It has been our conviction that when we have enough prayer support, the Lord will give us enough financial support to start our church planting ministry. Now, with close to 1,000 people receiving our prayer letter directly and many others through their church, the Lord is opening the door for our departure. With 95% of our support in place, we are making firm plans to move in October. This will give us time to pack, sell our house, and hold several more meetings to wrap up our deputation ministry. We are excited, but well aware that in faith we are stepping far outside our comfort zone. As a family we are resting in this promise in Deut 31:8: “And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake... Read More →
Since our last writing, we have had a few changes in our lives. September 1st, Bob changed job positions. He moved from Barn Manager to the position of Assistant Director. He still continues to help with the preparations for the rental groups. He has been doing a lot of master planning drawings. He has been helping Ted with many different projects this fall and winter. This fall and winter, camp had one junior snow camp and two teen winter retreats. At the junior camp, we had over 100 campers. At the teen retreats, we had about 40 campers! Our Lakeside Program Director has been working on a new ministry to one of the villages across Kachemak Bay. Once a month, some of the guys from camp fly to the village of Nanwalek and do a weekend camp. Several of the kids will be attending... Read More →
The summer months are upon us, and with the longer days and (slightly) warmer weather comes a flurry of activity in our own ministry as well in our community in general. Here is an overview of some of what is happening in our lives and ministry. Many of you probably already know that Marcia is expecting our third child, due in mid-October. Please pray for her, that the Lord would grant her strength and good health for last 17 weeks or so of her pregnancy. We have a few different visitors coming through this summer, along with all of our normal activities, so she will be playing the role of hostess along with that of wife, mother, missionary, etc. The next big event for us is the Abergele Carnival, to be held on Saturday, July 3rd. The carnival was cancelled last summer, so this will... Read More →
