The Lord's Boot Camp: Kids gave up luxuries of iPods cell phones for The Lord's Boot Camp

The one-hour special takes an unprecedented look at three teenagers training to become Christian missionaries while also dealing with the pressures that teens face daily and who tell their own stories in their own words.

"This unique collaboration between these two gifted filmmakers and the team at 48 Hours is a departure from what viewers may be used to," says the broadcast’s executive producer, Susan Zirinsky. "This is a slice of their lives told from their singular point of view."

In the summer of 2007, Tabitha Taylor of Bellwood, Pa., Nicole Scrivener of Tallahassee, Fla., and Valerie Smith of Las Vegas, Nev. were among the 700 kids who gave up the luxuries of iPods and cell phones to attend The Lord's Boot Camp. At the two-week, no-frills training camp in central Florida, the girls face physical and mental challenges as they prepare to embark on evangelical missions in the U.S. and Africa and spread the word of God.

Taylor, 13, is passionate about her religion and a natural-born leader who excels at camp, but struggles to fit in among her peers.

Scrivener, 15, grapples with drug and alcohol abuse, straining her relationship with her family. Her rebellious attitude creates tension at camp, too.

Smith, 17, is dedicated to her religious beliefs but finds it difficult to be away from her boyfriend as she faces the physical challenges of camp.

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