Rulers of Tomorrow

Reactions from South Houston Kids

2007-09-27T15:32:00.000-07:00

Questions and Answers:

Q:What did you enjoy most about the camp?
Kevin- My favorite time of day was P.E and meal times. Meal times because I was always so hungry when it was time to eat from all the P.E and fun, and P.E cause we got to swim in the River.
Ethan- swimming & P.E
Vanessa-P.E and swimming in the pool

Q: What was your favorite class?
Kevin- My favorite classes where about school and spiritual warfare.
Vanessa- My favorite class was on school.
Ethan- I liked the class on Etiquette which Tanya gave us.

Q:What activity did you enjoy the most?
Vanessa-Doing the necklace's at project time with my sister Anjie and all the MC girls.
Ethan-Pirate Night and Dance night.

Q: What did you learn from the Camp?
Vanessa- things on witnessing and having good manners and that its good to do your school.
Ethan- I learned that its important to obey.
Kevin- I learned to stick to something it until it is done, no matter how hard it is. And how important it is to use all of your spirit helpers.

Q:Who was your Team leader and what was fun about them?
Vanessa- My mom was my Team leader she was fun cause she was my mom. :)
Ethan-Kevin, Devin and I where in one team. Steve was our team leader, he was good.
Kevin- I really liked my team leader Aaron ,because he helped us have even more fun.

Q: Do you have anything you'd like to make a comment on about the Camp?
Vanessa- I had so much fun, and made new friends. I would really like to have another camp soon.
Ethan-I liked the camp so much because they had so many fun things to do and fun classes and because we ate the kinds of breakfast foods I like.
Kevin-What I liked best making new friends.

Teams & Team Leaders

2007-09-27T14:36:00.000-07:00

Maria with the MC girls

Anjie with the older OC girls

Andre with the younger OC boys
Steve with the MC boys
Jonathan with the older MC boys
Tanya with the younger OC girls
Aaron with the older OC boys

This is the part where...............

2007-09-20T20:49:00.000-07:00

you kids write in and say what they liked most about the camp and then from here on out this is your blog , a way for all of you to keep in touch, so take it away!

Giving credit where credit is due...

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Angelic

Tim
Sam
Jonathan
Andre

Simon Maria

Tanya
Steven

Kelsey Crystal and Jose
Jamie
Aaron
Debby..........

and Joan who helped from behind the scenes ( hence no picture) with the making of the classes....she also made 2 of the good looking OC boys that went as well, heh

This is for all our hard working Monitors, cooks, Teachers, Camp managers, actors/actress's, musician's and any others who had a part in making it possible for the camp to happen.

A Big thank you to the Blanco home for letting us use your property for the camp.

Thank you so much for all your labours of love and hard work.. We couldn't have made it with out you.. Here's for you!

Day 5- Class on Warriors

2007-09-19T18:26:00.000-07:00

Our last class was on being warriors and how to use their spiritual weapons. After this class was done each of the kids went through an obstacle course representing life where there were things in their way trying to stop them from reaching their goal. At the end was a Lord and Lady who dubbed them knights and warriors of the Realm. They each received a knights "chest" ( envelope) with everything a Knight needs, a key on fighting, a picture of the Warrior Lord Jesus, a key ring with spirit helpers, a prayer list and a PnP book with a pencil.

Day 5- Time to say Good bye

2007-09-19T12:26:00.000-07:00

Yes, all good things must come to an end. Thus is the case with the MC/ OC camp. All the kids had alot of fun, so much so that some of them voiced how much they liked it there and didn't want to leave but wanted to live there. Ha!

We had our last breakfast, class and Lunch together. And there after started pulling down the tents.

Our last supper

The Lord & Lady :)
Dubbed knights and ladies

Slaying the Dragon
attacking the evil one
Certificates

Saying good bye

THE...........Dance Night (Night 4)

2007-09-18T19:05:00.000-07:00

And boy was it fun!! We told Jokes before hand, and the kids got up there as well and shared the jokes they had. We then sang Happy Birthday to all the attending birthday kids, and the games and Dancing began.

Dressed to impress.. OC girls.
Our MC girls

Telling jokes and having a good time together

Birthday Kids

Alright!!! Let's party...

Day 4 events

2007-09-18T15:27:00.000-07:00

So we had a rock'm sock'm inspiration again with a few gypsy songs. Thank you so much Tim and Jon for leading it.

Morning skit/class with Survival Sam & pets. (God bless Andrew Crystal ,Jamie and team.)

Class with U. Simon

Skit on our spirit helpers and hinders just before Dance night

UPDATES ON THE WAY

2007-09-15T09:47:00.000-07:00

Thank you all for your patience with the delayed posts and updates. We have had a couple of set backs , internet issues and all the other things that keep us prasing. I will be having a couple interviews with some of the OC/MC so we will get the inside scoop from their perspective. This should be fun!
Check again in a couple days, hopefully we will have picture overload and updates for the last 3 days.
Joan

Day 4 class- Why school

2007-09-13T18:29:00.000-07:00

Again , these are just a few parts of the class...taught by Simon. To go along with the class the kids got coloring/reading pages for QT on Why scholastics from the GEN-UPS. There were also funny but lesson filled clips from Veggie tales on sticking and one from Pinocchio.

All about "Day 3"

2007-09-13T18:15:00.001-07:00

So here I am with 3 of the OC's that went to the camp, I'll ask them some questions and lets see what they have to say:

What did you eat this morning : food, ask kelsey.............Granola( now that's the answer I was fishing for)

Did you have a class and what was it about: Witnessing

What the the skit about? Witnessing
There were these guys, 2 MC's and 1 OC. They were on their way out witnessing, but the dad forgot his PR so he ran back in the house to get some. Meanwhile, they were discussing/arguing who was the oldest and would sit in the front seat, they were just being kids. Out witnessing they met a really sweet lady that donated a room so they could have classes with sheep and she got activated. It was a sample on how to witness.

What did you like most about the class? The key quotes and the video clip of kids witnessing and dancing.

What kind of winessing do you like to do: Door to Door, performing and face to face witnessing( do you mean personal witnessing) yes, that's the one.

Did you get a QT project to go with it? Yes, it was a little book called "Reach one heart".

Did you have snack? lemonade and pretzels

Did you have talk time? We had open forum group disccusion

What was it about? Just getting to know eachother, we also did memory and review

What was for afternoon snack? popcorn

What did you do for P.E? We did a whole bunch of diffrent games like dodge ball and tag we also went swimming.

What was for dinner? Hamburgers and potaote salad, chips

What did you do for evening activity? Star gazing with marshmellows, games and stories

Thank you kids for your time and I'm glad to hear you had fun.
Well, that is it for day 3 news, we'll see you tomorrow

Day 3

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Day 3 Class on Witnessing

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How does my sample as a disciple affect my witness?

What do I say? I'm just a child, what do I know?

The Holy Spirit

I'm too shy......

Showing others what real happiness is :

These are just a few slides from the class, a little sample of the topics we touched on. The class was ended with a witnessing prayer, here is a part of it:

"I call on the keys of witness‚ which will enable me to preach Your Word with boldness. I claim Holy Spirit power so that, like Peter and the disciples spoke boldly with no fear on the day of Pentecost‚ so Your Words will flow through me. I claim the keys of faith and boldness to empower my words, to make them Your Words, so that people will know and sense that I have been with You, and so that they will feel Your Spirit, that You will touch them through me."

Adding more pictures for Day 3

2007-09-13T07:38:00.000-07:00

Waiting on their Room Captains

Skits are always so much fun!!

More song,joy and laughter
Love your sister's
love your brother's

Star gazing, marshmallows and time with Jesus... Our evening activity.

Get-outs, games and meals

2007-09-12T14:29:00.000-07:00

Yum,yum,yum....

Fun, fun, fun.

Day 2

2007-09-12T11:25:00.000-07:00

Tania leading the classes Andrea writing down key quotes
Ethan eager to learnKevin and Sean Washed out by the rain, but that didn't stop our troupers
it's raining and pouring yet the inspiration is high

Grace enjoying the inspirationcuddling up to stay out of the rain
Our skit team for the class on Etiquitte.
some of the kids joined the gang and helped play the part

All about "Day 2"

2007-09-12T10:12:00.000-07:00

The day started with staff getting together at 7:30 for prayer for the day. There was a prediction of 90% chance of rain after midnight the night before & we were very thankful that the Lord spared us from a downpour while everyone was sleeping. TYJ! Dark clouds were starting to gather & we prayed that the Lord would have his way with the weather.

At 8:00, which is the kids wake up time, it started to drizzle & then it started to pour!

It didn’t seem to bother the kids much. They enjoyed a breakfast of french toast & milk at the picnic tables which were placed under a tarped carport frame. It was one of those “have to try in at least once in your lifetime” camping experiences.

After breakfast we huddled under the back porch for fun inspiration & a skit led by Andrew & Crystal on the topic of the importance of taking “soldiering” seriously, it touched on manners, etiquette & sample. The kids had a blast & several of them got to dress up as soldiers & be part of the skit.

We shuttled the kids over to the mobile home (for class time) in a van to keep them dry. We had techinical difficulties with the classes, so while Tania & others worked on that, Anjie & Deb did the art project of the day with the kids ( dog tags with their names for OC’s & boys & a flower necklace for the MC girls). They had a snack of apples & nectarines.

Class started at about 11:00 with Tania leading, she did a super duper job! It was on the subject of Etiquette. Joan put together an awesome movie called " the Grubby gang kids" which the kids LOVED, there was also a great power point for the class. The kids were given their own notebooks to take notes & copy their key promise to memorize as well as the PnP question assigned to the OCs for their quiet time. At the end of class there were activity pages distributed for Quiet time.

Lunch was Yummy grilled cheese sandwhiches & tomatoe salad. We ate again under the canopy with the drizzle all about us.:)

For quiet time, those who had tents that were dry enough went to their tents & othes were dispersed around the houses with their team leaders. They did their activities & assignments, of course, none of the kids slept, ha.

By the afternoon, TYJ, the rain had stopped & though the ground was wet, that didn’t stop the kids from having a blast playing: football, taking the bacon & tag games, some went for a walk with their team leaders. Snack was graham crackers & milk.

By 5:30 the shower lines started. At 6:30 there was an delicious stir fry dinner, thanks to our wonderful cooks: Kelsey, Cryastal & Josue. At 7:00 started our evening activity. It was Pirate Night. Every one dressed up & Andrew had an awesome set up & lots of extra dress up clothing for the kids to use. He also led some really fun games & activities.

8:30 was a snack of peanut butter balls, yummy!! Then started the preparation for bedtime. We had to resituate those whose tents were still wet, but things flowed decently smoothly, PTL! Everyone was in place by 9:15, we allowed them to talk till the “lights out” time of 10:00 & then it was zzzzzzzzz……

Class one-Etiquette

2007-09-11T19:28:00.000-07:00

Todays class was on Etiquette, what it means, why we need it and how it all comes down to having love for one another. We touched on loving communications, affection, appreciation, Table manners and Sports Etiquette.

We got a visit from Sergent David( Andrew Green eyes), private sloppy( Jamie) and private spacey( Andre). Sergent David gave the privates a talk on being sharp in the spirit and taking care of their bodies.

Five kids from the audience got up and inspected the two privates. To help the privates in get over their weaknesses they handed "spacey" a weapon to help him focus and to "Sloppy" they gave him a spirit helper to help him excercise and clean up his act. The happy ending is that Private"spacey" through using his weapon became an excellent "focusser" ( no that is not a real word) and "sloppy" got clean and lost his belly.TYL :-)

Camp Rules

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1) No yelling & screaming. We have neighbors close by that we need to be considerate of.

2) No shoving or pushing or being rough with others.

3) No bad language.

4) No unloving behavior. Be kind as you would want others to be kind to you.

5) No disobedience. There will be consequences & you don’t want to miss out on any of the exciting things we have planned.

6) No taking off on your own, you must always be with your team leader or responsible adult.

7) No talking after lights out. You will need your rest to be able to make it through the next exciting day!

Daily schedule

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Daily Schedule

7:30 Camp staff get together to pray
8:00 Rise & shine, get ready for the day
8:15 Breakfast, brush teeth, clean tents, etc
9:00 Inspiration (in tent area)
9:30 Class (at mobile home)
10:30 MCs go for stretch & memory/review
OCs stay for activity
11:00 OCs go for stretch & memory/review
MCs back in for activity
11:30 Outside sport/play time, hang out, swim etc.
12:30 Lunch & clean up
1:00 Quite time assignments & rest
2:00 Ready for sports, clean tents
2:30 Snack
3:00 Sports/outside play etc.
5:30 Showers
6:30 Dinner & clean up
7:30 Evening activity ( & snack)
9:00 Get ready for bed
10:00 Lights out!!

Day 1-Arrival Day

2007-09-11T13:41:00.000-07:00

For Oc Mc camp Sep 2007

(Jesus): You are the future. You are the ones that are going to be strong & do great exploits! You are the ones that will be as David, Samuel, Jeremiah, Esther & all the “greats” of old. You have been in training & preparation since you were born & very soon, sooner than you would think, you are going to be the “trainers”.
The offensive is coming, it’s right around the corner. Though you may feel young & little in your own eyes, I want to do great things through you. In saying “great things” I want you to know that everything you do for Me is a great thing, because faithfulness & obedience to do the “little things” is a very great thing. Though small & young, you are just as important as all of My other disciples. Without you things would not be the same, without you I would not have anyone to fill the important roles that you fill at this time & that you will fill in the time to come.
Don’t belittle yourselves or the importance of your place in this Endtime Family. You also are called & chosen just like your brothers & sisters, parents & granparents in some cases.
I made this camp possible especially for you, because I love you & I want to reward you for your faithfulness. You work hard in your school, which is very important, & you work hard to help in your homes, filling in the little gaps so that others can do bigger jobs. I see everything & nothing goes unnoticed by Me.
So enjoy yourselves here! It’s a little token of My love, a little sample for now till I can reward you fully when you get over Here.
Let’s have lots of fun together! Do your best to learn from your classes & put your whole heart into then. I have a lot in store for you here. Are you excited? I hope so, because I am!
Love, Jesus

Making new friends, meeting old friends once again.

Setting up camp

Signing in

Key Note

D-Day

2007-09-10T15:22:00.000-07:00

The fun has begun!
The kids arrived from 12-4 and they all signed in with their parents or caretakers. We have 28 kids attending, this outta be fun!
At 4:30 we had the Keynote, with a real beautiful prophecy from the Lord telling the kids of all the things He has in store for them here at the camp and in their lives.
When that was done we set up camp and all the kids helped to set up their teams tents. They had the rest of the afternnon to mingle and play with the other kids.
After a yummy Spaghetti dinner we all watched "Evan almighty". The kids loved it...well that's it for today...see you tomorrow!