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Lives Transformed– From Camper to Summer Staff

Lives Transformed– From Camper to Summer Staff

We are so excited to have many summer staff this year who started out as campers.

These staff share a common purpose in being on staff, they want to be a part of the place that played such a significant role in their lives and in their spiritual journey.  Their lives were transformed here at Kidder Creek as they took little and sometimes big steps towards Jesus each summer.  Here are some
of their answers to some questions we asked them about their time at Kidder Creek.

What is your favorite memory from when you were a camper?

  • Meeting my best friend Claire.
  • I can’t pick one favorite memory; I just loved that I could be free and myself at Mount Hermon.
  • Witnessing God’s handiwork flow through me and the other campers during our week in the wilderness.

What is one step that you took toward Jesus in your time at camp?

  • Regardless of my actions, God Always forgives.
  • I accepted Jesus in my second summer at Redwood Camp.
  • I was never able to attend church, coming to Kidder was my church.  The community and lessons brought me closer to Jesus.

Why did you want to be on KC staff
this summer?

  • Kidder felt like home last summer!
  • To be a part of the culture and presence that God has created here.
  • I knew since I was little that I wanted to work here one day.  Having fun with the kindest people in the most beautiful place, who wouldn’t want to work here?

What are your hopes for this summer while you are on staff?

  • I hope I can make the same impact on my campers as my past counselors did on me.
  • To take many steps closer to Jesus as I minister to children.
  • To become more confident in my identity in Jesus and to be humbly bold, while serving the other staff and campers.

We have an incredible summer staff from all over the country, from Minnesota, Texas, Vermont and all up and down the west coast.  One thing is true for all of them: they are excited to be hanging out with kids, getting to know them, sharing adventures in God’s creation and modeling God’s love through their words and actions as they get to serve campers and see them become more like Jesus. 

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