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

Will you Pray?

TEEN CAMP LOGO 2010

Dear everybody,

Summer is definately a hectic time for our family. On the heels of a pastor and missionary camp, comes a youth group renting the grounds for a 2 day retreat. Following that, we start up our family camp. We are expecting families from all over the region and also some coming from the capital city for a week long camp.

Before the end of family camp week, we will be traveling up to Santiago on bus, to then catch a plane to Argentina. Another missionary family will give us a ride to the Paysandu Bible Camp where we will attend our GMSA annual missionary conference. The conference lasts one week and then we will do the whole process back to Chile to arrive just in time for our teen camp at Lican.

Will you pray for us? We are tired and getting worn out. Each week brings its blessings and challenges but we look forward to each one. As we work hard and pray faithfuly we are watching God at work in the lives of adults, teens and kids.

Pray with us for spiritual fruit from this hectic time in our ministry.

We would especially covet your prayers for safety as we travel on the 28th of January and back on the 6th of February.

Pray for strength for Liz as she has entered her 6th month of pregnancy.

Pray for the preparations for teen camp underway.

We are thankful for a team of volunteers helping in getting things lined up for the camp while we are out of the country.

Thank you for your prayers.

Liz

Youth Camp NEWS

Dear everybody,

Here is our brochure for our youth camp 2010. Pray with us that a good number of church kids as well as unsaved kids would attend and hear God's Word preached. The dates for the camp are February 8th through the 13th.

Liz

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

Where have we been?

Dear everybody,

It has been so long since I have posted on the blog that I don't really know where to begin. I am hoping in the next few days to make the time to update all of you who have been following the blog faithfully.

The latest thing on our agenda was a trip to the capital city of Santiago last week. Dan and I were asked by the admnistrator of Pirque Bible Camp to come and give some work shops on counseling to their prospective counselors and helpers.

We droppped the kids off with Uncle David and Auntie Kristi in Temuco, and drove up to the BIG city. What a difference from our little town of Lican Ray!

Pirque Bible Camp at the foot of the Andes Mountains

We enjoyed the beautiful day God gave us and ended up teaching in the great outdoors on camp Pirque. It was a very profitable time for both the counselors and for us.

We realized after the sessions with the counselors and also a session with the current administrator and his assistant that this part of our ministry was vital for the camps.

We need to be doing much more training and capacitating of camp staff.

Pray with us that we could organize and clear our schedules to make room for more training opportunities in the south, central and northern camps.

Liz

A Weekend Youth Retreat

Dear Everybody,

We had the privilege over this past weekend to participate in a youth group retreat from our own church in Villarrica. Dan spoke twice during the retreat. About half of the kids present were not church kids and were hearing the gospel for the very first time.

We were thrilled to see the camp used during the "off" season. We are hoping to get the youth groups from churches in the area together for a combined retreat. Many of these kids don't see others from the same fellowship of churches. What an encouragement it would be to spend time together around the Word of God! Please pray with us that this event would take place. We are hoping to plan it for the spring when the weather is better.

Liz