what we did the winter of 2010

Winter in Southwest Michigan, fun inside and outside. Times of praying and times of playing.

February Junior High WYR in words and pictures

This past weekend's retreat was a blast. We had a great group of youth and sponsors here who jumped in a tried it all. Here are a few pictures from the weekend. I will put more up later in a future post.

Phillip Borkholder came by to demonstrate some ice fishing. Many took advantage of him being here and trekked out on the ice some were prepared, some not so much but that's part of growing up.
Emmaus Group from Bethany provide input thru song, story and dance on Saturday morning. A new venture, they did a wonderful job and fit right into what our speaker was doing.
When our speaker, Marc Schlegel, broke out 30 eggs for a demonstration. I didn't know what to think, but his point of listening to God, making mistakes, and still being able to clean up was worth it. He challenged the youth to be a part of writing the story and joining in with God's story. To do this he, gave each group $40 of seed money to take home and put to writing a story of service using their gifts and passions to meet their communities needs. Stay tuned to see what happens!
Kent had every one up and moving as part of worship, not always an easy thing to do to.
Jess and the party animals, I mean Program assistants. Kara, Alisha and Hannah. They made sure that everyone had a blast and they did a wonderful job.

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its a snowy day...

I love to see the snow. This weekend is a junior high snow retreat. Marc Schlegel is speaking, Kent Miller is leading worship, and we have a special appearance of the Emmaus Group from Bethany. And its snowing!! We have around a 100 people signed up from 8 different churches. We are very excited about the weekend!

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Headed Home!

I am headed back to Amigo after 10 days of recruiting. Have been to Messiah, EMU, Bluffton, Goshen, Hesston and Bethel. So much fun to talk with former staff, prospective staff, and staff from other camps.

We are working at putting together a great staff for this summer to share God's love to all the campers. If you know of young adults 17-23 or older who love working with kids, being outside and sharing the gospel, please encourage them to consider working at camp for the summer.

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Jason

Summer Camp

Over the next two weeks, I will be traveling across the country in search of summer staff. I will visit Messiah College, Eastern Mennonite, Bluffton, Goshen, Hesston and Bethel. I look forward to getting out and meeting students. Connecting with other camp staff is a big part of time as well.

It is always amazing how God works to provide the right staff for each summer. Right now, students are starting to think about summer employment and what kinda of experience they will have. For some, the opportunity to work with youth, to be outside, and share about Jesus is just right.

I will hear some comments about needing to make more money which is definitely a valid concern. However, when I start to look at the long term benefits, this experience is great for future teachers, preachers, leaders, supervisors, etc. The youth get to make decisions and shape their community in a way that most don't ever get to see or do.

I will share some other thoughts from the road as I am able to. If you are out at the colleges, stop by, say hi, let me know you read this blog.

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jason