Camp Extreme

It looks like they are having a great time at Camp Extreme. They do not have cell service or internet but one of the sponsors drives up out of camp to send some pictures and they wanted to share these with you.

On Monday night, Jase wrote, "Nothing better than being with 547 Pre-Teen Campsers, 4th-6th graders worshipping at Camp Xtreme!"

Please continue to pray for our students and sponsors this week!

Children's Camp

13 children and 5 sponsors left yesterday for Young Explorers Camp in Floydada at Plains Baptist Camp. They do not have cell service or internet. Jase drove up out of camp to the road and sent these pictures by his phone to me last night so we could share. It looks like they are having a great time. Please pray for the children as they learn more about Christ this week.

Thursday at Camp

We spent our day at Fiesta Texas in San Antonio!!! We had a great time! We rode rides, played in the water, laughed and screamed together!

We came back to camp for worship this evening. We studied Genesis 22 about Abraham and Isaac. We were challenged to act obediently to God daily.

Thank you for your prayers this week! We will be traveling home tomorrow!

Wednesday at Camp

Wow, what an incredible day we have had! Students worked really hard this morning at camp. The pictures (slideshow on the right) tell the story. Students were truly servants this week.

We tubed in San Marcos today and had a wonderful time. It was so much fun to watch the students go down the shoots into the rapids!

Tonight, we had a sweet time of worship. We were challenged to take up the cross daily in our lives and finishing well in our walk with Christ. We sang, "In Christ Alone"; I pray that all of us truly begin to grasp that our lives should be lived only for Him.

Tomorrow, we will be going to spend the day at Fiesta, Texas in San Antonio.

Please continue to pray for everyone here..........God is working on hearts this week!

Youth Camp 2012

We arrived at Quest Ranch in Canyon Lake on Monday evening. We unpacked and had a wonderful dinner. Todd and Jase led us in worship. We studied John 7: 37-38 about being thirsty for living water. Please pray that our students thirst for Christ in every day of their lives!

We studied Ephesians 5:8-17 this morning during our quiet time. These verses challenged us to walk in the light. The rest of our morning was filled with mission work for camp. We divided into 3 teams. One team built frames for a porch for one of the cabins. One team hauled rocks for a waterfall and the other worked on "landscaping" (digging gravel and moving cross ties).  The students worked really hard and had a wonderful attitude the whole time.

We spent the afternoon tubing down the Guadalupe River. The water was soooooooo cold but we had a great time!!!

Our evening was filled with worship and then s'mores...........yummy!

We will post more tomorrow. Thank you so much for praying for us this week!

Camp Extreme: Inside Out

Camp Extreme was AWESOME! The theme was "Inside Out" and our focus scripture was Romans 12:2, "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."

The students learned about.....

Transforming their mind by studying Nicodemus

Transforming their heart by studying Peter

Transforming their actions by studying Paul

Transforming the world by studying Acts 1:8

We took 26 students and 5 sponsors. Our days were filled with bible study, worship, mission activities, swimming, recreation, zip lines, ropes course, archery, crafts, and much more.

We learned about a ministry called Sweet Sleep. It is a ministry who provides beds, mattresses, pillows, mosquito nets, and Bibles to orphans in other countries. This week Sweet Sleep had a team in Gulu, Uganda and needed more mosquito nets. These nets literally save children's lives by preventing Malaria. The goal was to raise enough money for 245 nets (each net cost $8). The students and sponsors at Camp Extreme gave almost $3100 which provided 385 nets. The students also wrote letters to the children and made heart shaped pillows.

Special thanks to our extra drivers who took us or brought us home..........Stacey Allen, Karen Jackson, Darla Nagy, and Rebecca Lashaway.

We had an incredible week!

Camp Extreme.........10 days away!

Camp Extreme is July 18-22 at Plains Baptist Assembly in Floydada, TX.

If you have not turned your forms in yet, please get them to the church office early next week! This camp is for students who completed 4th-6th grade this past school year.

What to Bring

A great attitude!

Bible

Pencil or pen

Notepad

Towels

Washcloths

Bedding (sleeping bag, pillow, etc.)

Hygiene Items

Sunscreen

Bug Spray

Flashlight

Comfortable clothes to have fun in! Be sure you pack a few things that are your church’s group color!

OUR CHURCH GROUP COLOR IS BLUE

Swimsuit (one piece for girls) & a t-shirt or cover-up

Plastic bag for wet or dirty clothes

Bring a Hawaiian (or a bright color) shirt, hat, etc.