Camp LIFE Price Increase Coming Up

There are only 13 days left until the Camp LIFE 2009 price increases.  Here are the top three reasons why you don’t want to miss Camp LIFE 2009:

1. Our theme message is John 3:16.

   
   It is shaping up to be the most powerful Camp LIFE ever as we tell the kids “For God so loved YOU!” For an orphan who has lost so much, been abused and has experienced such deep and wretched pain, this message of God’s great love for them could almost seem to be a cruel joke. These are the thoughts that they would most likely have — “How could the Bible be true about God’s love for me given the reality of my life? If God loved me so much, then why did my parents die? If Jesus loves me, then why does my aunt torture me or my uncle rape me? Besides, why would God even want to love me…my relatives call me a curse and I have even done wrong things before?” And that is exactly at the point and place that God has told us to interrupt the lives of these kids with the message of the overwhelming, all-powerful, all-consuming, all-merciful, ever present, never changing, never-ending love of God.

2. The plans to go with our theme

   Imagine the picture of flooding these kids with God’s love, and not just with hugs and songs and smiles, but with clear, concise, and concrete proof from God’s Word of His amazing love for them. We have some very special things planned to do with the kids. One of them is to celebrate the Lord’s Supper with them. Likely, these kids will have never before partaken of the Lord’s Supper and you are going to do it with them! On Friday, every child is going to receive a “Jesus Loves Me Evangelism Backpack”, including their own personal New Testament Bible and Evange-Cube card so that they can go tell everyone of God’s Great Love.

3. The new theme song

   The main theme song is “Jesus Loves Me”, but it is more of the Camp LIFE style. The walk-in song this year is entitled “Hey, Jesus Loves Me” and will be an explosion of energy and joy as the kids march in for our big group session each day. You can listen to both of them here

4. The Tree of Life is scheduled to open this summer

   With Randy Ransom over in Zambia until May 31st of next year working as our Director of Construction, we are prayerfully trusting God for the financial provision in our Infrastructure Campaign to have the Village ready to be opened next summer! Everything is ready…the houses are coming up fast, the school is on schedule, we just need the final components of power and water to be ready to open the gates and let the kids come in to their new home. How much joy will there be in their hearts and yours when you actually see Zambian orphans showing off their new bedrooms at the Village?

The price for Camp LIFE goes up on January 1, 2009 by $300.  You don’t have to pay until April 15th, but you have to sign up before January 1 to lock in the lower price.  Check out all the dates for Camp LIFE 2009 here.  We are very excited about the team that the Lord is assembling for this year’s Camp LIFE! We hope you’ve prayerfully considered whether or not He wants you to join Family Legacy in Zambia in 2009.