Sunday, June 15, 2008 - THE POWER OF PRAYER........
Hey guys! Alright so, I know that I said that I wasn't going to be back until about 2 weeks later, but the other camp didn't really work out so it was pretty disappointing, but that's okay because what all happened at Signing camp was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bet you guys are wondering about my title right now because I'm not really talking about that yet, I'll explain to you guys one of the things that happened at camp (you might cry). So here it is:
Alright so, I went to Signing Camp, and they also have a camp for Deaf kids, the Dean, which was also the mom of one of the Deaf campers son WAS Deaf!!!!! Thursday night at the campfire, our counselor, Wade (which is also April's son) was sharing some testimonies, and he kept saying "I hope you guys understand" and stuff like that. He said that thier Wednesday night services at church are really long and drawn out and he's always really tired afterwards and one of the nights a girl named Jennifer came running out of the church saying she wanted to pray for Alec to hear, so she asked April, and she said to ask Alec, so she did, and he said yes, it worked but he got scared so God took his hearing away, he said that he could still hear on Wednesday, but not any other day. Well, afterwards, I asked Alec if I could pray for him, he said yes, (THANK GOODNESS!!!!!!!) I was actually just going to pray for him in private, but they asked me to come up, and asked for him to come up and let all of us pray for him. The counselors also asked if anyone else wanted to, first my friend Annie camp up, then a few other people, and in no time at all EVERYONE had come up! Our prayers we're answered, and SOOOOOOOOOO much more happened that night, but we were at the campfire until 2 o'clock in the morning praying!!!!!!! Normally, we're suppose to be in bed by 11, but that didn't happen, obviously! April told Emily, the Asst. Director at the camp, we didn't get in trouble, so we're fortunate!!!!!! April, who's been the Dean there for 13 YEARS said that this week was the best week she had ever had in all the years she'd been there!!!!! One thing that I forgot to mention is, Alec, is also mute, and he actually said about 4 or 5 words!!!!!!! He said Wade, who is his older brother and even Friday he said V8!!!!!!!!! That doesn't sound like much, but it is!!!!!! I remember his mom getting close to his ear and saying names and words to see if he could hear them, and signing "more" over and over again, it was amazing!!!!! It wasn't just that miracle that happened either!!!!!!!! Gosh, I knew that prayer worked but not near THAT WELL, I mean really!!!!!!! So, I learned this week how powerful prayer is, and that was awesome!!!!!!! Even one of the counselors, Tashina, said that she didn't feel like we were just friends, or people that we just met, that she felt like we were a family, I know I did, actually, I think everyone did!!!!! So, here lately I've been really thinking and praying and hoping, that Alec can still hear, he can't hear completely, but more then what he did, and that's what matters. I have NEVER seen anything more beautiful then what I did then!!!!!!!! I think I'm going to end this story and post some pictures from camp now. I'm to the left of the girl in the purple shirt!
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I love meeting new people and usually get along with everyone that I meet. I love listening to music and blogging. I am a Christian and enjoy going to my church. I have been home schooled for 2 yrs. but went to public school before then.