Greetings! It is so wonderful to see, smell, hear, touch and even taste this spring weather! In case you have not noticed yet, I love spring. Absolutely love it! It doesn’t hurt that I first came into this world in spring, but my love for this season is rooted in so much more. To me, spring brings a promise. You can see it in the gardens with their new growth; you can see it in the animals and their new homes and new babies! Spring means something wonderful is coming. Here at camp, one of the wonderful things that comes after spring is summer camp! Registrations for kids’ camp come in daily and plans for each camp are quickly falling into place.
A new program that is coming up is Mommy & Me. This will be a morning for stay-at-home moms or dads to bring their child who is not yet in school and enjoy camp together. There will be time for playing together and separately. If you know anyone who might be interested in this, have them contact the camp!
Another program in special need of your prayers is Family Camp. The weekend (August 1-3) is designed to be a time for families to reconnect with each other in the presence of God. There are many forces, pressures and unseen obstacles fighting against our families. This weekend can be a vacation from all of those negatives and a chance to build up the positives. We’ve had some trouble getting it off the ground due to low registrations. If every one of our 17 supporting churches would send one family to Family Camp, we would be full!! Earlier this year, I asked some of the Prayer Partners to pray for snow for Winter Fest. God provided snow and then some! Let’s see what happens when we pray for families!
What has been happening:
· Fundraising for Shepherd’s Inn. This will continue until all the funds have been donated or pledged.
· Crooked Creek hosted a Mennonite Mission Network retreat. It was wonderful to have this group at camp!
· Lots of calling and asking for help and volunteers; we have all of our pastors for summer camp and still need a couple more volunteers to lead crafts, be a nurse and lead nature!
· Registering campers every day and preparing the buildings and grounds for summer.
What will be happening:
· Continued planning for camp.
· Summer registration.
· Mommy & Me on May 15, 2008
· Family Camp on August 1-3, 2008.
We give praise to God:
· For an abundance of blessings, in both big and small packages.
· For the opportunities to experience nature and see God’s fingerprints.
· For the groups that use our facilities.
· For providing for our needs in ways beyond our own imagination.
· For excitement of upcoming summer camp.
We would like prayers for:
· Guest groups that come to use our facilities: that they would encounter God and grow closer to Him.
· The year round staff. Pray that we continue to serve all of God’s people with the gifts that we were given.
· Fundraising for the Shepherd’s Inn. This facility will be a wonderful place for pastors, small groups and individuals to spend time away from busy lives and allow them to focus on what God is doing in their life. However, 100% of the funds must be pledged or donated before construction can begin.
· The summer staff; pray that the missing pieces would fall into place. We still need a nurse, craft leaders and nature leaders.
· Summer registration. Please pray that our summer brochure would reach the right people and that God will make a way for them to come to summer camp!
· Family Camp. Please pray that one family from each of our supporting churches will come to Family Camp.
· Finances for May. There aren’t many guest groups and we have several open weekends. Cash flow will be a challenge for this month.
We continue to pray that God will bless you for what you are doing to advance God’s Kingdom here at camp. We want you to be encouraged and know that we can see the fingerprints of God here. We believe this is because we have your prayer support for each event and group. We believe in the power of your prayers and know that God is protecting us.
In Christ’s Name,
“Be joyful always; pray without ceasing; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thess. 5:16-18
If you would like to become a Prayer Partner, please email ccccamp@iowatelecom.net.
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