Youth Camp

  • Frieda Smit
  • Jan 14, 2010
    Youth Camp

    Youth Camp

    To be honest, my real intention for attending youth camp was to increase my number of Facebook friends, but the outcome was beyond anything I had planned.

    Myself and my friend (Zani) had decided to go on the youth camp even though we didn’t know anyone else and had not been to youth before. So on arrival it was only the two of us… the only two Afrikaans girls there! Yet straight away I noticed something different about the girls and guys compared to other youth camps I’ve been on. Collin came on the Thursday night with his wife Jacomien and their kids. There was something different about them too!

    While Collin spoke about being the salt and the light of the earth, I had an argument with God. He told me: “Frieda, I love you.” He told me how He died on the cross for me, that my sins were forgiven, my life planned, that He knew all my wrongs and rights of the past, and all of them still to come. I argued back: “No, not now, I still want to party! Later Lord, I’m young, I have 80 years in front of me.” I tried to ignore the urge to change, but I knew the Lord was right.

    Youth testimony 2 14 Jan 09

     

     

     

     

    On the last day of camp Zani and I asked Vanessa to pray with us: “Lord, I surrender to you, I give you my heart, my life, my soul, all that you have created of me, I give to you. Make me free. Break my chains, Lord. I love you.” The Holy Spirit filled me. I wanted to laugh and cry all at the same time. I saw all HE created with new eyes. The grass, the green trees, the sky filled with blue. He created it all. He is so great! My good Lord, Almighty! Awesome God! 

    I now understand the difference I saw in everyone else when I arrived. The difference is that they all serve the Lord, that they love him in everything they do. They honour him and adore him. They are not of this world, but of the kingdom of God. They are the salt and the light of the earth, all part of the body of Christ. And I praise the Lord that now I am also part of it. And I have made friends on Facebook, yes, but most importantly, eternal friends in God’s kingdom.

     

    Frieda Smit

    10 Jan 2010