First Week Of Camp (Prayer Requests)

Please pray for the campers and the staffers this week!
Campers:
Raul
Orlando
Tim
Luis
Manuel
Robbie
Dezmin
Joseph
Frankie
Chris
Kevin
Logan
Staffers:
Hannah
Sarah H.
Matthew
Josh
Maddie
Zach
Jay
Joe
Suzannah
Megan
Emily
Bethany
Caleb
Vanessa
Full Time:
Ms. Dianne
Mr. Albert
Ms. Karen
Ms. Colleen

Thank You all so much for the prayers and support. Please pray for the Holy Spirit to move in the hearts of the campers and for the Holy Spirit to teach us what to say and how to act. Pray for unity with the campers and with the staffers.
Romans 10:14-15

Week One: Training

So training is complete! YAY! I am assistant teaching archery in the morning and in the evening I am teaching a small group Bible Study. On the weekends I am teaching the elementary Sunday School, we are doing a study on the Ten Commandments. Our group has already become very close and we have developed a very good comrade. Next week we get our first group of kids, it'll be boys week, and we will be diving right in.
Starting next week our schedule will be packed. We will be up and at it by 6:30 and we will have to get the kids up at 7:00, by 7:30 we have flag raising and devotional/testimony, then breakfast. After breakfast we have rotations; archery, outdoor adventure, and horsemanship. Afterward we have singspiration and lunch. After lunch we have R&R, rest and realxation. Then we have swimming and small group Bible Study. At 3:00 we have ice cream then organized 1 on 1 where we have one staffer per one camper and we just hang out and spend time with our camper. After that we have dinner and watch part of a movie. After the movie we have adventure recreation then snack time and debrefing. Then we have outdoor games like capture the flag and volleyball. The small group evening devotions. By 9:15 we are in the bunkhouse and asleep by 10. Them we wake up and do it again!
Romans 10:14-15

Quick update!

Just a quick update before bed! I arrived in Albuquerque on time and meet everyone I needed to. I didn't have too many problems, I did get lost in Dallas but I had enough time to correct it! I have meet most of our group and we are all getting along really well so far. There are 12 staff and we will have 12 campers every week. So we have a very nice 1 on 1 time. We will be having training and assignments for the rest of this week and then we will be diving right in next week. Our first group of kids will be guys and I'll have different responsibilities on those weeks and the next week we will have girls. I am having a blast here and I am learning about my team and about the camp quickly. I will try to get more up in the next couple of days. Keep praying for me!
Romans 10:14-15

Testing

If this email works then I will be able to post things on my blog directly from my email. I hope that it does so I don't have to jump through a whole bunch of hoops. Lucky me, my Dad discovered this yesterday and I only have 8 days till I leave. Please pray for me as I travel to New Mexico next Saturday.

Romans 10:14-15

Upcomeing Mission Trip to New Mexico

This summer I will be working with the North American Mission Board (NAMB) as a sojourner missionary. Sojourner missions is a program for Junior and senors in High School and Freshmen and Sophomores in college. You are given the opportunity to go on summer mission trips to almost anywhere in the United States for two to ten weeks. There are opportunities for many different kinds of ministry from Creative Arts to VBS.

I will be going to Eagles' Wing Youth Ranch in Mountainair, New Mexico. I will be working as a camp counselor at their summer camps. The kids I will be serving will be 10 to 13 years old most of which will come from underprivileged homes. They are able to go there for free because of donations from different churches and sponsors. We will teach the kids how to do things like ride and groom a horse and to shoot archery and lasso a (unmoving) cow. We will have recreational sports like low and high ropes and swimming. Most importantly they will all hear of the love of Christ and about His saving grace.

I will be leaving on May 23 and I will return ten weeks later on August 1, the longest I have ever been away from home at once (pray for my Dad!). I plan to use this blog to update everyone about what is going on there. Sadly, I will not be able to log on here myself, but I will be e-mailing my blogs to my Dad who will be posting them for me. Please pray for me!

God Bless!

Romans 10:14-15