From August 24 to 27, 2015, there was a Pathfinder Camporee at Saijia National Park located in Southern Taiwan. It was held by the Taiwan Conference youth ministries department under the theme of “The Good Soldier of Jesus Christ.” More than 550 Pathfinders, Adventurers, youth leaders, andvolunteers gathered together for the event.
Although there was a typhoon and pouring rain, the camporee proceeded as planned without cancellation of any of the programs, thanks to the devoted efforts and passion of the camporee team and volunteers. For the past two years, the Taiwan Conference youth department has strived to train lay leaders. As a result, the lay leaders were able to run various activities for the camporee, including twenty booths, outdoor field work, and community service.
Moreover, Pathfinders from several churches prepared drama skits about Bible stories and performed them at the camporee. This was their first attempt to this at a Taiwan Pathfinder camporee, and they received very positive responses. It was also a good opportunity for the Pathfinders who prepared dramas to discover their talents.
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The “Drill and Marching Presentation”was the highlight of the camporee. The participants could view themselves as good soldiers for Jesus Christ, united in Him.
On the last night of the camporee, Pastor Kim NakHyung, youth director of the Northern Asia-Pacific Division (NSD), urged the Pathfinders to “be a good and strong soldier of Jesus Christ, be armed with the Word of God, prayer and mission, and march toward the end of the world so that we can hasten the second coming of Jesus.”
The NSD is scheduled to have the second division-wide camporee two years later in Taiwan. This camporee helped the Pathfinder leaders in Taiwan to assess if all the programs in the camporee worked out well and to make sure the leaders and volunteers were well organized.