My Life Has Changed!

This year of Youth Camp was wonderful. On Wednesday, June 15th, 2011, I excepted Jesus Christ into my  heart. This happened after the message by C.B. Eder. (thank you!) But the story doesn't start here. It starts a couple days before Youth Camp, when my sister Joy and I were  talking our room at night. We had just finished reading the first chapter of Colossians, and Joy started talking more to me and asking me questions. I don't remember exactly all that we were talking about, but I remember  talking about Creation and Evolution (don't know how we get there). Then she asked me if becoming a Christian was something that I wanted to do and I answered, yes. Then she was telling me how that all I have to do is   (not exact words) ask Jesus into my heart (or call upon his name). Then at Youth Camp (2011) sort of at the end of C.B Eder's message, he began to talk about hell, and how it is  completely dark there and so you can't see anything but all you feel is pain. At this point I started to feel weird, and my stomach was turning, and I was scared because I wasn't a Christian, so if I died right then, that's where I'd be going. Then during worship, we sang the song that goes something like this, "And anyone who calls upon  the lord, They will be saved...". And my mind went to the night Joy said that all I had to do was call upon his name. Tears began to pure from my eyes at this point. I forget what they exactly said, but that said something  along the lines that if you had a sin that hasn't been forgiven (I think?) to come up and be prayed for.  Melanie Millen had been standing beside me, and saw me crying and put her arm around me and asked me if I  wanted to go up. I stood there for a little bit, scared of what people would think of me if I did go up. Then right  as I was about not to go up, Cameron Odell (who was on my team and sitting close to where I was) got up and walked toward the front of the room, so I just followed him. Then when I got up there I saw Joy, and I ran over to her and clung onto her, crying. She turned around and wrapped her arms around me and began to cry too.  Then more people came up, my whole family, and most of my friends (the ones that saw me go up), and some  other people. I couldn't really see who all was up there because I was crying the whole time. Then my dad  helped me pray, and except Jesus into my heart. Then other people prayed for me too. And that night I became a Christian. People I'd like to thank: Jesus for dying for my sins (the rest are in no particular order) My whole family for being there for me and praying for me (Joy, for talking with me) (Geoff, Karla, Sarah,  Vinson, Erin, and Joy Sensenig) C.B. Eder for the great messge Melanie Millen, for being there for me, and urging me to go up Cameron Odell (even though he didn't know it) he helped me go up front  My counselors: Elya Shaheen, and Ben Brown. Ruth Anne and Melanie Millen, Ashley and Megan Crutcher, Margaret Odell, Abigail and Ahna Davis,  Julia Pritchard, Abby Stuart, Christiana Goslin, Hannah and Hope Privitera, Hannah Gifford, and more! All the girls on my team: Megan Inglin  Ashley Umberger  Chelena Jimenez Maria Schwarz  Carli Freeman  Emma Wenger  Melanie Millen  And to all the Pastors that preached at Youth Camp, and that were there.  Doug Plank and the worship team for a great worship!  And to many more people!