On COmMISSION

Hi, my name is Daniel Humphris. That's me above, second from the right. I'm in sixth year at secondary school and awaiting university offers to study Theology. I'm also an SU Scotland Basecamp graduate.

I've grown up in a Jesusloving household all my life.

From the age of 10 I happily attended an SU Holiday, led by Eleanor Dickson and James Clark, right up until the dawn of my leadership era as a fresh-faced seventeenyear-old! During the summer of 2022 I took part in the COmMISSION leadership training programme, attending Basecamp in June for training before a placement at my usual SU summer camp, followed by the review weekend in August which coincided with the SU Scotland Big Celebration.

The opportunity to come back to SU Scotland every summer to spend time with old friends while making new ones, in a faith-fuelled environment, has been extremely valuable and important to my growth as a person and as a Christian.

I always have bucket-loads of fun with Christians I admire and love as they teach me more about Jesus and my own faith. It has been influential in my motivation and inspiration to grow my faith alongside my friends. The service that SU Holidays provides, being both fun and spiritually driven, has been the perfect platform for me as a young person to develop my faith and trust in Jesus.

One moment that stands out to me happened at Kingscross in June of last year. While at Basecamp (COmMISSION), we were tasked with sharing our testimony in small groups. It was exceptionally encouraging to tell my own story of commitment to Christ while I could hear across the room, one of my closest friends doing the same thing.

The COmMISSION programme is special in the way that we were able to practise our new-found skills at Kingscross Basecamp in June and then put them to good use by serving at our own camps during the summer holidays. The scenario-based teaching was highly valuable and applicable to situations we found ourselves in later on.