Dear Prayer Coordinators,
Thank you for your continued support for all the sweet
campers through prayer. We have been enjoying such sweet winter camp moments
and all of that is because of your faithfulness to pray for us, the counselors,
the junior counselors, and the campers. We really appreciate it!
Jeremy and I just finished our first weekend over January
23-25. We had such a fun group of returning kids. Our group was mostly boys, as
I’m sure you noticed, and they were full of laughs. They each seemed to be
matched so well to their individual counselors and we could tell that they were
getting a full dose of love from them. It always amazes us, although it
probably shouldn’t surprise us that even though the campers pick their
counselor’s name out of a basket when they get to camp God always pairs up the
right camper with the right counselor.
Most of these campers were already believers, so it was a
sweet time of encouragement for them as they learned about the beatitudes. It
was really special to see some of the kids like, Jose, Richard, and Josh,
begin to mature in their faith and as young men. They all have been coming to
camp for many years now and the maturity they showed was quite impressive for middle
school boys.
One special moment this weekend that stands out above the
rest was hearing the campers talk about their counselors at the end of the
weekend. Usually we do what is called Victory Circle, where the counselors
stand up and talk about the unique and wonderful qualities they see in their
camper over the weekend. Since we had such a small group we were able to give
the campers a chance to share about their counselors. Most of the boys shared
how fun and caring their counselors were and even talked about the special
qualities their counselor had. It was such an encouragement to see first-hand
that these kids were absorbing such much needed love. So often these young men
won’t have many male influences that are positive and Christ-centered in their
lives. So the opportunity to come up for a whole weekend or week and be poured
into by godly men is life changing for them. It teaches them what it means to
be a man of God, not just by telling them about it, but as they witness it as
the weekend progresses and they get to know their individual counselor.
We are continually blessed to be a part of God’s work here at
Camp Alandale to the abused children, and we hope you are too!
God Bless,
Jeremy and Amy Allen
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