Boys week, 3rd week of camp

This week we had a group of 10 boys. We had a few special cases and had to rearrange a few things from the norm. We had one camper who had a very rough life and for a couple reasons was put in the ranch house to stay with a couple of the staff guys. I had in my group the brother of the girl who believed in the Olympian Greek gods. His name is Travis, he came in very set in his beliefs but when we started talking to him, he began to question what he had always known. I prayed for him for three days and on Wednesday when we presented the gospel he prayed to God to forgive him for his sin. He told me later he decided that the Greek gods were more like superheroes like the X-men and that God was the true God. It was awesome, and I am very glad that he will be able to go back home and help Celina, his sister.
Pray for Travis and Celina though, their parents still have a Wiccan worldview and he told me that their mother is a white witch. Keep the staff in prayer always, we are beginning to feel the effects of sleep deprivation and exhaustion. This up coming week is a girls week and the girls in the bunkhouse need extra prayer because it is very exhausting to be with the girls 24/5.
Thank you all and love you!

Girl's Week!

So last week i typed up my post with the kids names and saved it... then I forgot to send it! So this time I'll remember to hit send!
I will put the staffers names in the groups then the camper's names underneath.

Me, Mikela, Kaleb:
Robin, Avi, Celina

Samantha, Sarah, Isaias:
Brishelle, Annalise, Christian

Ashley, Vanessa, Zach:
Jovonne, Alexis, Mary

Leah, Leanna, Malcolm:
Karina, Brianna, Tirzah

The girls listed first in each group will in the bunk house, say an extra prayer for them! Thank you all!

End of the first camp week!

We had a very good week of camp. I'm teaching archery again and I've begun to realize this week how much you can impact a kid by teaching him how to shoot. We had a lot of very insecure boys this week. Two of them were in my devo group: Jordan and Kaleb. By the time they left you could see how much of an impact one week of encouragement can to to a child's self-worth. There was also a young man named Reed this week. I was able to work with him in archery and when he got to class the first two days he couldn't hit the target at all. But with much patience, encouragement, and someone who would just believe in him, Thursday morning he hit the target 27 out of 30 times... in a row. It was an awesome boost of self-confidence for him.

Keep praying for the staff we have come through our first week of camp very well. Also we have another staffer who arrived yesterday, Josh, pray he learns the ropes fast and also for Allie, she won't be here for another two weeks. Keep praying for Mr. Albert and Ms. Dianne, they are in Albuquerque still. They'll be there for another week and a half to try to get Mr. Albert's strenght back up.

Thank you to everyone for your prayers! Love you all!