Last Week of Camp

This week is very unusual. They have actually never done this before. We are basically having two camps going on at the same time. There will be a girls reunion camp and a boys reunion camp. But they will pretty much not interact with each other at all. The girl staff will be with the girls, there are 8 girl staff and 8 girl campers, and the guy staff will be with the boys, there are 6 guy staff and 5 boy campers. So it will be pretty much a 1 on 1 relationship all week. And since it is reunion campers there is in fact a girl here that is 17. Yeah, she is older than me. Any way here are the campers.

Boy Campers:
Jaimie
Elijah
Tristan
Jonathan
Hunter

Girl Campers:
Emilie
Felicia
Shawny (my 1 on1)
Mercedes
Sheena
Ramona
Yvette
Rachael

Pray for this last week of camp. It is only to Thursday this week but that night we are having the board of trustees at the ranch to visit and hear how the camp went. Friday we will be backing and getting ready to leave and then Saturday we will all be flying home. Therefore, pray for safe travel this weekend also. Thank you all so much and I will probably  not blog again till Friday or after I get home.
Romans 10:14-15

Results of First Year Girls Week 9

I fell in love with my three girls this week. They were all three 10 years old and we clicked very well. Two of them came to know Jesus as their Savior on Wednesday night also. It was amazing being able to lead those girls to Christ and to see the change in attitude the very next day. And the third girl had already accepted Christ so by the time they went home all three of them knew Christ. It was amazing. I rode back with them to Albuquerque on Friday and all the way home i kept hearing about how much they wanted to stay at the ranch. many of them thought in the beginning that camp would be boring or just really bad but by the first day they were having a blast! Most importantly though is they all went home with knowledge of Christ. Even if they weren't saved this week, they can now continue to come to EWYR and the seed has been planted.
Romans10:14-15

First Time girls Week 8

Campers:
Breeauna
Keyana
Bheira
Cinthia
Cheyeanna
Lanea
Rebekkah
Donnielle
Alissa
Alyssa
Larissa
Karina

This week I am in the bunk house, the first three girls are my bunk house and devo group. Please pray for us this week, it is getting close to the end of the summer and we are all tired and some of us are getting homesick (although others are dreading going home). This seems to be a group of girls that won't have too many problems, we do have one girl with cerebral palsy and another who was abused by her father when little so she is really shy towards men. so pray for those two specific girls (niether are in my group but they still need your prayers). Thank you guys and I love y'all. Thirteen days till camp is over... I am gonna miss this place!
Romans 10:14-15 

Results of Week 7

Yippie! We had such an awesome trip to the mountains. The boys had such an great time, especially the older ones. But the most amazing thing that happened this week is that both of the boys I my group were saved on Thursday night. Myself and Joe prayed with Emiliano and Josh prayed with Dominic. It was an amazing experence hearing the prayer of a kid accepting Christ. And they had much better attitudes after that, and that is saying alot! So keep praying for these boys and for their families. They have been here three times and I am so glad that they finnally accepted Him.
Romans 10:14-15

Boys Reunion 3rd and 4th year

Campers:
Dominic
Emiliano
Jacob
Joel
Lonnie
Roger
Tyler
Albert
Austin
Andrew

So the only thing that is unusual this week is the fact that we have a camper that is 16. Yeah, I know, same age as me. That actually isn't bothering me as much as I thought it would. But this up coming week we are taking the guys to the mountains to camp for two days. Please pray for our guy staffers: Jay, Josh, Joe, Zach, Isaias, and Matt. They will be with the guys in the mountains without any breaks for two days. They are going to be exhausted, pray that they keep their heads and get sleep, it is getting toward the end of the summer and everyone is getting tired. So pray that God gives us a big dose of energy every time we sleep. The girls will not be staying in the mountains but rather driving to and from every morning and night. So I need to go get ready to meet said campers. Keep praying, it works, I would know.
Romans 10:14-15

Results of First Year Girls Week 7

So had a pretty amazing week. On the very first day I was moved out of Jay and Sarah's devo group into one with Josh and Hannah. The three of us were specifically put with the two girls that are selective mutes. The older one was my one on one and the younger was Hannah's. In a interesting and slightly confusing turn of events I ended up in the bunk house. Three of our campers dropped out last minute and we couldn't get replacements. So all the girls staff were in the bunk house. On Monday when they arrived they were extremely shy and would barely even look at you, by Tuesday they would look at you but they would answer your questions with very small nods. Once Wednesday came around the three of us had fugured out how to read their body language and how to make them laugh. The older of the girls would laugh and smile but the younger forced herself not to. On Thursday they were much more responsive and began to participate in group acivities, but because they only seemed to trust Hannah, Josh, and I we were the only ones they would partner with during any of the games. Friday we realized that they love air hocky... so we played for an hour before they had to leave. They both laughed and giggled and occasionaly speak to each other, in Spanish so I had no idea what in the world they were saying. They were both very beautiful girls and I am so glad we were able to build a relationship with them, I hope and pray that if i can not come back next year and they do that one of the other staff that they already trust will be here so they don't have to start from the ground up again.
Also you may pray for me this week, I was minorly injured twice in the past week. Once playing volley ball, I bent my wrist backwards and I don't have the strongest wrists in the world to begin with, thankfully that is better but I don't want to reinjure it. Then on Saturday we were going to play a game of staff twohand touch football and during one of the practice warm up runs one of the guys accedently (wasn't looking where he was running) plowed me over. So now my entire left side of my body is sore. I liken said pain to falling off a horse.
Thank you for you prayers and support, I really could feel them this week.
Romans 10:14-15

First Time Girls Week 6

So this week I only have two campers in my devo group. I am not in the bunk house either but Ms. dianne made up for that by giveing me one of the two campers that are selective mutes. That basically means that they chose not to speak, either because they are uncomfortable speaking English or becasue they are very insecure. Or both. So please pray for me and Josh, we are the two that are paired one on one with these girls and we are going to have to be very creative. So here they all are,
Campers:
Jessica
Cecelia (my girl)
Nayeli (Josh's girl)
Sarah
Joselyn
Roxanne
Alexis
Gamilla
Beverly
Shanice
Brandy
Thank you so much again and again for your prayers and support. If you only new how much it helped out here you would be amazed. One of the lessions I have learned recently is that prayer is the fuel for every breathe you take when in the ministry and it should be for everything in your life. Love you all so much and please pray that these little girls open up to, at least, me and Josh.
Romans 10:14-15

Aftermath of Camp Week 5

So this week was pretty much amazing! I absolutely loved my devo group. We had 6 ADHD 9 and 10 year olds and 6 highly intelligent 12 and 13 year olds. Thank the Lord I got three of the older ones. i pretty much fell in love with them. To the point that when one of them left yesterday I cried, I hadn't cried all summer (sad, yes, but not to that point). We had three that I know of accept Christ: Gabriel, Jason, and Romeo. Gabe was in my devo group, Sarah and I singled him out specifically for prayer all week. On Wednesday night, while we were praying for him, Jay lead him to Christ. It was amazing, he had been making some very bad decisions before and Sarah had a conversation with him before he left that gives me hope that he will not go back to who he was before this week. Pray that he and the others will stay strong in the Lord, they have the most important tool, the God-breathed love letter called the Bible, that we give all the first time campers. Keep praying that God will continue to use me in ways I could never imagine. love you guys and thank you so much for your support and prayers!

Romans 10:14-15