“It was tiring,” he says of life on a tour bus with a baby and a two-year-old in tow, “but I’d rather be tired and have my family with me and be able to wake up and see my kids and my wife. It was great to be on stage and have that settling feeling that they’re right there on the bus sleeping. My little daughter, Isabella, had fun, too. She loved [tour mates] Hawk Nelson. She would dance every night at the side of the stage.”

Jeremy plans to use his new studio as a place to write with other artists, with an eye on expanding his role further into producing and engineering. Camp’s first fully-self-produced cut, a cover of the hymn “It Is Well,” appears on the recently released "Music Inspired by the Motion Picture Amazing Grace" (EMI/Sparrow) soundtrack. He was also able to co-produce Adie’s solo record, "Don’t Wait" (BEC), there.

“To see her pour out her heart,” Jeremy says, “to be involved with the songwriting process … was great, because it’s a different side [of Adie] that I haven’t been involved with before. I think it brought us that much closer, working through our differences musically. Her grace with me was amazing.”

Take a Little Time

In early 2006 Jeremy took the whole family and traveled to South Africa for the first time to get a glimpse of the world his wife grew up in. He was able to meet Adie’s friends, experience her culture and learn “how to love her more.”

“It was so awesome to take Jeremy to South Africa,” recalls Adie, “to show him my home, and where I grew up and how beautiful my country is.” While there, they stopped at an AIDS orphanage.

“Jeremy and his dad played with the kids, sang songs and made them laugh,” she says. “It reminded me of when I first met Jeremy – I was blown away by his faith and his heart for people, and no matter who he talks to, he’s always the same to everyone.”

“That was tough,” Jeremy remembers, “because I hadn’t seen the effect of AIDS before.” 

The orphanage staff led the Camps to a room where a little girl was suffering. “They said, ‘She’s not gonna make it,’ and I’m just holding this baby, and I just wept,” Jeremy says, “because I’m like, ‘Oh my goodness, she is my daughter’s age.’ And to think this happens all the time. It’s a reality.”

“I think, in many ways, seeing people in hard situations is very humbling,” says Adie, “and we try to live that scripture that says we need to take care of the widows and the orphans and know that as believers it is our responsibility to do so.”