A Camp Ministry Opportunity

Dear everybody,

At the beginning of the month of October, we received a phone call from one of our national pastors from the north of Chile. For a number of years, Pastor Guillermo Soto had pastored the Villarrica Bible Church located about 20 minutes from Camp Lican Ray, a church we attended for a year while living in Villarrica. His purpose for calling was to rent the camp for 5 days and bring a school group down from the town of Vallenar in north where he is currently pastoring. His son just graduated from a public high school and his class needed a place to go on their senior trip.

We were thrilled to welcome this school group of 40 to the camp on November 13th. Some of the teens attend the Bible Church in Vallenar but the majority were unsaved. They came with some parents who helped with food preparation and crowd control.

Each morning, Pastor Guillermo gave a devotional from God's Word. He also had the opportunity to pray before each meal and spend one-on-one time with each teen.

They LOVED camp!

The city they are from is 24 hours north and is located in a desert part of Chile, where everything is dry and dusty. What a shock it was for these teens to see our beautiful green and lush camp! They enjoyed the view of the lake and even took a brave dip in its cold waters during their stay. Most did not want to go home after their five days in the south.

What was most exciting about their time with us? A young teenage girl accepted the Lord as her savior! In addition, each teen accepted a Gospel of John Bible track. We were also able to give a Bible to the young lady. Seeing this, another teenage boy asked if we might have an extra one for him. He had been reading the pastor's Bible during the five days on camp but didn't have a Bible of his own! Of course we jumped at the chance to give him a Bible also.

Our new sister in Christ, Valesca is seated second from the right, next to Micah.

As they left we started praying that God's Word would change lives, that these teens would take the time to read the gospel tracks and reflect on their condition before an Almighty and Holy God, and make a decision. We are looking forward to staying in contact with Pastor Soto and asking him in the next few months if there was any more fruit from the ministry of the camp here in Lican Ray.

Liz