| | Cali along with four other children from our church went off to Joy Bible Camp today.
Jeremiah and I took all the kids to the train station, handed them off to the counselors and off they went. This is so different from when I used to go to church camp back in California. We used to drive our big blue bus called the Heaven Bus all the way to Chico and we attended the camp at Springs of Living Water. Camp was a tremendous time of spiritual growth for me when I was younger. We had the best counselors and camp directors who always pointed us to Jesus and encouraged us to "run the race with endurance." Thanks Dan and Beth Lambdin, my former youth pastors, ; it was because of your spiritual examples in my life that I am where I am today.
So for those of you who tirelessly serve in Children's Ministry, Sunday School, church camp, youth events etc.... hang in there. There will be eternal fruit even when we can't see it. I have been a camp counselor for many a camp. I have almost walked out of a camp once because I couldn't handle the stress and the willful disobedience of the youth, but I look back at that time now, and I marvel at God's goodness since one of the young girls is now a worship leader, one is a wonderful mommy, one is continuing to be an fantastic witness for the Lord in spite of enormous difficulties in her life. We serve a wonderful God, one who sees the finished product even when we are very near sighted.
Please pray for our young people as they head on to Joy Bible Camp. Please pray for spiritual growth, encouragement, strengthening and fortifying of their faith and for good godly FUN!!! We also have another student who will be attending the Jr. High Camp the following week. Please pray for him as well.
Here they are getting ready to get on the train for camp.
  
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