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| Marinus and lse de Bruijne at the centre of all mischief! |
" SOLDIERS FOR CHRIST"
By Marinus de Bruijne
Again, we are so
grateful that the Lord had made it possible for us to get Pastor Saidi
Chishimba of the Faith Baptist Church in Kitwe, Zambia to be the preacher at
this year’s Baptist Youth Camp Namibia (30 August – 2nd
September). The Lord had truly gifted
this man to work with our youth in a very special way.
When I think of this
camp, two things stand out : firstly, the way that local churches helped and supported each
other to make it possible for young people to attend the camp. It was so encouraging to hear how local
churches paid the camp fees for young people from other churches who could not
afford the camp fees. It was great to see a car load arrive with children from
two or three local churches. It was great to see how church representatives had
arranged transport amongst each other.
It was a testimony to the unity amongst believers in Christ.
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| Pastor Saidi Chishimba - Camp Speaker 2012 |
Secondly, unity and love was experienced amongst teens at the camp on a level that I have never witnessed before. It was heartwarming to see how children from different cultures cared for each other, without the racial and cultural tension of this world. There were teens from most of our nation’s cultures, and even some from Angola who became friends and who experienced the unity and love amongst believers in Christ.
We had set up a
“Facebook group” for the camp (called Baptist Youth Camp Namibia) at the
beginning of this year to facilitate information. The day after the camp, I already had twelve
invites to join this group (taking in consideration that there were only 32
young people at the camp, so 12 is a significant number).
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| Soldiers for Christ |
Once again, the
preaching was of an outstanding quality.
The theme of the camp was “Soldiers
for Christ”. Pastor Saidi aimed for their hearts. As always, our main purpose is to preach the
Gospel, whilst pleading with the Lord for the salvation of many souls. Judging by the reaction and by the personal feedback of the youth, God the Holy
Spirit did speak to many hearts, and some repented and believed.
There are not many
youth camps where the sound preaching of God’s Word is listed as the item most
enjoyed by the campers. We praise God
that it was the case with this camp. The
young people also enjoyed discussing the Word of God in small groups and we had
a time of “questions and answers” around a bonfire during our final night at
Rock Lodge.
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| Unusual visitors welcome - A young Kudu at the camp ! |
May our Lord give us
the grace to make such a special camp possible in 2013. Pray with us that the Gospel seed that was
sown will grow into maturity.
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| Leader of the Pack - Pastor Saidi and his troops! |
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