On Fire!

After 6 days of basketball. I must say I so happy to be back and be home. It my first time away from Samantha since we got married.  It was tough being away from her.  She really was the one who really pushed me to go and work the camp, even though she knew it would be tough for her.  The camp was amazing.  The kids were great and worked very hard. The first day was exciting, I got up at 6 a.m and took a jog.  I had great quiet time, and had something I wanted to share with the rest of the staff.  It was Ephesians 6:7.  So I got all the coaches together and shared it says.  Serve wholeheartedly as if you were serving the Lord, not men.   I was up from 6 a.m and everything got finished around 10 pm.  Then I was up until 2 a.m talking to the kids in my room.  I told myself that would be my daily routine.  I set my alarm for 6 a.m the next day and I hit the snooze button right away.  There was no way I was going to run, I was exhausted.  I started to think negative thoughts about me being there.   Trying to fight them.  I also got a text from Alex at 2 a.m basically saying he hurt his back and wasn't couldn't sleep. I started to think of all the hardwork that Alex put into this camp and started feeling extra bad.  I almost quit. I knew this day was going to be even tougher than the first day.  I told the coaches that we would meet everyday at 7:30 while the kids were leaving for breakfast.  I got up about 7:30 and it seemed like half the coaches were not there.  I started to get more discouraged.  I ended up going to breakfast, with no meeting.  It just happened that all the coaches were there, our 2 chaplains (Richard Dy from Champions for Christ and Hans ( I forgot his last name) from Athletes in Action, David Wood (our NBA guest).  So I got everyone together at breakfast, I talked to Pastor Richard Dy and asked if he had a word of encouragement for everyone, because everyone just seemed tired and out of it.  I then told  everyone how I felt like the enemy was trying to attack us and bring us down. How we really need to come together.  Richard had a very timely word.  We prayed together, it was AWESOME!!  After that what seemed to be long hard day, felt like a breeze.  The day went great.  Although Alex, our leader was sick the whole day, things went smooth.  The lord healed Alex  and he was better the next day and things were going according the plan.  At night we had life talks.  There were different people who shared their testimony.  All were great.  I was one of the guys Alex asked to share. I told them about my life and really how I lacked discipline, didn't want to listen to my coaches, and lived for myself. The last night, Dennis Madrid shared the 4 quarters of life and his testimony.  Then David Wood spoke about His life.  It was so powerful.  David then finished up with Rev 3:20, Here I am! I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears my voice, and opens his door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. He then asked if anyone wanted to receive the Lord.  Most of the kids received Jesus.  Praise God:)  It was such a wonderful time.  How faithful our  God is when we are so faithless. I almost gave up, but somehow God gave me the strengh and grace to get through it.  The kids were amazing, the last day, kids were crying because how much fun they had, all the new friends that they made, it was so special.  Pricelss... Can you see what God is doing, Can you see it....Can you imagine that somehow He got together 80 of the top high school players in the country.  Most of them if not all of them received the Lord.  I just thank God that He allows me to be a part of it and see it. Keep the kids in your prayers, that they will be plugged in to a church or to a college that will help them grow, get discipled.  Thanks