Years ago, I went on a short term mission trip to rural West Virginia. Our project was to make repairs to two mobile homes. The first home needed painted inside, windows replaced and repairs to a small deck. The second house was almost uninhabitable. The house was home to a mother and her three school-aged children. The floor of the house was so bad that a washer had fallen through to the ground, the plumbing didn't work and the family lived mostly in the living room. Repairs included new floors, new plumbing, new carpet and restoration of the bathroom.
While working on the second house, I had the opportunity to spend some time with one of the children, a boy, likely 10 years old. By the end of the week, we had become friends. As the week came to an end, we said our good byes. As I turned to leave, my new friend asked me to wait a minute. He returned a minute later and handed me a small toy, one we had played with that week.
Yes, repairs were made to a couple houses but the greater repairs happened in people's lives. All I did was give myself to help a struggling family.
At Superkids, you have that same opportunity...to be a part of repairing broken children...loving and caring for them as Jesus did.
As you pray for Superkids today, ask God to give you opportunities to make repairs while you serve at camp. Remember, Mark 10:16 tells us that Jesus "blessed" the children. Now you have the opportunity to do the same.
