I'll try to go to bed early tonight, but it's gonna be hard for me to sleep! I leave around 9 am tomorrow morning to head for Jackson, TN where I will be spending two months with an amazing group of Christians. I have never met any of these people, but I have a feeling they will become like family very quickly. We're all working for the same purpose this summer, sharing the Gospel with children, and I know God is gonna use each of us in incredible ways. In case you didn't know about me leaving, I will be gone till July 23 when I return back to Jacksonville, AR. I am working at a Lifeway summer camp called Centri-Fuge. I've been to 7 Mission-Fuges with my youth group over the past several years and I can honestly say I'm not the same person because of it. God has revealed something unique to me each year and I can't wait to spend an entire summer just loving on some kids.
The camp lasts a week for the campers, but will be 6 weeks for the staff. (10 days of training) I will be leading a Bible Study of 6-8 graders. We will be the Bolts! (Bill Bouillon's Bolts, yay for alliteration) I will also be teaching a class on Choir and Spiritual Gifts. I can't really describe these camps and do it justice, it's something you have to experience. It's a week without distractions (except other peers haha, I remember going to camp and wanting to flirt with other girls), totally focused on God, and some legit worship. Lives are changed every day and if there's anything I've learned over the past year it's that Jesus was in the business of changing people.
I guess this post will be a bit short, but I want to ask you to pray for me and my team this summer. Some weeks are going to be tiring and the Enemy will try to attack us where we are weak. Pray for us to have strength, patience, and an energetic spirit. Pray for me, that God will just show me what His plan for me is. I'm still a bit uncertain what all that involves with future mission work, school, etc. I'll try and blog after every week of camp and tell some stories of what's been going on. Thank you for your prayer and actually reading this. I love to hear feedback so I know people actually read it haha. I'll leave with some Scripture that has really slapped me in the face recently:
"'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.' 'Ah, Sovereign Lord,' I said, 'I do not know how to speak; I am only a child.' But the Lord said to me, 'Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go to everyone I sent you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,' declares the Lord. Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, 'Now, I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.'" Jeremiah 1:5-10
In Love,
Bill Bouillon
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