The Dan Thompsons Serving in Chile: TEEN CAMP !!!!!

Dear everybody,

Teen camp is the most exciting week out of the whole camping season. Teens anticipate this week more than any other and will travel from far away to participate. This year, we had 50 teenagers come from as far as Santiago (Chile´s capital city). Churches and individuals were sent special invitations to come and attend the camp. Excitement was building up very quickly.

The day finally arrived and we were ready to start. Each day campers traveled to a different continent starting with the Americas. The teens enjoyed hamburgers and cookies for dessert for dinner that night! All the games followed the same theme with different activities or games having a focus on different cities in South America or North America.

team unity games

the red team emblem: explorer team

The next day, we traveled to Africa! The teens were divided into two teams: Red and Blue. They developed team unity by working together on a cheer and team song. By the end of the day, they were ready to travel to Asia and then on to Europe.

We are in Asia eating Teriyaki Beef... Can you tell?

now in a fancy restaurant in Italy... on the menu: Lasagna!

The program went very well but it only has value if it doesn't distract from the main emphasis of the camp which is the teaching of God's Word and the time each counselor spent one on one with each one of his campers.

Pastor Nilton Sepulveda was the speaker for the week. It was his first time speaking in a camp setting. He shared his testimony the first night with the group and then used his 2 sessions a day to proclaim the Gospel very clearly. God worked in an amazing way.

we had one service outside

We praise the Lord for 4 teenagers who made professions of faith and many who publicly expressed a desire to serve the Lord with their lives. As you can imagine, the bonfire night was special as we heard the testimonies of what the Lord had accomplished in the lives of the campers.