More info about Newbies’ Night [here].

Visit our summer camp web site at http://dakotacamp.org.

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If you haven’t yet, click on over to http://dakotacamp.org for all the information and downloadable forms.  The early bird $50 deposit and registration deadline to lock in the best price is Sunday, May 9th!  Don’t be late!

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Of note: there is a mandatory camper’s meeting on Wednesday night, June 17th at 6:00 pm.  Parents, students, and leaders are all strongly encouraged to attend.

I want to encourage you to make this a priority.  Don’t let money, a summer job, or anything else keep you away.  We’ve seen so many students ministered to in such deep and rich ways through the camp experience.  Don’t miss out!  Check out these stats from last year’s camp; were you one of these numbers?

• 2 salvations,
• 5 students healed,
• 7 students baptized in the Holy Spirit,
• 21 students that received God’s direction for their lives, and
• 15 students that received a call to ministry!

Take a stroll down memory lane with us as we relive the camp “videos of the day” from last year’s EPIC camp…

And the long, unedited version of testimonies from last year’s camp on day 4…

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It doesn’t end there…  I’ve been getting several e-mails and comments with other incredible stories.  God is so EPIC!

One of my favorite stories to tell from this week is from Wednesday night’s ministry time.  A student came up to me while I was playing the keys and simply said, “Do you know Spanish?”  I responded simply, “no,” and before I knew it she was walking back off the stage before I had the chance to ask the reason for her asking.  Well, on the last day, as I was packing the trunk of my car, the same girl came up behind me and asked me again, “Are you sure you don’t know any Spanish?”  Again, I told her “no” — that I had taken a couple of Spanish classes in high school, but that I hardly remembered any of it — at least, definitely not enough to speak it.

She then tells me that I was repeating the phrase “aquí ellos son” over and over and over again; it was during a ministry time that I was speaking in tongues and leading others in the baptism of the Holy Spirit.  She said that translates to “Here they are… here they are… here they are…”  During that time, she said that this overwhelmed her because she felt like it was the Holy Spirit essentially presenting us to God the Father for His purposes.  When she was telling me this, I felt like falling over on my knees myself!  Wow!

Check out the video below.  The opening part of the video — which I neglected to label — features the smaller kids from what they call JAM Camp.  I just love their passionate, fun worship times!  So fun!

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What an EPIC week, huh?  Remember, I’d love to hear your stories from your personal camp-week experiences.  Comment on the blog or e-mail them to me directly at shawn@elevationgeneration.org.

For the Facebookers out there, I just created an EPIC campers’ group.  See you there!