Christmas Winter Camp

Winter camp season has officially begun!  This past weekend we took a group of high school students from the San Diego foster care system, and had a Christmas focused winter camp.  Decorating the Christmas tree, going Christmas caroling, had a living nativity performance in downtown Julian, a big Christmas feast, and a series of Bible studies that dealt with prophecy, the birth of Jesus, God’s rescue plan for man, the life of Jesus, and the death and resurrection of Jesus.  As explained to the campers, Christmas is just one part of God’s larger rescue plan for mankind. 

 

If you are interested in praying for the next group of campers that are coming up, then let us know.  We like to send out prayer cards for the kids that you can keep in your Bible.  Some churches print them out and put a prayer card into their bulletins at church for the upcoming week.   

Enjoy these pics from the weekend.    

Tony & Tina teaching about the prophecies of the Messiah

 

    

Counselor Jeff always bringing 110%

                                                                                                                                                                                              

Tony Massa, a true Julian mountain man if there ever was one.

The Christmas Feast being prepared

Antonio, the life of the party

There's just nothing like a freezing cold hike in December

Sorry Luke, Dad forgot your gloves for the hike. Here, use these socks.

Quick, act like you are not cold so I can snap a picture

Sarah and Tina leading worship while Tony gives the message at the living nativity in downtown Julian.

The Living Nativity downtown was a highlight

     

Ramping Up for Winter Camp

Its been a while since we’ve blogged, okay an eternity.   Be not alarmed, the Brittons are alive and better than ever!  We have our Fall newsletter coming out later this week (let’s all cross our fingers on that), and will detail for you what all has been going on.  There have been camper picnics, BBQ’s, work days, retreats, and general camp stuff that has been going on. 

We wanted to let all our prayer warriors out there get busy in pleading with the Lord on behalf of the campers and counselors coming up this weekend.  We will have the camp all Christmas’d out for the weekend where the kids will have a family style experience that they are not accustomed to having back “home”.  No doubt it will be a special weekend for the kids and we would ask that you would pray that the message of hope in Jesus Christ would get through loud and clear, that salvation would be applied, and that Godly character would be cultivated in these teens lives.

Look for that newsletter later this week! 

In Christ,

The Brittons

Julian Oaks BBQ

Come on over people!  We got yo BBQ ova heer. 

Let it be known that Julian Oaks is going to have its 2nd annual Fall BBQ here on the campgrounds in Julian.  Everyone and their brother is invited to chow down, see the place, get to know the ministry, and have an old fashion good time. 

Great family day out.  Great if you are single.  Great if you are single and are looking to have a family day sometime in the future.

 

Place:  Camp Julian Oaks

Date / Time:  October 24th, 11:00 am- 3:00 pm

Cost: $10 per person / $30 per family of 5 (it pays to have those kids)

Please see the attached flyer on the e-mail that was sent to you.  You will need to print off the flyer, fill out and tear off a portion of the flyer and mail it to the address listed.  Cut off date to have the flyer returned to Julian Oaks is October 17th. 

All moneys will go directly to getting the children up here to Camp for Winter Camp and the following Summer.  The state of California lets us have access to the kids, but does not pay their way to camp.  That cost falls on us.  It is estimated that it costs close to $400 per kid to have them come up to camp for the year.  That includes paying for the property, food, water, utilities, and all the camp stuff that makes the week special.

Its going to be great seeing all of you, can’t wait.  All of you Calorie Chapel people, all of you potluck baptists, and all the body is going to have a great day!  The fall colors will be out.  The live music will be going.  And the kids will be able to be ministered to. 

If you would like to volunteer to help with set-up/break down, then please let me know.  You are a blessing.

 

SEE YOU HERE.

Thank you Harvest!!!

On Saturday September 12th, Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, CA came out for a killer work party and we wanted to say thanks. Thank you, thank you, thank you.  All of you guys were hard-workers, good servants, and we really appreciate you.  I thought our time together was fruitful, just look at these pics!

The Connection:

Our good friend Roger Cerny has been helping out at camp ever since we got here.  Roger came up with a work team from Calvary Chapel Norco and we really hit it off.  Roger calls Harvest in Riverside his home church.  Well, Roger was at the Harvest Crusade a couple of weeks back and he was helping setting up the main stage and he was telling a few people about Camp Julian Oaks.  One thing led to another and Roger and a few others went to the pastors at Harvest and had a meeting about sending people out here to help out at Camp.  Within just a few weeks of the Harvest Crusade, we had close to 25 people from Harvest here at the camp helping out.  What a God thing, huh?  Thank you Harvest Christian Fellowship for sending help our way.  Thank you Roger for being obedient and being used by the Lord.  You are a great brother.

James 1:27 “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this; to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”

 

 

Luke and Allie, how do you feel about all these kind people making camp so nice?

a good looking bunch.

“admonish one another in the faith”

Bret, seriously, you didn’t have to.

Get him into a bacteria laden swamp, and Jeff is all business.

Braving leaches, frogs, tadpoles, and who knows what else; the Harvest team cleaned out the “lake”.

Not only did she wack weeds, Angelica also came up big with over 135 lbs. of beans, rice, and corn oil for the camp from her restaurant in Victorville. Your awesome Angelica!

Joy showing the boys how its done.

Gettin dirty drywalling. Jeanie showing the men how its done.

Robert, working the chaps and the chainsaw.

Rick and Eric hanging drywall. These guys saved us weeks of work on our house.

Man-handling the chipper. Nice work guys.

Challenges

High school is a challenge for most people.  Classwork, homework, parents, teachers, coaches.  Pressure, pressure, pressure.  Students have a hard enough time getting through these years in a “normal” family.  Pile on instability at home, group homes where kids are out of control, constantly living in survival mode, and going home to foster families that you don’t really know, and you get a host of problems that “normal” kids don’t have to deal with. 

Challenge met

At Julian Oaks this past week, we had several teenagers who were severely mixed up.  Parents are dead or in prison.  Temptations are everywhere.  Brothers and sisters are split up.  Once a child in the system turns 18, or graduates high school, they are officially emancipated from the system.  This is down right scary for these kids who don’t know what to do next, where to go, how to pay for things, and have no family to lean on for support.  There are programs in place to help these kids out, but far too few of them. 

A common theme at this week’s campfire testimonies was this, “I don’t want to be like my parents, but I am afraid that is exactly what I’m doing.”  To hear grown kids, 17-18 years old, who are big and tough, have tattoos and kids, to hear them cry in front of all their friends and tell them their fears, is heart-wrenching.  Many students who come to camp are broken.  They are involved in drugs, alcohol, sex, pleasure, depression, cutting, running away, sleeping on beaches and school benches; all while hating their lives.  By the end of the week, many kids who come to camp desperately want to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord. 

Sarah and I were really touched this week with compassion for these kids.  They are still kids, but had to grow up so fast.  We wish we could have just bottled up the testimonies, Bible-studies, and the emotions that are spilled at the campfires each night.  It is sad to hear stories of kids who at 5 years old, had to sleep on the beach next to homeless people.  Ran away from the craziness at home at age 8 and would sleep at their elementary schools in the dirt or grass.  These kids know way too much about the abuses of life and the reality of sin. 

Only God’s love through Jesus Christ administered by the Holy Spirit can change these kids.  We might have some good things to say, some sage advice on how to stay clean, but in the end if God does not touch these kids nothing is going to stick.  We gave it our best this week to be kind, loving, firm, strong, and trustworthy to these spiritually malnourished kids.  What a privilege to be able to take a group hiking on Volcan mountain, stepping into gold mines with head-lamps on thinking of what it would have been like to be a gold-miner back in the day.  It is awesome to see these kids praying, memorizing Scriptures, thinking through Bible studies, learning skits, playing games, and just plain having fun!  Youth ministry has never been so exciting!

Please keep these kids in your prayers, especially those nearing in on emancipation.  Pray for the foster families who take in kids who are harsh and cold with behavioral problems.  Pray for the girls that they would not be over-taken by the passion for love and get attached to the wrong guys.  Pray for the guys to be leaders and be able to resist temptation at every turn.

 

Thank You!!! 

A big thank you for all those who have spent time praying for these kids, for the staff here, for God’s provision for us and this place. God delights in the prayers of His saints. 

 

A Call for Help

There are many ways to help the ministry here at Julian Oaks.  Maintenance, Construction, Counseling, Intercessory prayer, etc.   Please also consider supporting our family as we venture out to reach these kids full time.  This is what we do, but the camp is not able to support us financially.  Any giving would be really appreciated at this time. 

 

Financial Support Info

Cash or Check:     Go! Ministries                                            

                                    P.O. Box 651

                                   Norco, CA 92860

                                  Memo:: Account #1114

 

Online Donations:    

 http://go.ccnorco.org/donate.htm

account # 1114

 

Enjoy the Pics from the past week…

 

cornacopia (men jumping in a circle yelling)

welcome to camp

Staff on golf cart

mission trial hike

Let the games begin!

Psalm 147

Ordinary Heroes

Whew, we made it.  The 7th-9th graders this week came up to camp with tons of energy!  By the grace of God we were able to keep up with them and show them the love of the Lord.    

Welcome Campers!

 A typical day at Julian Oaks:

7:00 am – Wake up

8:00 am – Breakfast.  There are 4 kids per team (4 teams total) and the kids learn to cook at each meal.  Lots of supervision is going on when the kids are around the outdoor stoves!

9:00 am – Worship / Amphitheater time.  Ordinary Heroes theme fleshed out in skits. 

morning skit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This year’s skits have to do with Dave the Brave, the skits main character and leader of the Ordinary Heroes club, whose life is mirrors that of King David from the Bible.  Dave is chosen by Micky Goldstein (Samuel), owner of the Superheroes club, to become a new member of the club.  After defeating Duck-o-saurus (Goliath) Dave the Brave is vaulted into popularity and fame that he was not prepared for.  He gets prideful, and leaves his old Super-hero friends (American Man, Thora-Lu goddess of Thunder, and Happy the Mexican Leprechaun).  Dave finally comes back around in the end to fight his final battle and pass the torch to the next generation of Ordinary Heroes, led by our son Luke.

9:30 am – Camper Bible study with their counselor.

10:00 am – group games

11:00 am – Worship / Bible story skits in Amphitheater

11:30 am – One on One.  One camper and One counselor take a walk, play a game, or go on a hike and get a chance to talk things over.

one on one

12:00 pm – Lunch

12:30 pm – Swim

2:30 pm – Shower time

3:00 pm - Three Choice Time.  Hike, craft, or kitchen craft.

4:30 pm – Discovery hour.  Learning to do skits, learning about God through nature, even a marine biology class.

6:00 pm – Dinner

7:00 pm – Field Time.  Football, Baseball, Frisbee, Horse-shoos, etc…

playing in the field

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:45 pm – Campfire starts.  Worship and Testimony time.  The first couple of nights the counselors and the junior counselors share their testimonies.  Later in the week the kids get a chance to come up, grab the microphone and share their stories around the fire ring. 

8:30 pm – One on One time.  Usually a counselor has 2 campers to look after during the week.  The camper who did not get to go on a one on one earlier in the day will go with their counselor at this time.

9:00 pm – Campfire Bible Study.  Topics include raising a Godly family, cheap substitutes (things that people try to fill themselves with other than God when God is the real answer), dating, etc. (we try to cover topics that parents normally cover with their kids but since these children don’t have parents to tell them these things we have talks with them) Thursday night is always special because it is the last night of campfire.  This year we had the kids write down those “Goliath’s” in their lives, those big burdens and obstacles that they need God to help them with.  Campers take these deeply personal notes and walk over and stick them onto the nails of the cross that we have up near the camp-fire ring symbolizing that they are giving their problems to Jesus for Him to take care of them. 

Burdens lifted

 10:00 pm – Bed time

10:30 pm – Staff prayer

Since this group was older they were able to articulate more of what they have been through.  At campfire there were some testimonies that you could not help but to cry.  They opened up and shared what was on their hearts.   Campers share where they have been, how they got taken away from their parents, what group homes or foster homes that they have bounced around in, and how they came to know the Lord at camp. 

We were surprised to find that one little girl who came up to camp did not know that she was coming to a Christian camp.  Her foster mom did not give her any details.  When she got off of the bus she was very serious and never smiled.  By the end of camp she was smiling and having a great time.  At 13, she has had to grow up really quickly.  She was ganged raped at 11 years of age and now has a one and a half year old baby.  After being surrounded by God’s love this last week she says that she wants to do things right and leave the gang but she is afraid what they will do to her.    Please pray for God’s protection and strength for her.  God really brought a wonderful counselor for her who works at a teen pregnancy center that helps young girls who become pregnant.  This counselor was able to share God’s love and wisdom with this young girl.  We know that God has plans for this little girl and we pray that she will keep on coming to camp and be able to learn more about God.   

Thank you for much for all of the prayer that you have lifted up to the Lord for these kids.  The next camp comes up on August 10th-14th.  We will send out a prayer reminder before it starts.  Thank you!  God bless!

-Jeremy and Sarah-

The first camp!!!

Thank you so much for all of your prayers.  The camp went better than we could have ever expected!  The campers were so beautiful and we were so blessed.  They were from 4th- 6th grade.  They were so cute that I just wanted to huge them all of the time.  So precious and so full of life.  Most of the them were 9 years old.  They were so little! 

Julian Oaks Youth Ministry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The theme for this summer is “Ordanary Heros.”  How God can take an ordanary person and do extraordanary things for them and through them.  The Bible studies were all about the life of David.  Since it was only a three day camp this time we had to fit a lot into a short amount of time but through God’s strenght we were able to fit in a lot.  The camper arrived on Monday.

Getting off of the bus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the campers get off of the bus the counselors were waiting for them with open arms.  From the moment the campers get off of the bus they receive love.  The counselors hug them and help them get their bags to the cabins.  After they are unpacked they came down from the cabins and made wooden name tags that they would wear around their necks to help us remember their names.  The tags are very cool because the campers get to make them all by theirself.  They take great pride in the things that they make and we tell them how talented they are to make such beautiful art.  (they are so cute)  After the names tags we all ate lunch together.  The campers are divided into four teams.  There are either one or two campers per counselor so there is a lot of help.  Through out the week their team gets points for doing activities. 

Playing baseball in the meadow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fun skit in the morning is about a boy named Little Dave (played by Jeremy) and they are spins off of the theme for the day. 

The super heros in the morning fun skit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think that the most funny skit was when Little Dave conqured the villians by using the power of his banjo.

Jeremy defeating evil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the fun skit the day is filled with worship, Bible studies, hikes, crafts, swimming, and much more!!!  The campers had so much fun and learned so much about God.  It was so beautiful.

Luke and a camper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luke and Allison did a great job at loving the campers and telling them about Jesus.  They helped do the hand motions for worship and they were super cute and it is not just because I am their mother.   They are actually the most beautiful children in the world and I am so pround of them. 

Bible verse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The campers everyday memorized Bible verse for points for their team.  We know that they did much more than earn points thought.  By memorzing Bible versed God’s word enters their hearts. 

the duck waterballoon game

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeremy and I were able to lead games.  It was so much fun.  It was a super hot day (but not as hot as Norco or Arizona) so we played water balloon games.  It went very well.

Helping with hand motions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the testimonies that stuck out to me the most was a little nine year old boy that got up at camp fire.  He sat in the chair and held onto the mic.  His legs were so little that they didn’t even hit the ground when he was sitting in the chair.  With his cute legs swing back and forth he began to tell us that his dad was shot and that his mom is in prison.  He said that he is so lonely.  To be able to love a lonely child with God’s love is a beautiful thing.  He is so precious to the Lord and I pray that he will someday know God’s love and receive it.  The best thing that happened at camp was that three kids gave their hearts to the Lord.  They chose to allow Jesus to come into the lives and to allow God to help heal the hurt that they have in their lives.  

Thank you so much for your continual prayers for our family and the campers.  We love you guys and know that we couldn’t do this without you behind us.  Thank you!

Thank you!!!

In the Bible Paul tells Timothy, “I thank God everytime that I think about you…”  That is the same way that Jeremy and I feel about Calvary Chapel Norco.  We love you guys so much! 

We would like to thank Tim for putting the team together and getting everything lined up.  Tim, thank you so much!!

the team eating lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much for coming and helping us.  You have helped in more ways than you know.  Jeremy and I have always loved going on missionary trips and we never knew how much it ment to the missionaries until now.  It means so much to us for you to give up a weekend where you could do whatever you want and serve the Lord that weekend.  The amount of work that got done was way more than we thought was possible for on weekend.

Ryan tightening bolts on the water tank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The camp looks great and we really praise the Lord for your willingness to come here.  It was hot and sticky for everyone that was working but I didn’t hear a single complaint from anyone.  You guys are the best.

Hans and Debra staining the one on one benches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

God sent the right people for the job.  We had benches that needed stained and water sealed.   Hans and his family did that for us.  There are a lot of benches and they look so beautiful now.  Thank you!!!

Richard fixing the oven

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The oven leaked propane and has for years.  Sometimes the staff would get light headed due to the smell of the leaking gas.  God called Richard up here and he pulled out the stove, fixed the leak, and cleaned the grease out of the kitchen.  Boy of boy was that a hard job.  I don’t know how he did it but I sure am grateful that he did.

Bonnie the boss of the leaf department

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Would you beleive that there were over 100 trash cans full of leaves by the time that everyone left.  They would rake an area, scoop it into the trash can, dump it into Jeremy’s truck, and then dump it into the spot for leaves. 

clearing like crazy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The camp looks so good.  I can’t wait for the campers to get here and see it! 

Roger and his friend the chain saw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roger and Jeremy went to town training trees.  Thank you so much Roger.  The camp looks to beautiful. 

Jeremy and Ryan cutting fire wood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The picture above proves that Jeremy is turning into a mountain man.  He is cutting down dead trees and cutting it up for fire wood for the winter.  We said when we moved up we would still be city people just living in the mountains, but I think that we have both already made the switch into mountain people.  And by the way, we love it!!!!  Thanki you so much for coming up last weekend.  You have blessed us more than you know.  Not only did you get a grip of work done that we could have never done by ourselves, the encouragement from the team to us was incredible.  The fellowship ment so much to us.  Thank you!!! We love you!!! God bless!!!

If anyone is interested in coming and helping there is a team from Calvary Chapel Norco that is coming up on July 10th-12th.  We would love to have you.  If you are interested please contact Tim.  Thanks!!! 

-Sarah-

Boy oh boy have we been busy!!!

 I have heard it said that when life feels like a rollercoaster you can either hold on to the safety bar and scream or hold your hands high in the air and enjoy the ride.  I think I have done a little of both recently.  Jeremy only  had three days of work left in Norco, we had our house on the market to sell and had bids on it, and we moved up to Julain only to find out that the Massa family, the family we were joining to do camp with, had resigned.  We really felt that the Lord was calling us to minister with the Massa family and were confused when all of this came down.  We knew that God was still leading us to minister with them and a went to their house for a meeting.  At about 1:00 a.m. we all decieded to start a new camp that would minister to abused children from San Diego county.  The name of the camp is Julian Oaks Youth Ministry.  We know that God will take care of all our needs because He promise to in His word.   Things were finally starting to look up a few weeks later when suddenly…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

we found out on Friday that an inspector was going to be there on Monday and we had to have the exterior of the house all buttoned up.  Well, at that point the only thing holding the back side of the house up was rotten posts.  We had to build new walls for the exterior, put in windows and doors, put up siding, and throw paint on the entire house and we only had from friday to monday morning at 11 to get the job done.  We went straight to work.  I drove down the hill and droped the kids off at Jeff and Sharon’s house, (Thank you guys!  We love you!)  drove to Home Depo to get the paint and other things, and drove back up the hill. 

 

My dad and Jeremy were working the whole time I was driving.  When my mom and I got back we went straight to work.  We worked the whole weekend as hard as we could in order to make the time deadline.  Jeremy’s brother Josh came up and helped Saturday (Thanks Josh) , Jeff came up and helped on Sunday (Thanks Jeff), we were so tired and worked so hard that I personally was at the point that my arms were shaking and I felt like crying.  I was trying to hold it together and was doing a pretty good job until I looked over and saw my dog, summer, lying down.  She had been feeling sick during the weekend but I thought that it was because she had some shots durning the week and was

 

 

 

 

 

 

feeling the effects of those.  Well, it was more than the shots.  She had found a raccoon’s paw that had seen better days and she was chewing on it.  I took it away as fast as I could but I was too late.  The bone has splintered into her stomach and she was on her death bed.  When I found her there was blood coming out of her mouth and she was shaking.  I picked her up and held her in my arms.  At that point I lost it.  I started to cry.  In fact, Jeremy compaired me to a woman from past that was hired to mourn at funerals so that everyone else would cry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tony and Tina and kids, our partners in ministry, were there to help with the house.  Jeremy said that he felt like a pioneer because we were building the house, stopped to bury the dead, and then went straight back to building the house.   My precious dog had died in my arms.  While she was shaking I felt the Lord minister to my heart.  I knew that He was telling me that this was it.  This represtented the death of my desires and assumptions of what missionary life was suppose to be like.  It was the death of my flesh.  You know the part inside of you that does not desire the things of the Lord but would rather have whatever it thinks is best.  I was to focused on thinking that this was not how it is suppose to be.  I thought that we were going to come into a ministry that was already established where they would cover our health care, half of our support, and housing.  Now all of this was done.  In fact the house that were building wasn’t even our house.  It belongs to the other ministery that we declinded to work for because we knew God wanted us to go a different path.   We were sent up here to minister to the Massa family and encourage them as we start a new ministry together.  God knew that all of this would happen when we decided to move up here.  He knows our future as well and He will take care of us.  I hope that this encourages at least one person that it reading this.  We know that God’s ways are better than our ways and that He is our loving Father.  Keep in mind that God’s blessings are great and He is good!  On Monday morning we woke up and went nuts cleaning the camp kitchen for the inspector.  By God’s grace we finished all that needed to get done right when his car entered the camp.  Three weeks have passed now since that weekend and I never have to live it again.  Yeah!!!   We were all pushed further then we know is humanly possible and are very blessed that we serve a God that all things are possible for.  After the rain falls a beautiful rainbow follows!!!  We are very blessed to have a new little puppy that is the most beautiful little ball of fur.  We just got

 

 

 

 

 

 

her on Sunday on the way home from when Jeremy was teaching in Norco.  Her name is Sadie and she is 6 weeks old.  What a blessing.  God gives and takes away, blessed is the Lord!  Oh, I almost forgot to mention that someone gave, yes I said gave, my parents a new RV and we moved out of the kids cabin that we were in (that is about the size of two mini vans put together) into a mobile home here on camp.  The mobile is not long time liveable due to its age but it will due until our mobile home is done.  Now the kids have their own room to share with eachother and we don’t wake eachother up everytime that we roll over.  Did I mention that there is a bathroom inside of the mobile and we don’t have to hike to one in the middle of the night anymore!!!!  We feel very blessed and know that God is going to continue to do mircles for the campers and that we will be able to bless them this summer and show them the love of Jesus.  It is easy to lose focus and start to complain about our situation, but Jeremy reminded me that we don’t have it bad at all.  In fact, we actually have it very good when you think about all that the campers have been through being taken away from their parents and then moved around from house to house to group home to  foster home.  We are very blessed because we have our family and we know God!  We love you guys!  Thank you for taking the time to read this and please keep us in your prayers!  God bless!

-Britton family-

We love it here

It is so beautiful up here.  Every morning we wake up to the bird singing.  I just thought that in this blog I would show you some pictures of the camp.  So here we go…..

I know that I have mentioned this about a million times but we are surounded by an oak forest.  One of the trees here on camp is one of the oldest oak trees in Julian.  It is huge and the kids have a blast climbing on it.  The fire two years ago did burn through a lot of the property but the funny thing about oaks trees is that they live through fires and come back to life in about 5 or so years.  You can see God’s protection on the camp.  Only one building burned down and the rest are still standing.  There is a circle around the camp of fire damage but it didn’t really burn down any areas that we use. 

These are benches set up all around the camp for a time called one on one.  This is when the coucilors take their camper out for a time of one on one discipleship.  They have Bible studies that they do together or sometimes the campers spend the whole time asking questions about the Lord.  It is so sweet to hear a camper have so many questions about God.  We are so blessed to be involved in this ministry. 

The summer program is outdoors.  The campers get to experience time in God’s creation.  We even eat outside!  There is a family of deer, wild turkeys, rabits, squrals that live on camp.  Not to mention that there are also snakes, mice, tons of bugs, and mountian lions that live in the area, but we won’t mention those.  It really is a wonderful place to live and we love it up here.  The only thing that will make it even more special is when the campers arrive!  We can’t wait!