Camp Mauka!

In the truck getting ready to drive back to camp from the tunnels

My graceful slide on the mile long slip 'n slide down a hill! Ha!

Everyone!

Spray painting camp shirts

Alex refreshing himself in the two trash cans full of water balloons for an all out  fight!

Kauai Ranch Gazebo

Smores over a campfire!

The kids playing cards

This week has been an adventure for sure. 10 campers. A bunch of counselors and staff. irrigation tunnels. giant slip 'n slides. paintball. Kauai Ranch. and lots of good teaching from the word. all equals a lot of fun and a lot of exhaustion! I'm so tired but I have had one of the best weeks. Besides all the adventures I love seeing the kids understand spiritual things, understand the armor of God and understand God's love and protection and plans for them. All week we have been studying and discussing and reading over Ephesians 6:10-20 which says,

"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith,with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. ¹⁹ Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should."

We have a God who gives us so much to arm ourselves with against the enemy, so that we can stand firm and advance, we have a belt of truth to hold it all together, a breastplate of righteousness from God alone that guards our hearts and helps us to do the right thing, shoes of the gospel of peace to help us be stable on the foundation that is the gospel, the good news that God came as a man, died for our sins, was buried, rose again and was seen by many! God took our sin and put it on Jesus to judge and put the righteousness of Jesus and put it on us, the great switcheroo, We are given the shield of faith so that we can block any fiery darts the enemy flings our way, we are also given a helmet of salvation and a sword of the spirit which is the word of God! Discussing all this, answering questions, seeing eyes as it clicks has been wonderful. I'm so thankful for these kids and this week and I'm looking forward to doing it again next week!