Nehemiah Teams and iDisciple Camp's Partnership

Emely and Kaycee (left) with capmers

Adrian and Kaycee

Nehemiah Teams is thankful for the partnership of iDISCIPLE Gospel Camp of the LSBC-Youth Department. Since 2009, iDISCIPLE Camp has invited Nehemiah Teams come and challenge the students to be involved in missions. Only in 2010 were we able to come, set up a booth and speak to the participants. Emely de Castro and Cecil Cusi came to promote, while Kaselyn Ferry (NT leader) and Adrian Delgado (NT support group) participated in the camp. Some former NT participants like Ken Torda were also there. The opportunities were not limited to the time during plenary or at the booth, but the iDISCIPLE leadership gave the NT to share their testimonies in the small groups and tell the participants more about Missions and NT mission opportunities.


In 2011, they invited us to facilitate a workshop on missions called SENtral – Living Missional as Gospel People. 27 participants signed up and participated in this 3-day workshop.  The topic was The Great Commission from where we are to where God wants us to be.  Videos, testimonies, biographies of mission heroes and mission articles were shared.  The Biblical Basis of missions was discussed, as well as what it means to be a World Christian, and dug deep into the reasons not to go that young people often give.  There were also other NT representatives who participated in the 2011 Gospel Wakefulness camp (Apol Cuevas, Katherine Ferry, Mholens Cabatay and Nathaniel Racelis). These representatives were also able to share about NT in their workshops, small groups and one on one conversation with other campers and Church leaders. As a result, 2 young men (Rosman Balandang and Eliezer Layag) from iDISCIPLE Gospel Wakefulness camp joined Nehemiah Teams the past summer with their Community Group and workshop mates among their prayer partners!

The SENTral workshop participants

In this past 2012 iDISCIPLE “Entrusted with the Gospel” camp, we were again able to challenge young people to Pray, Go, Send, Mobilize for all nations. Before the end of the 3-day camp, 11 people have come up to Cecil for possibility of joining the team this summer and or future partnership for an unreached area.

It’s really amazing how the Lord weaves things together, how he connects his children and the ministries He has entrusted them. I can say that this partnership of NT and iDISCIPLE Gospel Camp team may have begun years ago in TLW trainings in Batangas with lead by Kuya Franco Ferrrer, and in 2008 TLW training for American NT participants during their orientation in Davao. All these things the Lord have divinely planned for the advancement of the Gospel in the lives of the Young People unto the world. And it is not so much of the mobilization alone, it also is for iDISCIPLE Camp’s commitment to be Gospel –Centered.  And above all, the out pour of God’s Spirit on His people.

El (in white), practicing a skit with the team

               
Nehemiah Teams rallies it as This Generation. Every Nation!   iDISCIPLE Camp declares it as KNOW, OWN and MAKE KNOWN the GOSPEL.

Nehemiah Teams hopes this partnership would further be strengthened and be of better service to the youth department.

iDISCIPLE Gospel Camp is held yearly from December 26-30 at the Southern Baptist Camp in Mariveles, Bataan.

NT 2012 Luzon participants

-Nehemiah Teams Luzon