Testimonials
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We want to hear how you found a place to BELONG & BECOME – OR – how you’ve been UNLOCKED & UNLEASHED!
BELONG & BECOME
As a parent, it makes me feel great knowing that my child is in the care of someone that shows them genuine love and care, as you did. Thank you for your hard work this summer! You will never know how beautifully sprouted the seeds you have planted will someday become.
I couldn’t believe how much impact one week of camp had in my child’s life. His counselor left such an impact, my son cried before bed for several nights because he missed his counselor. That’s shows how much he was loved and accepted and that is life changing.
We’ve been attending several years, at first we needed childcare but now that she’s older and we no longer need that we continue to send her because of the bonds she forms with her counselors and the age appropriate activities. These counselors have become like older sisters to her and such great role models. LIFE CHANGING!
Our daughter was being bullied at school – coming to camp as a teen and being told that she is beautiful and that God loved her was life changing!
My son’s counselor worked really hard to redirect my son’s hyperactivity and impulsiveness. His week of camp he never felt like he was being singled out or was “bad”. So grateful he got a good Camp experience like the older kids had.
As a parent with a child on the Autism spectrum I can’t begin to tell you how absolutely wonderful it feels to take him to a place that everyone is treated equal!!! There is no judgment, no bullying, no one is left out or left behind, it is amazing! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for creating such a wonderful environment for ALL kids!
“Camp Sonshine is one of the gifts we get living here in Lincoln. The counselors really care and build into the kids. That’s what kids need.”
The change I see through the summer is always amazing to me. The kids always end their summer at camp with a fuller love for God and deeper understanding of His love for us. They are truly loved by the counselors and to us they are now family.
It’s life changing how the counselors make the kids feel. My daughter loves spending time with them and I love the influence they have on her. That’s why we will continue to send her to camp.
Our teenage daughter got to know the LIT counselor on a personal level. WOW – what a difference it makes to have an older girl really care about what’s going on in her life.
I’m one of “those” parents that is quite afraid to let my kids out of my sight in this day & age. I seriously thought I was going to cry when we walked them to the tent. Well, long story short, the kids had such an amazing time that they begged to go back the next week! Pretty much begged to go every week after that for all of these years!!
Camp is like letting your kids go off with family. You have no worries & they are truly having the time of their lives! My children do not have grandparents in town & I can’t even begin to tell you the impression that “Nana & Papa” have made in their lives. Nana has all the time in the world to cook with little kids & even go back & find the recipe for them so they can make it with their mom. Thank you!
Camp Sonshine is the ONLY place I go where I can be who I really am and people accept me for it. – Teen Camper
We use Camp Sonshine as our entire summer camp life… not because we need the child care but because year after year our children end the summer with more emotional growth than words can describe.
My daughter is very apprehensive about new things. She really didn’t want to go on that first day. She came home EVERY day so happy & excited about her day!! I can’t thank you enough for making this such a wonderful experience for her.
God is using Camp Sonshine to capture the hearts of parents and kids who may not know Jesus…that’s life changing!
UNLOCK & UNLEASH
I grew more in my faith from one summer working at Camp Sonshine than a whole year at Christian School. It’s like I was supported and felt that it was “cool” to make the right choices at camp.
I’m changed. I have been changed by being at camp in many ways than I even realize but to mention a few, I have noticed the power that living out our faith has. I have realized how impactful loving on people is and how it can create opportunities for preaching the Gospel and I’ve also realized that learning theology is one thing and it’s important but true Christian living is really seen in how we treat others. I have been challenged to live a life that is more about actions portrayed in loving people and this was evident especially through the community at camp, Nanas and Papas and Staff just giving themselves to the work of the Lord at camp, always helping out, bringing food and that told me a lot about their faith. I have learnt to believe the best about people and it’s humbling.
I would describe myself as timid, but camp has helped me grow in that. It has helped me build confidence in sharing the gospel and so much more!
I have really grown in my faith and my ability to believe the best about people. I’m naturally very skeptical and pessimistic, but this summer has helped me grow and begin to believe the best about people
Before the summer, I knew that I loved the Lord and I knew that I trusted him, but I wasn’t sure how to trust him enough to share his word freely without fear of judgment. After a summer of working really closely and discipling many many teenage girls and other kids who are younger, I gain the confidence to not only share the gospel but to live it. I learned that evangelism isn’t just about the words you say. In fact, as very little to do with it. Rather it’s about what the Lord is doing through you. Because of this realization, I’ve been empowered to apply for a leadership positions at my school. I am ready to live the call and demonstrate the hope of the gospel, not just share it verbally. And because of that now I’ll be leading discipleship groups at my school, leading Bible studies and continuing discipleship on high school girls and younger elementary middle school age students. I’m so excited for this next phase of my life and I can’t wait to see all of the ways that God continues to shape me.
I feel a change within myself this summer. I can’t describe what it is, but I know I feel more open and free. Like I stopped being so worried about what others thought and have just been able to be me, and it’s so freeing and refreshing.