The camp seems to be running smoothly as all the assignments are being handed out, and already I am thinking about what we can do to make next year’s camp even better! My first Multimedia Camp last year was a real experience in so many ways. I already had a passion for video production, but I was lacking the capacity to explore it beyond my own backyard. Next thing I know I’m thrown in ….boots and all…. to a 10 day camp with a strange foreign little man who talked about bradcasting (no that’s not a typo), a passion for shooting things (thankfully not people) and insatiable appetite for Tim Tams!! To be honest I had no idea what I was in for, but I was pleasantly surprised as the camp started to unfold. I got to see the look of excitement and accomplishment on the faces of students, who had barely breathed since school started, when they created a homemade studio and started to learn the professional production ‘lingo’.

Many of those students journeyed through the camp and immersed themselves in an environment they hoped to one day work in, while others plodded along just for the experience, eventually deciding it wasn’t the industry for them. Spiritually I saw students grow and change, physically I watched as they poured hours of their own time into creating, saving, storing, sorting, editing and laughing.

For me God ignited a fire in me and passion to develop Multimedia within the school environment, which slowly, bit by bit, is starting to come together (I like to remain positive that it is anyway!). I don’t think I can say with certainty the direction in which these plans are going, but Proverbs 3:5-6 has become the constant track that runs through my head daily.

“⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding, ⁶ in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight“.

Throughout the year Pastor Brad has helped to keep me encouraged in the plans God has in store for me. I have been blessed with many of the students I have had a chance to teach. Never have I met such a diverse group of young people who are so confident in who they are and what they want from life…..it’s hard to explain really, but if you met them you would understand. I look forward to moving forward with these great plans and dreams and seeing what God has planned!

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