ISCF Camp 2014 - a grand success!

ISCF Camp 2014 was an amazing success!!! God came through in incredible ways and His awesome provision was seen in the sourcing of staff, campers, transport, food stuff and the finances needed to ensure the smooth running of camp.

Twenty-eight students attended from ten different schools, including Mac Donald College, St. Joseph’s Convent St. George’s, Westmorland Secondary and J.W. Fletcher Memorial where no ISCF groups exist. The majority of the students came from Boca Secondary, along with students from Grenville Secondary, Beacon High School and Happy Hill Secondary who are active members of the ISCF groups there.

Pastor Ricardo Alleyne was our camp speaker. He, along with our team of counsellors, were used by the Holy Spirit to lead many to dedicate their lives to Jesus Christ. Many campers who are facing serious issues at home received counselling, and many who were already Christians rededicated their lives to making a stand for Christ.

We cannot fully express our gratitude to all who served at camp, and to all who gave financially or in kind, and to all who prayed for our camp this weekend. The students have already warned us that we would need a bigger venue for ISCF Camp 2015 because they will be inviting all their friends!

Enjoy these highlights of ISCF Camp 2014 – more testimonies to follow at a later date…

Getting to know you activities

Charades: can you guess what they were portraying?

Fun team activities

Camp news - our reporters are everywhere...

Enjoying one of the sessions

Students responding to the altar call

It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it...

Morning devotions in dorms

Morning exercise to warm up for the days' activities

Sports on the beach

How many sandballs can you make in 5 minutes?

Having fun in the sun

Let the games begin!

What not to wear - Banquet night

Even the guys got in on the action

Worship team on Sunday morning

Students lifting their voices in praise to God

Time of prayer, re-committing their lives to Christ

Campworkers and campers - ISCF Camp 2014

The kind of people...

I just needed to share about the kind of people we have as volunteers in ISCF Grenada...

The kind of people who make the relevant phone calls to ensure that the venue you have in mind for a cake sale is legit so you will not be harrassed by members of the Royal Grenada Police Force.

Selling on the pavement opposite the market

The kind of people who will help you figure out the logistics for the cake sale even though they would not be able to make it.

Cakes donated by our youngest supporter, 12 years old

The kind of people who will start making a cake at 11pm the night before because they got home late from work and still wanted to keep their commitment.

The kind of people who would get home from a long week of work and labour in the kitchen to get their cakes baked in time.

The  full spread, before the slicing

The kind of people who would stay up until 1am slicing cake and banana bread and putting it into bags.

The kind of people who would wake up at 4am to make a cake in time for the sale, and then when it breaks because they cut it too soon, would buy a batch of cookies from the bakery so they could still honor their commitment to contribute to the cake sale.

Me: What kind of cake is it?
Jim: The colorful kind...

The kind of people who would get up at 4:30am after going to bed at 1am to ensure that we get in town early enough to reserve a good spot. And would stay with you for four hours selling cake.

Not ashamed to use our secret
weapon (cute girls) to sell our cakes

The kind of people who would bring their young children with them to spend 3 hours selling cake at the side of the road on a Saturday morning.

He memorised the prices of the different
kinds of cake in no time at all!

The kind of people who would call during the day just to find out how things were going because they couldn't be there.

The kind of people who would call their friends on Sunday morning and tell them they had to buy the cake that was left over from Saturday.

All sold out!

The one thing that made this cake sale a success was relationships. People were not as interested in buying cake, as they were to supporting the cause that someone they knew was a part of. The fact that all the items were donated so all our sales were profits helped as well :)

Big thanks to Giggles, Pumpkin, Teddy Bear, Bubbly, J Cool, Jim, Shiyanne and  Sister Wilma for your commitment to this ministry!

I wish

I wish that followers of Christ would be as vocal about the injustices that occur on a daily basis as they are about the progress of their favourite team.

I wish that followers of Christ would be as excited to share what God is doing in their lives as they are to share the latest match score.

I wish that followers of Christ would be as committed to getting to ministry meetings on time as they are to getting home in time to see the beginning of the match.

I wish that followers of Christ would have as much passion for things that last into eternity as they have for an event that will be over in a couple days.

Romans 12:2

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.