KIA Camp 29 - 31 March 2014
Kids in Action is an interdenominational ministry that works with many
children in foster homes. Adri, the director, has been a friend of mine for a
few years and we've done some work together in the past. We joined up again as
she and her team planned to take close to 80 children from two foster homes on
a short camp to a farm near Pretoria.
Many of these children have nowhere to go during the holidays. The
reason being that they were removed from their parental home as a result of
ongoing court cases. Their lives are all made up of heartbreaking stories of
suffering and pain. The fact however remains that they are still just kids and
we aim to give them a weekend to enjoy but also to minister and encourage!
Therefore it brings me great excitement to work with the kids and my
schedule allowed me to attend the camp with the KIA team. They asked me to
minister to the children over the three days and released me and the Holy
Spirit to minister as He pleases. With a heart and attitude like this from
management, I know the event will always be a success!
The word from the Lord was that He wants to do something totally
different this year. Just how different, only He knew! I started off the first
day slowly and just got to know the kids a bit better. They played games and we
had a lot of fun together! I shared my testimony with them during the session
and about fifteen children came to the front to give their hearts to Jesus!
During the camp a few other people also came to minister with the kids
in the form of dancing, playing and just having fun! We also had another guy
who came to testify on what Jesus had done in his life and how He saved him.
They prayed with the children and many felt the Holy Spirit for the first time!
When the Lord does something different it always comes with opposition
from the enemy because he always suffers and gets defeated! So he will try his
personal best to drag Gods children down with him. The Lord showed me a lot
about spiritual warfare and how the realm of the spirit operates around us. It
is amazing to experience the realness of what is continually happening around
us without us even noticing most of the time. But when we as God's
children just stay in Him and let His Spirit guide us, we will always be more
than conquerors!
During the afternoon session the second day and throughout the third day
I had the privilege to minister and pray with these kids. Everyone that I know
of had a personal encounter with a living God that is absolutely crazy in love
with us! We showed them how to give their problems and hurts to Jesus. The
testimonies are still coming in!
I found a letter next to my laptop from one of the children where the
person drew a picture of a very sad face. It said that the person has lost her
mom and that she was very sad. The following page she draw a cross and said
that Jesus told her that it was her mom's time to go home and that she is safe.
This girl had an encounter with Jesus and He instantly restored her peace!
Another guy said he could literally feel the wind in his hair as he and Jesus flew
on a cloud together!
Yet another boy came to me with a picture of a dragon. The artistic
level of the drawing was that of a three year old. I told him to ask Jesus what
he must draw. Jesus drew a picture in the sand for him. I told him to come and
show me when he had finish his drawing. He later came back with a picture he
drew. He drew Revelation 22 as it stands in the Bible and the level of art was
that of a ten year old! Some even saw Jesus physically! One after the other
they shared their stories on how Jesus told them how to handle their situations
and He showed them just how special they really are and how fearfully and
wonderfully He created them.
The entire atmosphere on the camp changed and a great Peace rested on
the Camp the last day. We had an amazing time swimming with the children in the
river on the farm. Just before we went home, we had one more session. They
divided into their groups and we gave them pen and paper. Then they had to ask
Jesus what He thought of the friend sitting opposite him/her. And they did!
They prophesied over each other and some even quoted Scripture they have never
read, because they now knew the Author!
Over all we had an amazing time with these kids and they taught us so
much about our Lord Jesus. I pray and hope that in the future we can have
another camp or two like this to equip the kids even more so that they will
become the doers of the Word at their schools and foster homes. Thank You Jesus
for who You are!
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