Band of Survivors Team Update 3

Hi from Camp Wonderland! We’ve had a long but productive day up here and have spent most of the day learning how to be an evangelist! David Witthoff taught us in the morning session; he started us off with basic definitions about worldviews and religions, and gave us examples on how to share the Gospel with people who have a different worldview/religion. It was an intense session, but we have taken good notes and are better prepared to reach out to others.

After an awesome lunch (loaded baked potatoes!), Barb Higgins came to lead a session on Child Evangelism. It was a fun and informative time as we learned about the gospel ribbons (gold, dark, red, clean, and green colored) and were each assigned parts for a ‘practice’ open air meeting for children. Once Barb had lead us thru the ways to lead a child to Christ, we held an ‘open air’ meeting inside of Beech lounge and had a lot of laughs while refining our evangelism skills.

After a rest period and dinner, we held our cell groups. We focused on Acts 3 and how Peter and John healed the cripple at the temple gates, and how this act gave glory to God and testified to the Lord’s mighty power. We also discussed how this still applies today – we can, and should, be bold in our faith and testify to the power of God in our lives!

During the evening we had a marathon planning session of the coming week’s activities ranging from VBS, to car washes, to holiness meetings, to Prayer & Praise Nights. Our cell groups looked over the events and decided what groups would be planning different events, starting with the Open Air/Carnival at Waukegan Corps Thursday (the girls’ cell group got it). We had a great time planning and learning during the day and we went to sleep excited for our first day of 24/7 prayer shifts and of using the skills we had learned.

It’s been really fun to hang out at camp with each other and learn together. We have really grown close in just the few days we’ve all been together. Thank you for your prayers and thoughts, we feel them very much! Continue to keep us in prayer as we work at Waukegan corps this weekend and as we make the move from Camp to CFOT Sunday. We are healthy and happy, and learning more and more the love of our great Lord!

Kirsten Witthoff
Band of Survivors