During the first week of June the first ever Prayer In Action Summit was held during the day sessions at Louisiana Kids Camp. Spontaneous prayer meetings broke out in dorms as well as outside by the basketball courts. There were over 50 people who were healed and 289 kids who received the Holy Ghost. You may be wondering how in the world could this happen in a group of 840 children. My first answer is “with God all things are possible”, but my other answer would be a well organized team with a vision.

In Louisiana there is a group called SALT (Student Action Leadership Team). This team works together and gains valuable leadership training that is used to help lead at camps and in their local assemblies. There were 95 team members this year who had various responsibilities during the camp. Some where involved in drama, others clowning, some as worship leaders, but all showed the love of Jesus to the kids at the camp.

The team members were instrumental in teaching kids prayer during the day sessions. Each member received the 7 Essentials of Kids Prayer book and learned the basic principles in the book. They were given a schedule for each day along with the materials they would need to teach each day’s lesson. The SALT team broke into groups of two or three and had anywhere from 15-25 kids in a group. Each day began with a wake up time and then everyone broke into small groups for prayer instruction. After a break the groups all came back together for a big group session to review what had been taught and to learn about the prayer topics more in depth. Many of the ideas presented during the big group sessions were also taught by SALT team members.

The week in Louisiana was a dream come true for someone who believes that children and youth need to be actively ministering now. After the experience of this week I have seen first hand what young people can accomplish if given the right tools and the trust of the adults in charge to go for it.

Please check out the kids pages for pictures and more stories from the week. Below are the testimonies from three of the team members that were involved during the week. If you would like more information about how to plan and execute a Prayer In Action Summit in your area email the office at the link below and we will gladly get more information to you.

I will never look at M&M's the same again! Mark has not complained about his knee since camp.  I had a number for a knee doctor in my wallet and came across it this past week and just thanked Jesus for his healing and threw the number away.  We no longer need it!! God is SO GOOD!! (Mark was the clown the children prayed for during the healing service on Thursday.)

"Kids Camp 2007 was beyond words.  To spend a week in an atmosphere created by young children which promoted praise, worship, and healing was an experience beyond words! I came to camp hoping to somehow be used by God to bless children throughout the week, but I left blessed beyond measure!"

Kids camp was absolutely amazing. I have been on SALT for four years, and this year was the best ever!!

The thing I love about kids camp is getting to see these kids fall on their faces before God with such sincerity. These kids are so hungry for God, and they don't care if they have to miss out on the fun stuff going outside or even their lunch. They just wanted to stay and linger in the presence of God. I remember there for quite a few times where we had to basically push them out of the church to go eat! It was so awesome and I will never forget it!!

Every service my small group sat in the same section even towards the end of the week when groups were spreading out and sitting with their friends. The kids came and found us every service. I think it was the Wednesday night, one of our boys in the small group, was so slain in the spirit we had to pick him up and get some guys to help him outside while he was still speaking in tongues.

His friend, also in our group, came up to me crying a few minutes later. I asked him what was wrong, and his response was "I know how hr is feeling. I will never forget the first time I got the Holy Ghost." Then he asked me, "Wanna know what else happened tonight?" I asked him what happened, with tears already streaming down my face. He said, "God called me to preach tonight, and if we get a chance I wanna talk to our group this week!" I was so excited, and I was the first to know that God had told this young boy what his calling was already. I was just in awe. God is so good!!!