Many Christians can trace their first ownership of their faith decision to a kid camp. I hope Asher will do the same. When I drove him home from his last one of this summer - 1 1-week camp, and then a few weeks later 2 consecutive 2-week camps - he asked me, "Dad, are you saved?" I said yes and asked him to tell me what that meant, to which he responded that he had "made the decision" at camp. I expressed my great joy, and we proceeded to talk further about what it meant to know faith things versus making a choice to believe them. We also talked at length about how our faith journeys are not easy but they are joyous, for I want him to know he will face trials and tribulations AND that to walk in faith is far from drudgery but rather is a life of peace and purpose and happiness.
Amy grew up in the church while I did not. Faith is built in both ways, both early exposure as you are growing up and coming to one's own determinations when old enough to. Asher is now 10 and rounding into a more mature understanding of the world and his place in it. Thankful for camp and church and the extended faith family to nurture his young relationship with God. I pray it will be a fruitful and rooted one.
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