Dear Prayer Coordinators,
Greetings from Idyllwild! This past weekend,
Session #4 over February 26-28, was a great camp. We had 12 campers, eight
counselors, and five junior counselors. God blessed us with an excellent
weekend of weather and a few small snow patches for the campers to enjoy. Your
prayers were definitely felt as we went throughout the weekend. The campers
really engaged with the theme of “Come to Me” as Jesus shares with us in
Matthew 11:28-30.
This weekend was a little bit boy heavy. We had
eight boy and four girl campers, which made for an understandably rowdy
weekend. At times, we had to remind the guys although we want to have fun, we
can’t shove or push one another. The boys all responded well and seemed to have
a brotherhood going by the end of the weekend.
One boy in particular, Robbie, stood out to me. He
had been to camp once before in the summer and definitely has some rough edges.
I’d assume that off the mountain, he is known by a reputation much different
than he brings to camp. I don’t know much of his story, but I love having Robbie at camp. He is funny, engages during the sessions, totally loves having a
counselor, and really likes being at camp. He looks like a city kid, but loves
being in the snow, hiking in the mountains, and living the camp lifestyle. Over
the course of the weekend, I saw Robbie open up more and more to his counselor
and answer even more questions during the sessions. Robbie even memorized and
shared the memory verse with everyone on Sunday morning. I don’t feel like I am
communicating it well enough, but Robbie really astonished me, rather God amazed
me, in seeing how much he enjoyed being at camp. Despite not knowing Robbie's past, it amazes me how safe, comfortable, and loved Robbie feels at camp. I hope
one day he’ll share his story with us.
Another set of boys that always stand out are
Josh and Jonathan. They are twin brothers who have been attending camp since the
4th grade. Pray for them! They have been reunited with their birth
mother for some time and continue to attend camp. I know that coming to camp is
a huge highlight from them. Both of them have even told me that one day they
want to be a camp director. I always tell them, “I hope it happens someday.”
Still, Josh and Jonathan vacillate in their spiritual beliefs and are yet to
make a firm standing in the name of Jesus. Pray they would choose to follow
Christ with their whole hearts. Pray that one of these sessions they would feel
their brokenness and choose to follow Jesus. I know nothing at camp happens
without prayer, for which I want to thank you and thank you again. Thank you
for praying for all of us. We couldn’t continue the work at Camp Alandale
without your prayers.
With the love of Christ,
Jeremy Allen
Assistant Camp Director
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