A part of my heart is always going to live at ETBU. I doubt attending college there but, a piece of me will always live there. God uses Super Summer to do some amazing things. There is a difference between Super Summer and youth camp. I remember my first year at super summer, they asked who was coming for there first time, I with a lot of other people raised my hand, and then they asked how many thought they were at a youth camp, we all kept our hands raised. The man speaking then said, every single of you just insulted the people that put Super Summer together. At the time, I had no idea what he was trying to say. But quickly I figured out why. Super Summer is not a youth camp. Youth Camp has countless hours of free time, yucky food, and what happens at youth camp...normally stays at Youth Camp. But Super Summer...Super Summer, is different. Super Summer has the motto, bring us your best, and will make them better. Super Summer only asked for the leaders of a church. Every year, God uses Super Summer to ruin my life even more. And I am so thankful for it. Super Summer has an atmosphere at praising God and worshiping for an entire week.

Here's some numbers for you. At Super Summer, our day starts at 8:00 with a bible study and ends at 11:30 with a prayer time. So, we go through 16 and half hour days. Of that 16 and a half ours, we have two hours of rec time, 30 minutes per meal (1 and a half hours total) and 3 30 minute free times (a total of 1 and a half hours). So two that adds up to 5 hours of having fun but even in those 5 hours...God is worshiped and praised. The other 10 and half hours have one purpose, one cause, and one reason: Glorify Him.

At Super Summer, you are provided a family. Typically consumes of 10-15 people. You normally have a mom and a dad but this year, I just had a dad. He was perfect though. He alike every other dad at Super Summer, were men of God. My family consisted of 11 people, six boys, four girls, and our dad. Like every year, I witness people my age struggling with the same problems as me and even difference problems.

Every night at super summer we have a final service we call rainbow. Things happen at rainbow. Indescribable things. Caleb once said when you stand up, God shows up. He showed up every single time. This year at rainbow we had a drama club called Clear Vision. These were...very talent people. I am so amazed to see how people will take there unique talents and turn into a ministry to glorify God. There was one particular skit they did that got to me. It was about two missionaries. They were sharing the word of God to the lost. These two missionaries were kidnapped and executed. They were executed in front a crowd. I could only think two things in the process of watching this skit. As the missionaries were about to be executed, all I could think, if I was in that crowd, I'd have to go kneel beside those missionaries. Because of they were going to be executed for sharing the word of God, they would have to take me to. The second thing I could think was after the missionaries were executed...all I could think...was glory. Yes it was a sad and tragic story, but in that story two people glorified God. Children later found a bible from the missionaries, and these two children because Christians. The story gets better.

Here's some numbers for you. At Super Summer, our day starts at 8:00 with a bible study and ends at 11:30 with a prayer time. So, we go through 16 and half hour days. Of that 16 and a half ours, we have two hours of rec time, 30 minutes per meal (1 and a half hours total) and 3 30 minute free times (a total of 1 and a half hours). So two that adds up to 5 hours of having fun but even in those 5 hours...God is worshiped and praised. The other 10 and half hours have one purpose, one cause, and one reason: Glorify Him.

At Super Summer, you are provided a family. Typically consumes of 10-15 people. You normally have a mom and a dad but this year, I just had a dad. He was perfect though. He alike every other dad at Super Summer, were men of God. My family consisted of 11 people, six boys, four girls, and our dad. Like every year, I witness people my age struggling with the same problems as me and even difference problems.

Every night at super summer we have a final service we call rainbow. Things happen at rainbow. Indescribable things. Caleb once said when you stand up, God shows up. He showed up every single time. This year at rainbow we had a drama club called Clear Vision. These were...very talent people. I am so amazed to see how people will take there unique talents and turn into a ministry to glorify God. There was one particular skit they did that got to me. It was about two missionaries. They were sharing the word of God to the lost. These two missionaries were kidnapped…and executed. They were executed in front a crowd. I could only think two things in the process of watching this skit. As the missionaries were about to be executed, all I could think, if I was in that crowd of people just standing there, I'd have to go kneel beside those missionaries, because if they were going to be executed for sharing the word of God, they would have to take me to. The second thing I could think was after the missionaries were executed...all I could think...was glory. Yes it was a sad and tragic story, but in that story two people glorified God. Children later found a bible from the missionaries, and these two children because Christians. 15 years later they later too were captured and challenged. They were offered freedom if they did one simple thing, claim that God was false. The missionaries had a simple but yet so powerful response: Romans 1:16 “For I am now ashamed of the Gospel”. They too were executed, but, that bible was passed down to one of the men that had executed.

I learned something at rainbow this year, it is possible to have a physical encounter with God. And it is a feeling that is like no other. On the final night of rainbow, Satan attempted to get to me. I was having trouble focusing, and it was bothering me. So I came u with the solution to just go to the alter and pray. I started praying for God to just break me and for me to be able to hear Him. I was still feeling a little unconnected, my final words at the end of my prayer was “God make me focused”, literally the moment I said focused, I felt multiple hands touch my back. All I could think was wow. And I broke down, and I was completely focused, completely connect, and completely able to hear Him. I turned to around to seeing two people, Caleb and Miguel. God used them in that moment to focus me. They didn’t know why I need to be prayed upon but God said go…and they did. This year’s theme was “Called”. When you are called, you just got to go and go by faith.

I’ve learned something about worship in my year of going to super summer. I’ve learned about worship. I hope no one will ever go to church to sing, never. I hope people will go to church to worship, to give Him praise. I realized to read and listen what I am saying when I worshiping, to see how powerful the lyrics are in a song. Something I did at least once at every rainbow was stop for a spilt second while we were worshiping...and just look around. Look at God breaking people’s hearts, watching me cry there eyes out to Him, watching God be praised, and it is so beautiful. I mean it so beautiful to watch people worship Him. I thought this is what Heaven is going to be like every hour of ever day and even better. I decided something at Super Summer.

God breaking someone’s heart, is the most beautiful scene or occurrence. Because God shatters your heart, and then he gives you this pure heart, covered in His blood. It’s beautiful.

I don’t know what God is going to do with me while I am in Japan this July. Who’s know but Him? Every single person here is called, Called to be servants of God. Will you answer His calling?