live from camp....

so i'm in gretna, florida leading worship for the love at work camp.

let me start off by saying i thought i was going to kind of coast through this week. site hop and be the cool worship leader guy. i was wrong.

i stayed at one site, a softball field and have worked every day. to see the kids at this site do things they would never have in their normal life is an awesome, humbling experience. i helped this little 100 pound girl get up on a flimsy ten foot roof and hammer in nails because i was too big for it to hold me. to say i was holding my breath she wouldn't die is an understatement.

worship started off lukewarm but by last night i finally felt i had found the groove. the kids as the week progressed got more and more into it. last night i picked out "jesus paid it all" and i could see the room transforming and celebrating the Savior and what He has done for us.

today we could see real progress on our construction project and i could see God at work in the heart of the kids. tonight they let it all hang out. i chilled back and sit on the edge of the stage where they couldn't see me well and just led. they sang and praised so loud that it gave me chills.

after the talk tonight, i came back to celebrate what was said with "the wonderful cross" and "jesus paid it all". the kids went for it. singing, weeping, celebrating, and it continued into group. rather than play on an emotional moment, we sent the kids to their groups and after group time, two kids said they wanted to accept the call of Christ for their lives and give it over to Him. we then went to the pool and baptized them on the spot.

to be a part of that moment reaffirms why i am in the ministry. to answer the call and guide the lost to the One who paid our debt and raised His life up from the dead.