Nathan and Rachel Allen Missionaries to the Tribes - right here in Jackson, MI! 
The Village
Wayumi = To go to a specific place, for a specific time, for a specific purpose. We had the opportunity to lead a group of 17 people to one of the first weeks of Teen Camp at Wayumi in Jersey Shore.
People Group Study
Throughout the week in the mornings we had time for personal study in the Word and individual study of different people groups or religions. We then spent a couple of hours learning about missions. Each day covered a different topic including Culture, Language, Translation, Teaching and Support. The first night, one of the teens said, “I could never do that” referring to learning the culture of different people. Another teen said, “this isn’t like camps I’ve been to before — this is about other people, not just me”
We had an activity each afternoon that included a scavenger hunt, 3 mile hike, tribal hut building, and then a “water day.” Except for water day, the activities centered around missions. The teens loved the amount of activity and were learning all along about the “do-ability” of missions and the importance of teamwork and attitude needed to complete the task.
Fireside
The highlight of the week was the evening fireside meetings with Dave Percy. He spoke about topics such as the Culture of our World, the Work of the Cross, the Impact of the Cross, and Sins Power has been Broken. We were amazed at Dave’s ability to communicate positional truth to teens. You could see the realization taking place in one teen when in his testimony later included the comment — “God sees me as perfect, regardless of what I do.”
Another teen said that she had never heard this stuff before and that it’s amazing, the same teen who had said earlier that she could never do mission work. On the way home I asked her what she wanted to do with her life and out of her came the predetermined answer, go to Western Michigan and learn graphic arts and design. I asked her why. After she reflected, she said she didn’t know why. I encouraged her to consider NTBI. She went home and told her mom that she wants to go to NTBI and her mom responded negatively. So pray for her and the other teens that they will continually be impacted by the truth they were taught and the challenge they were given to consider – giving their life to reaching a tribal group with the gospel.
3 hour hike
We praise God for an awesome time at Wayumi. Our encouragement to you is that once you hear that Wayumi is ready to book weeks of camp for teens, book it early.
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