Making plans...

Dear everybody,

We are finishing our summer camping schedule with one last church leaving this evening to go back to Santiago. So what is next for our family and ministry? Well, we are making plans. In November last year we finished our third year of being in Chile. We are due for a furlough and what better time to schedule it than during our winter months, when there is the least activity on camp. We recently bought our tickets and will be returning to the States on April 19th for a 4 month furlough or home assignment.

Terry and Carol Thompson have kindly accepted to fill in for us while we are gone. They will continue the preaching and teaching ministry in the Liquiñe and Coñaripe churches and will also take care of Lican Bible Camp in our absence. I'm sure they would appreciate your prayers in this transition to our home and ministries.

So how does one plan a furlough? We didn't quite know to be honest but the easiest was to grab the calendar and a United States map and start planning our numerous trips. We will fly in to FL and make our way north to Pennsylvania. From there we visit family and friends and end up at our home base in Washington State. We will be traveling many miles in one of the mission's vans. We are contacting our churches and confirming our visit with each and every one of them. We would also LOVE to see as many of our individual supporters as possible while we are back on home assignment. Thank you for praying as we schedule all these meetings.

More to come in future blogs on our furlough preparations.

Liz

TEEN CAMP !!!!!

Dear everybody,

Teen camp is the most exciting week out of the whole camping season. Teens anticipate this week more than any other and will travel from far away to participate. This year, we had 50 teenagers come from as far as Santiago (Chile´s capital city). Churches and individuals were sent special invitations to come and attend the camp. Excitement was building up very quickly.

The day finally arrived and we were ready to start. Each day campers traveled to a different continent starting with the Americas. The teens enjoyed hamburgers and cookies for dessert for dinner that night! All the games followed the same theme with different activities or games having a focus on different cities in South America or North America.

team unity games

the red team emblem: explorer team

The next day, we traveled to Africa! The teens were divided into two teams: Red and Blue. They developed team unity by working together on a cheer and team song. By the end of the day, they were ready to travel to Asia and then on to Europe.

We are in Asia eating Teriyaki Beef... Can you tell?

now in a fancy restaurant in Italy... on the menu: Lasagna!

The program went very well but it only has value if it doesn't distract from the main emphasis of the camp which is the teaching of God's Word and the time each counselor spent one on one with each one of his campers.

Pastor Nilton Sepulveda was the speaker for the week. It was his first time speaking in a camp setting. He shared his testimony the first night with the group and then used his 2 sessions a day to proclaim the Gospel very clearly. God worked in an amazing way.

we had one service outside

We praise the Lord for 4 teenagers who made professions of faith and many who publicly expressed a desire to serve the Lord with their lives. As you can imagine, the bonfire night was special as we heard the testimonies of what the Lord had accomplished in the lives of the campers.

Great counselors!!!

fun times!!!

Thank you for your prayers for each one who made a decision. We hope to see each one next year and Lord willing see fruit in their lives.

Liz

Dear Everybody,

Our kids camp, held January 3rd through 6th, was a blast! Our theme for the camp was a race around the world in three days. Each kid was given his own passport and "traveled" to three different continents during his stay.

Our speaker, Ricardo Green (works with CEF in Chile), spoke on turning our back to the things of the world. He did an excellent job of presenting the Gospel clearly to the 50 kids in attendance.

We thank the Lord for beautiful weather which made life on camp just that much more enjoyable. Can you imagine 50 kids cooped up in a small meeting hall? It was wonderful to enjoy the beauty of Lican Ray Bible Camp with no rain!

Continue to pray for the kids that participated in this year's camp. Some left having heard the gospel but not making a decision to trust Christ as Savior. Others did talk to their counselor and took another spiritual step in their walk with the Lord.

Favorite sport of all time!

Beach time!

Camp food YUM!

Thank you for praying,

Liz

We're back!!!

Dear everybody,

After 2 months of non-stop work, I am back online and able to update our blog. Hopefully, I can get back into the habit of writting and keep you better informed of what is going on in our lives. With the summer comes many challenges but also many blessings. The work accomplished during the winter months bears fruit during the summer as we minister to people through camping ministry.

We hope to give you an overview of our summer month ministry over the next few blog posts and share with you what the Lord did! Let me just say that there is much to rejoice about! So come back to the blog often and don't miss out on the opportunity to glorify God for what He has done in Lican Ray CHILE.

Liz