Dear Prayer
Warriors and Camp Family,
Hello from
Camp Alandale in Angelus Oaks! It has been a great summer so far and we really,
really, really appreciate your prayers. We are so thankful to have you
interceding on our behalf.
God did an
amazing work in the campers’ hearts this past week, and there were many campers
who one day aspire to be a Junior Counselor (JC). One of these campers was Susie. Susie is quiet, gentle, and sweet. She did
not talk much at the beginning of the week and kept to herself.
Her dad had
abused Susie sexually for years. One day Susie and her sister were talking about what their dad was doing to them and
they decided that they needed to tell someone. Susie told her best friend at school the next day and Susie's friend
encouraged her to share with a teacher. Susie was brave in her decision to share with her friend and to finally
say something.
Even though Susie was quiet and soft spoken she shared her testimony around the campfire
with everyone else at camp. As the week
went on Susie was talking and smiling more.
The next evening was pinecone ceremony, where campers can put their
hurt, and pain on a pinecone and give it to God. They then throw the pinecone in the
fire. In the morning their pinecone is
no longer there and it symbolizes how God can take and keep their wrongs done
to them.
Weight had
been lifted off Susie's shoulders and you could see the difference in the way
she acted. There was a difference in her demeanor. Susie also gave her life to God that week.
She left Camp Alandale a child of God, forever changed. It was so sweet to see
her big smiling face the remainder of camp.
Please pray
that Susie would get plugged into a church and would be able to grow in her
walk with God. She still has a lot of
questions and is hungry to know more about God. Susie desires to be a JC one day; please pray that God would prepare her
heart to serve at camp.
Again, thank
you for praying for us. We couldn’t do it without you!
Sincerely,
Ariel Bogue
Summer Staff
2016
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