Week 7 - Camp Lewtana

The last camp of the summer for me. It was a great week. There were a lot of people there from Frontier so it was an awesome reunion. I also had a co-counselor with me, so it helped to share the load. There were 8 kids in my cabin this week, and all of them were sweet kids. My co-counselor was Austin Yost. He is a graduate from Frontier and a good friend.

The first day and night we stayed up at the cabins. After the first night, we took a 2 hour bus ride and hiking down to a place called the "lost fork". It was about a 2 mile hike down hill (which of course meant a 2 mile hike, UP hill). It was an awesome time down there. The guys camped in 8 person tents, and the girls slept in wall tents that were built there before we arrived. We had a big field and played a lot of ultimate Frisbee and enjoying God's creation. We also had a really awesome thunderstorm with hail and a lot of wind. It was cool.

The speaker for the week was Lee...something. I forget his last name. He spoke on the Body, Soul and Spirit. He did a very good job of distinguishing the three. It was very educational. The kids soaked it up too. He had a lot of good illustrations and visual aids, which helped me for sure.

Friday we hiked back out the mountain. It was a bit longer hike up, than down (of course). It was tiring, but we can certainly learn from it. Even when hard times come, we need to push on, because once you get to the top, you can look down and see how far you've come and drink some lemon-aid at the same time.

This summer has been an amazing time to see God work in amazing ways. I am unworthy to be used and work with these kids, but God made it possible. One of my goals for the summer was to see if I could "handle" youth ministry. I believe God has gifted me to work with them and am more excited now to work with youth in the future.

The past week I've been at Frontier taking part in some service projects. Jon and I have been re-roofing the old half of the admin building (with help of course). It's been a great time to think about the summer and reflect upon what I've learned. As of right now, I'm in Grand-Junction, CO with Jon. We'll be back up at LaGrange on Monday and hanging out until school starts. It looks like I will be doing some cooking as well in the kitchen.

I do thank you all for your prays and encouraging words. Prayer is the artillery of ministry, and without it, it would be a lot harder. A few last prayer requests for the summer:

Prayer:

• I would continue to focus on Christ for strength
• For those kids this year who have made dedications or
  
• This coming year would be focused on God and glorifying Him
• Purity
• Optimistic Attitude

Praise:

• That the summer was profitable for the glory of God
• For the kids who accepted Christ as their savior
• For the awesome fellowship throughout the summer with other Christians
• That God is good (all the time)

I hope to continue to update my blog throughout the school year. I still would appreciate your prayers! They mean a lot.

In Him,
Adam Lancaster

Week 6 - Twin Peaks Bible Camp

After a long 2 week break, it's been great to get back into the camping "mode". We headed off for Twin Peaks Bible camp in Colorado last Sunday. It was an amazing week. We did some water camps, and some capture the flag and some softball and a bunch of other things. It was a very fun week for sure.

We normally rose around 7:00 in the morning. That wasn't too bad for me in the beginning. In fact, the first day, I woke about 5 minutes before the bell went off. The next day I woke as the bell was ringing, and then from then on, I completely slept through the bell and my watch alarm. Thankfully Todd was in the same cabin and made sure I was up with all the kids... Today I purchased another alarm clock. I will no longer sleep through!

After waking all the kids we had a devotion time. This was a time for the campers to go and read the Bible by themselves. We gave them about 15 minutes for their devotions, and then we would go around for about 5 minutes and ask the campers what they had learned in their devotions. It was very cool to hear them all talking about what they learned from God's Word.

Breakfast commenced at 8:00. The food was amazing! It was a very close second to Wispering Winds food. After the consumption of our food for the morning, we'd head back and clean up our cabins and head off to an activity, which was either Volley Ball, Soft Ball, or Kick Ball. It was normally against the other cabins. My cabin won one game. It was sad, but we had a lot of fun for sure!

Lunch, then quiet time! Quiet time was when we all got to go back, say verses and inspect the back of our eyelids for about an hour! I loved it!

The chapel speaker this week spoke on creation and science and how it supported the Bible. It was very awesome to see God's creation through a different perspective.

This time around, all my campers were saved. It was awesome to see how God has been working in them. They we certainly a blessing to me. I was able to sit down and talk with them one on one.

Unfortunatly, I don't have any pictures right now, because my camera is broken. I will be getting some from others soon though, so I'll post a few in a week or so.

Prayer:

• Continued health with only one week left
• Strength to press forward
• A continued walk with God
• A good relationship with the kids
• Purity

Praise:

• For the kids at the past camp (the decisions they made/growth in Christ)
• God's continued work in my life and others
• Good fellowship among the team
• God's Glory and Magisty and Grace!

Thank you again for all your prayers! It's been amazing! I have one week left to go, Camp Lewtana, in Montana (Say that with a southern accent). I have been told that we will be hiking around to a new camping spot each day. This should be an interesting week for sure. I am looking forward to seeing God's creation.

In Christ,
Adam Lancaster