After a long time of planning and preparing the transportation, the table menu, volunteers that can help us in camp, choosing the right theme for the camp, daily discussion questions, games, songs, surprises, shopping, we finally got to enjoy the camp, in Rusesti, Marisel, during 14-19 of July, in the middle of all the wonders that God created. The camp was called The Ultimate Gift and for six days we discovered together different gifts that we had or we could have in our lives.

The first day of camp called The gift of life helped us understand how precious we are not because of how we look, the money we have or because of our talents, but because God is our Creator, and His standards and values are so different from those of the world we live in. The choice is our to make: we either believe the lies of Satan that wants to burden us with deceiving and changing standards that will make us unhappy, or we choose to believe God that paid for us the highest price, that gives us true value : the life of His son, Jesus Christ.

In the second day of camp we experienced together The gift of work, when we learned that it is very important that we value work even as teenagers, no matter what its nature is at this age, how important is to fulfill the best we can all our responsibilities because the way we are now will determine our future and the way we live our lives. During the camp, the teenagers had the opportunity to experience this gift by helping in the kitchen, washing dishes, laying and cleaning the table, things that teenagers were very happy to help with.

The third day of camp was called The gift of relationships and it focused mainly on the importance of forgiving in relationships. All teenagers had the opportunity of understanding what true forgiveness means, how can it be possible when there is no hope for reconciliation and what are the consequences of unforgiving in your life and in the life of others. Many teenagers that experience hardfeelings, anger or unforgiveness related to their mothers or fathers that stopped supporting them, friends that betrayed them, had the opportunity of being released from unforgiveness.

In the fourth day of camp we talked about The supreme gift- Jesus Christ and we understood that we can receive or we can reject this gift, that can never measure to any other gift from our lives, it is the most precious gift that God had, if He had a more precious gift He would have gave it. Once you receive this gift, it makes you responsible to live your life obeying God.

The next day of camp called The inheritance gave us the opportunity of talking about heaven, wanting to get there and understanding how we can get there.

The small group discussions from every day, the time from each morning and evening that we spent singing and praying, the time we spent daily reading the Bible motivated the teenagers from camp to reevaluate their lives, some of them choosing the purpose of a life lived by obeying God, a life that has God as a priority.

From the daily program never missed games and competitions, a time that we used to get closer to each other, to get to know each other better and have fun. We enjoyed the games, we were glad that the teenagers were not bored, all of them making the most of this time.

In general the camp atmosphere was full of joy, fun and friendship.
The camp concluded our work throughout the year, was a close up, it helped to experience and apply all that it is tried to bring into their lives, a great time for the teenagers personal, emotional and spiritual development, to correct behavior problems, to learn how to socialize, relate and communicate, a time to develop relationships that have a positive influence and relaxation.
After camp we organized at the Center a camp evaluation meeting, where the evaluations of the volunteers and those of the teenagers confirmed once again that the time we spent there was useful for everyone.

Feed-back from some of the camp leaders and participants :

I still miss all the days I spent with you. I'm sorry that it ended so fast. I wish we could go at least one more week. Anyway, I'm glad that I had the chance to meet you, and I thank God for it. You are a blessing for me, I mean it. I pray that you won't forget what you have learnt in camp, and may God help you to live according to his will. Try to be a true friend for everyone around you, and forgive one another anytime. - Ionatan

I miss the time we spent in camp and I keep thinking about how blessed it was, how God answered our prayers and how He surprised us in such a pleasant way. I hope we will spend together one more weekend. - Alina

I really wish we will meet again this summer...I had a great time at camp. All the leaders were great and I hope we'll make more camps of this type. I thank God for the opportunity of meeting all of you and make new friends. Thank you for all the lovely moments spent together. I hope I'll see you soon... - Silviu

I miss you all, I miss laughing, joking and having fun together. I hope we will meet again and spend some time together. I'm glad I met all of you and I thank God for it. Take care and I hope that everything we have learnt in this camp would help us throughout our lives. - Alina

I'm sorry that the week in camp went away so fast, but like the saying 'all that's good goes away fast'. I love you all and I'm glad that I had the opportunity to be with you in this camp, to know you. And I thank God for the friends He gave me, you all! What I like the best was our relationship that wasn't limited at leader - student and we became friends.I thank you for sharing with us your opinion and experiences. To be your leader wasn't hard, because you were always nice and ready for new adventures. Our discussion group helped me so much.I came ready to teach you and I ended up being taught by you. Thank you for your optimism, joy, courage, and giving. You know that God works with people? I'll tell you that it's TRUE. You are little angels sent by God in my life. It was a blessed week, I know that God worked in our hearts and He still does. Don't forget that 'Everything works together for the good of those who love God'.- Florina

First of all I want to tell you that I miss every single one of you!!
In this camp I had the opportunity to learn so many things about God....and about life. I thank God every day for my new best friends and for all the new things I've learnt. And I want all of you to know that every day we've spent together was blessed. This camp changed me and made me a better person. I hope that you feel like better people at least as much as I do. I love all of you and I hope that we'll have another chance to spend much time together. And last.....but not least, I want to thank all of you for how you all treated me, and for accepting me as your friend! THANK YOU!!! - Oana