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Hey guys, this is Michelle. So, I entitled this entry a tribute to the Holy Spirit because we have just experienced His power in some incredible ways and we really want to share.
We have a summer camp every year for young people to come and have a great time and experience God. This year our theme was POWER and our theme verse was Acts 1:8 “ But you WILL receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth”. And I cannot tell you how much God took us up on the challenge.
Throughout the planning of this camp, we were all extremely expectant upon the Lord to do some crazy big things in the young people’s lives who attended, but we could never have expected what was to come.
This camp is attended by different denominations and churches from all over the Johannesburg area, as well as having a diverse group of races and SES backgrounds. We have a staff that is a mixture of all of these churchs’ leaders and J-Life staff as well, so it is wide range of people trying to run a camp from a lot of different perspectives.
By the second night, we had an invitation to allow the Holy Spirit to free them from the bondage of addictions, sins, and whatever was preventing them from living life fully, and almost half of the 240 campers came forward to be prayed for. The entire camp there was a sense of vulnerability and opennes in the youth as well as a deep attitude of service among the staff members. I’ve never been a part of a staff team who worked so well together.
I was in charge of the counseling of the camp, and I have never been used so much by God to bring healing and restoration in so many young girl’s lives! It was such an incredible thing to watch the Spirit move in the ministry periods and see all the counselors naturally connecting with different young people to talk and pray with them with earnest compassion. I specifically connected with two young girls:
The first girl is Zanele, from a township close to the farm, who was tired of partying and getting drunk with her friends and wanted to make a serious change in her life. She asked for prayer the second night of camp, so I was able to keep challenging her and praying with her throughout the next three days, as well as connecting her with amazing Christian people from her township.
The second girl was Joy, coming from an affluent community here. She has struggled a lot with eating disorders and drug addictions and was finally able to tell someone about her struggles. I believe that the Holy Spirit really wants to heal her physically from these things she has become used to, and I ask that you all continue to lift her up in prayer. Please beg the Holy Spirit to release her from those lies and to allow her the freedom to be an incredible minister of the gospel of Jesus. Pray that she will find people around her in her community to love and accept her and speak truth into her mind.
There were many many other stories of freedom and healing, both physical and emotional...... the sort of stuff written in Acts that you forget to believe God for in these days. I was also impacted by the messages and the ministry times and I just want to give God all the glory for what He has done!

We believe in a real, powerful, living God! I challenge you to ask Him for big things, to believe the Holy Spirit to do incredible works of transformation and healing in the people in your lives as well. He is able!