Amplify: the campers speak!

Chloe Milne

15, Sydenham (Christchurch), Southern Division

Stream A: Dance / Stream B: Photography

Highlight: Everyone being included! People who didn’t know each other to start with became friends over the week.

Favourite meal: We went to McDonald’s…

God Moment: My family aren’t Christian, so it can be easy for me to drift in my faith. But Maryanne’s sermon about being salt and light really got me rethinking how my faith works at home, and I was able to bring all that to God.

Tania Preston

15, Hutt City (Wellington), Central Division

Stream A: Sports Ministry / Stream B: ABL (Adventure-Based Learning)

Highlight: Seeing the Holy Spirit move softly among everyone is so comforting.

Favourite meal: The buns! The buns are really good here!

God Moment: One night at church I noticed a leader who was ministering and offering prayer for lots of youth. I felt God say to me that I should go and pray for him. He was a new dad and missing his family while at camp. I was so stoked that God used me to encourage him.

Ahavah Merz

14, Hamilton City, Midland Division

Stream A: Dance / Stream B: Faith 101

Highlight: I loved the night church sessions. I prayed in tongues for the first time, and it was pure joy!

Favourite meal: Pasta and the cheeseboard at breakfast!

God Moment: Learning about myself and God. At Amplify 2024, God really challenged me to wrestle with the questions and that brought me somewhere deeper into myself.

Tali Schwenke

16, Waitākere Central (Auckland), Northern Division

Stream A: Music / Stream B: Songwriting

Highlight: Reconnecting with friends I made at Amplify last year!

Favourite meal: All the food; the food here is so good!

God Moments: I had been going through a difficult time with a friend. My small group leader played a video about how unforgiveness is like a burden on our shoulders, but Jesus forgave those who crucified him. And that really hit me hard. I knew that was God’s message for me. Thanks Jeannine!