KERR COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The decision by Camp Mystic to reopen a portion of its camp next summer is drawing a sharp rebuke from parents of the 27 little girls who died at the camp during the devastating Kerr County floods this summer.

Just weeks ago, Cici Stewart testified in front of a State Senate committee in Austin about the devastation of losing her daughter Cile, and her body not yet found.

"We're forced to pray for the day when our child's body is found and to call that good news," Stewart said, choking back tears.

Stewart and the other families said they were shocked when Camp Mystic announced that one of its two camps will reopen to campers.

"The heart of Camp Mystic has never stopped beating, because you are Mystic," the email to the wider Camp Mystic community said. "We

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