Dear
Our Wonderful Prayer Supporters,
I am extraordinarily grateful for all
your support! I have had the privilege of counseling here at Camp Alandale four
times this summer! I cannot begin to tell you all the marvelous things God is
doing here at camp. We honestly could not have camp without all of your support
in prayer. You have tremendously blessed my campers and me.
Last week I had a beautiful young
woman named Tesia. God must have been working when Jeremy and Amy were
picking counselors for each child, because so many of the current issues Tesia was struggling with were the issues of my past. The lies that she
believed, the life she is living, that was where I came from. But praise the Lord we serve an inspiring and
awesome God! I was uplifted when I had the chance to look back on my life and
see God’s faithfulness and provision and it was a strong witness to Tesia. I
may have scars from my past, but they are proof God truly heals.
Tesia was always brutally honest
with me. She came in and from the beginning she told me, “I have heard about
God. I know what to do, but I do not believe.” She went on to explain why would
a so-called “gracious” God let all these awful things happen to her? She had
numerous perplexing questions and there were times where all I could do was cry
out to the Lord for wisdom and guidance because I did not have the answers. At
certain points all I did was shower her with the love of Christ and listen to
her story.
You never know how God is going to
work! By the end of the week Tesia saw the love that was lavished on her and the walls she had built up began to crumble down. She no longer looked at
Christians as fake people, but she saw that our love for her was genuine and
sincere. I am ecstatic to inform you that my beloved Tesia accepted Jesus as
her personal Savior this week. She has now started an intimate relationship
with God and by the end of the week you could see the joy of the Lord emanating
from her!
She was such an enormous blessing to
me and we were able to go through Proverbs 31 and talk about what a godly woman
looks like and how we can change to be more like that woman. We also talked
about her becoming a junior counselor next year or in the years to come.
As you think of Tesia please
continue to lift her up before the Lord! She understands that there will be
many storms that come, but if Christ is truly her foundation then her life is
secure in his hands. Pray that she will continue to grow in the intimate
relationship with Christ and that if God wills, she would come back as a junior
counselor next year! God is good! Thank you all for your love you have shown us
here at Camp Alandale!
All
Glory to Him,
Leah
Dickinson
Summer Staff
2015
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