then after everyone had pretty much arrived Angel pulled up! But I was totally shocked when this Angel was being wheeled in in a wheel chair...I did not expect that. So they brought her into the cabin and we got her things situated and I talked to the person who brought her. She told me she had Cerebral Paulsy (sp?) where basicly her mind is fine but her body just doesn't work right. I knew as soon as she stepped in the cabin that this was going to be an interesting week and quite possibly one of the most trying weeks of my life. I was right to an extent...She needed most of my attention because she needed to be pushed around and lifted into the nurses office and taken to the nurses office and just so much stuff needed to be done. We all had to adjust to her schedule and how to do things around her. I was so proud of the other girls in the cabin because they didn't stare at her or ignore her or reject her but instead they loved on her. Many times Angel need help pulling up her pants or getting out of the wheel chair and the girls were there for her. They didn't even give it a secound thought, they just did it! One night in the cabin the girls were painting their nails and Sarah painted Angels nails. While they did this they just talked and laughed and loved on each other. I don't know what I would have done with out them and my good friend and partner in crime EmK. EmK and I were promoted to adult leaders right at the beginning because we had a shortage of real adult leaders. So most of the time it was me with Angel and EmK with the other girls. But by the end of the week we had learned to share time with all of the girls. Angel could barely move outside of her wheel chair without help. I remember her grasping my waist as we made our way out of the nurses station and how she could not even stand up by herself with out falling over...I remember having others help me carry her up stairs and down and how she was really dependant on us. She has a messed up family life and I think that this week she really felt loved. Whenever you were just sitting or standing next to her she would give you several hugs and not just little hugs but the kind of hug where they think if they let go they'll lose you... She blessed me so so so so much, I mean words cannot express how much she blessed me. I felt God was using this to show me His unconditional love for everyone, including me. As the week went on I was getting stressed out because I felt like I had spent no time with the other girls in my cabin and I was not sleeping well because the nights were so hot. Everyone was so supportive and loving towards me the entire week. Mitch, Chris, Josh, Daniel, Emma, EmK, Sarah, Dave, Kerry, Roger and Alen were just some of the people who just loved on me. Every little hug, prayer,and kind word everyone gave me just meant so so so much to me and helped me to make it through the week. Russ and Terry had also built a ramp for our cabin so that it would be easier to get Angel in and out of the cabin. That was a huge blessing for all of us!! It was funny how at the beginning of the week when I was wheeling Angel around people would give her a pity smile and then say hi to me. But by the end of the week people were smiling at me and talking to Angel! Everyone loved her! Thursday night was a night that I think I shall never forget. That night Steve Robbins came and spoke to us about how he had seen God in his life and told all these amazing healing stories! Right when he started speaking I knew what God was thinking...I was like "God, You really do want to heal her tonight don't you?! No, No! You can't want to do that, I mean that's a huge thing! Are you really going to do that?!" I could just hear God saying to me "Yes and I want to do it through you!" I thought "ME! Really? You want to do this through me?!" I just couldn't believe it. Then just as Steve started finishing up his talk my jaw started shaking, my hands started shaking, and my heart started racing. We all stood and I knew it was coming...the moment of truth. Was God really going to heal Angel tonight or was this just my wishful thinking? He made some alter calls and people started going up. I looked around the room and I knew that many people where thinking about Angel and if God was going to heal her tonight. You could just see it in their eyes. I got people to gather around because I didn't feel like I was strong enought to pray for something this huge by myself. We all started to pray and I was still shaking...Then Roger wanted her to try and walk. The moment of truth had come. As she was helped up you could cut the anticipation with a knife... and then I saw one of the most beautiful things in my entire life...she walked a few steps into the arms of one of my other girls. I started bawling uncontrolably...so did pretty much everyone else around me. You all probably don't understand! SHE COULD NOT DO THAT BEFORE! TRUST ME, I KNOW BECAUSE THE WHOLE WEEK A WHEELED HER AROUND AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT SHE COULD NOT DO THAT BEFORE! She slowly made her way to the door of the chaple. Now when I say she walked I don't mean that she walked like she had been walking all her life. It was more like watching a baby who just learned to walk and was still just a bit unstable. She stood in the arms of Sarah, one of the other girls in the cabin, and I came closer with tears streaming down my face. Daniel, another leader, was standing there doing crowd control. And I looked at him and he said to come closer because she was my girl and I should be with her now. I just held her for a moment and bawled my eyes out with Daniel holding both of us. Then I looked down at her and asked if she wanted to try and walk more. She softly answered yes and off we set. Daniel cleared a path and shooed the kids away so that there wasn't this huge crowd. And Angel and I went for a little walk. I will never forget the look on her face as she stumbled along the road with this huge grin on her face. She still tripped over her feet a few times but who wouldn't. Then we walked back to the cabin and rested for a bit. Then one of my girls, Jennifer came in feeling like she needed to pray more healing over Angel. She did and Angels hands became more functional...more than they had ever been! I KNOW WHAT I SAW AND I SAW A MIRACLE!! A REAL LIFE MIRACLE AND I AM WILLING TO STICK WITH THAT STORY NO MATTER WHAT! She was so tired after that but it's just because her body wasn't used to all the activity. God is real guys! I saw Him move in a way I had only dreamed about seeing. I had always heard the stories from others and I believed them but nothing can compare with seeing a little girl walk who could not even take one step with out holding on to something! I saw it! I saw how she couldn't move and she most definately couldn't move like that before! God healed her and nothing anyone can ever say will change that! GOD IS SO AWESOME!! I've gone to camp 9 years now and I'm positive that I will never forget this year and that no other year has impacted me as much as this one has. God chose me to take care of Angel all week...me of all people! And because He did that I was blessed so so so so so much! ALL THE GLORY AND PRAISE TO GOD FOR WHAT HE DID!! O PRAISE HIM!! O PRAISE HIM!!! HE IS HOLY!! HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD?! SING TO HIM, HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD?! AND ALL WILL SEE HOW GREAT, HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD!!
In Him,
Aimee

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What a camp we had this year at Vineyard Camp 2005!

If you want to be a part of this Blog and start posting your stories,memories and testomonies please ask for a invite at the following address:

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Make plans to be there next year and not miss out....

Dave