Hello everyone! Thank you for your patience with this last update for our tour this summer. I had been slacking after we got back from Beaver Lake (No internet to update with at this camp), and I apologize for leaving you hanging! But to the more important stuff- our last camp and everything afterwards. It was our opportunity to be counselors of the cabins at Beaver Lake, and it was a very growing time for the team. There were a lot of hurting kids here from reserves around the Flin Flon Area, and we had about 20 in all. The miracle of this camp though was that it actually was running this week! There was no more funds coming in to keep it running, and by God's hand, they received a sum allowing them to do another week! Praise the Lord! We all learned a lot at this last camp; things about ministry, and about ourselves. I personally had never gone to a camp like this before, and I learned a lot about relying on God for strength...because I was burning out and losing energy. We all were. BUT! (and that's a big but), God was gracious and brought us through this last exhausting week and helped us be a light to His children at Beaver Lake Bible Camp. "No matter how tired we get, our spirits don't have to be"- a wise word from Ryan, the director of Madge Lake Bible Camp last Camp tour that will forever stick in my head and keep me focused on the Lord's provision.One girl came to Christ during our stay here (WOOOHOOO!!!) and we would ask that you keep her in your prayers as she heads in to a brand new stage of her life! And after a long drive all the way back to Caronport, we took time to thank God and marvel at the amazing things we had seen Him do in this tour. Praise God for another opportunity to go to camps and share His love in our lives! Thank you all very much for your prayers and support. We hope to share more joy as the school year at Briercrest continues again, and what the Lord has for us in the future! This is the end of our 2011 Camp Tour, but for some new Christians are just starting their lives! Blessings,
Jesse
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Re-visiting the camp!
Hello Everyone!
It's been amazing coming back to Ranger Lake Bible Camp, especially since we came here last summer to do the same thing, just in different circumstances. Last summer's camp tour had us going to Ranger Lake as part of our 9-camp tour, and it was amazing reconnecting with this wonderful place. Many staff members we had the opportunity to spend a week with were called to camp ministry again, and the fun times kept rolling! And as last year, God did some amazing things through the team, the camp staff, and the campers as well. And the big thing for me is that I felt more free to be myself, share God's love, and hang out with peoplebecause of the comfortable feeling I had because this camp is familiar to me. But so many new things have happened, and we were once again blessed by this amazing camp. Four kids accepted Christ as their personal saviour (WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!), and we would ask that you join us in praying for those kids, and the ones who are going back home to hard situations and decisions. The years at camp and the people can change, but the need for people to serve, love, and be there for them doesn't change! Camp Ministry changes lives...please pray that these kids continue to love Christ with a fire in their hearts!
Blessings,
Jesse
It's been amazing coming back to Ranger Lake Bible Camp, especially since we came here last summer to do the same thing, just in different circumstances. Last summer's camp tour had us going to Ranger Lake as part of our 9-camp tour, and it was amazing reconnecting with this wonderful place. Many staff members we had the opportunity to spend a week with were called to camp ministry again, and the fun times kept rolling! And as last year, God did some amazing things through the team, the camp staff, and the campers as well. And the big thing for me is that I felt more free to be myself, share God's love, and hang out with peoplebecause of the comfortable feeling I had because this camp is familiar to me. But so many new things have happened, and we were once again blessed by this amazing camp. Four kids accepted Christ as their personal saviour (WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!), and we would ask that you join us in praying for those kids, and the ones who are going back home to hard situations and decisions. The years at camp and the people can change, but the need for people to serve, love, and be there for them doesn't change! Camp Ministry changes lives...please pray that these kids continue to love Christ with a fire in their hearts!
Blessings,
Jesse
And if our God is for us, then who could ever stop us!
WHAT A WEEK! This has been a week of battles and blessings. Looking back on the week I can see God's Goodness flowing in everything we did. I could see it from the way the kids warmed up to us so quickly, the way that the Lord allowed workshops to run so smoothly, and the way our energy kept up through sickness and headaches and crazy energetic campers. I could also see it in the way that the Lord allowed me to have amazing freedom this week. Like I said these past five days were a battle, it seemed like everywhere I walked I could sense a supernatural fight going on. I definitely could feel fear rising up in me at times, but in the midst of that fear God kept making it very clear that he was in control. I could really see God at work as I performed my testimony dance on Thursday evening. After the dance I had many people come to me and tell me that they were very moved and a couple people who being in relationships that were unhealthy said that they knew they had to change something when they went back home. By the end of the week you could just sense a freedom in the whole camp and it was awesome! What a cool thing to see a bunch of kids hunger for God, and to witness God meet them here this week!
This is Sammy Signing off...chow for now!
This is Sammy Signing off...chow for now!
Friday, August 12, 2011
Ranger, Ranger, Ranger!
Hello to all of our faith followers,
We are coming close to the end of our second week of camp and it has been an absolutely fabulous! It has been such a blessing to come along side other devoted believers and join in the battle to save souls for the Kingdom of God. We have been here at Ranger Lake Bible Camp since Sunday after performing at Circle Drive Alliance Church in Saskatoon. Our days have been full of sharing our testimonies in the morning chapels, teaching skills throughout the day with different types of dance styles, and performing dances in evening chapels.
It has been incredible to meet and work alongside staff here at Ranger Lake, we have even had the blessing of a few of the staff here desiring to come to Briercrest and potentially coming to tryouts for RU in the fall!
Yesterday was a momentous day for us on RU, first we were able to all go horseback riding which was quite fun, especially for those of us who haven't rode a horse for a long time and then after we did a little photo shoot with the news snipper gun the camp recently purchased. Awesome!
My days have been divided by the desire to invest and pour in to the staff and campers and still be thinking strategically for the future as we are moving into the biggest and most expanding year of RU yet. When we arrived back from this camp tour we will be moving pretty quickly into a bootcamp for our 8 leaders to plan and pray for the future year. This year, besides the 8 leaders, we will be having a CHS High school Team led by Jacee, and potentially creating two college RU teams if there is enough interest and they will tour on a rotating basis.
Please continue to pray for us,
In His Grip,
Adrian
We are coming close to the end of our second week of camp and it has been an absolutely fabulous! It has been such a blessing to come along side other devoted believers and join in the battle to save souls for the Kingdom of God. We have been here at Ranger Lake Bible Camp since Sunday after performing at Circle Drive Alliance Church in Saskatoon. Our days have been full of sharing our testimonies in the morning chapels, teaching skills throughout the day with different types of dance styles, and performing dances in evening chapels.
It has been incredible to meet and work alongside staff here at Ranger Lake, we have even had the blessing of a few of the staff here desiring to come to Briercrest and potentially coming to tryouts for RU in the fall!
Yesterday was a momentous day for us on RU, first we were able to all go horseback riding which was quite fun, especially for those of us who haven't rode a horse for a long time and then after we did a little photo shoot with the news snipper gun the camp recently purchased. Awesome!
My days have been divided by the desire to invest and pour in to the staff and campers and still be thinking strategically for the future as we are moving into the biggest and most expanding year of RU yet. When we arrived back from this camp tour we will be moving pretty quickly into a bootcamp for our 8 leaders to plan and pray for the future year. This year, besides the 8 leaders, we will be having a CHS High school Team led by Jacee, and potentially creating two college RU teams if there is enough interest and they will tour on a rotating basis.
Please continue to pray for us,
In His Grip,
Adrian
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Family Blessings!
WELL this has been fun :)
Camp tour has been a blast and we really feel like God is blessing us and using the few of us to bless so many around us with dancing, workshops, and more speaking this week.
When we left Winkler Bible Camp, we took shifts and drove through the night to get to my grandparents place at Jackfish Lake near North Battleford, SK. We arrived shortly after the beautiful sunrise and, after a sleep, all enjoyed a beautiful hot day at the lake. We went swimming, hiking, walking, reading, sitting, resting, tanning, eating and just LOVING the rest that the Lord was giving us. It's my personal favorite place on earth-Adrian proposed to me there because he knew it was my favorite place ever, which made it even more of a favorite place! I was so blessed to see my grandparents, and rest in their wonderful cabin.
After a wonderfully hot day, a storm started heading our way (and I LOVE storms), so we got to experience the best of all of God's glorious weather for that day! The wind was pretty crazy and chairs started blowing away, and the railings on the deck were being blown over, but it was powerful and amazing! God was so good to us that day. And we finished it off with steak for supper-oh yeah :)
We drove to Saskatoon the next morning, performed at Sammy's church, and then out to Ranger Lake for another camp! We have been so blessed here by old and new friends, and God has been working in my heart so greatly! If you want to know about the great things He's been teaching me, shoot me an email! A lot about surrender is what I can definitely say!
Pray for us as next week we will be a camp with mostly indigenous kids, and I (with the others, except Adrian) are going to be head cabin leaders for these guys! It will be incredible and amazing, but hard, draining, and there will certainly be lots of attack as we have already heard about at this camp. So we go on the frontlines and are so excited! Bless you all this summer, thank you so much for your love and prayers! We couldn't do this without your intercession!
Jacee
Camp tour has been a blast and we really feel like God is blessing us and using the few of us to bless so many around us with dancing, workshops, and more speaking this week.
When we left Winkler Bible Camp, we took shifts and drove through the night to get to my grandparents place at Jackfish Lake near North Battleford, SK. We arrived shortly after the beautiful sunrise and, after a sleep, all enjoyed a beautiful hot day at the lake. We went swimming, hiking, walking, reading, sitting, resting, tanning, eating and just LOVING the rest that the Lord was giving us. It's my personal favorite place on earth-Adrian proposed to me there because he knew it was my favorite place ever, which made it even more of a favorite place! I was so blessed to see my grandparents, and rest in their wonderful cabin.
After a wonderfully hot day, a storm started heading our way (and I LOVE storms), so we got to experience the best of all of God's glorious weather for that day! The wind was pretty crazy and chairs started blowing away, and the railings on the deck were being blown over, but it was powerful and amazing! God was so good to us that day. And we finished it off with steak for supper-oh yeah :)We drove to Saskatoon the next morning, performed at Sammy's church, and then out to Ranger Lake for another camp! We have been so blessed here by old and new friends, and God has been working in my heart so greatly! If you want to know about the great things He's been teaching me, shoot me an email! A lot about surrender is what I can definitely say!
Pray for us as next week we will be a camp with mostly indigenous kids, and I (with the others, except Adrian) are going to be head cabin leaders for these guys! It will be incredible and amazing, but hard, draining, and there will certainly be lots of attack as we have already heard about at this camp. So we go on the frontlines and are so excited! Bless you all this summer, thank you so much for your love and prayers! We couldn't do this without your intercession!
Jacee
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Ranger Lake Bible Camp....Chapel Time!
Well, once again, God is soo good! We arrived safely at Ranger Lake Bible Camp near North Battleford and it has been such a blessing to be here. The staff and kids have been such a blessing to me and I really look forward to getting to know them all better!
One of my favorite parts of camp is chapel. Ranger has a morning and an evening chapel, and it has been such a blessing to be able to be a part of them both! We've been sharing testimonies in the morning and dancing in the evenings which has been such a huge blessing. Working into the lives of the kids and sharing our lives has been such an ecouragement to me. I have the amazing opportunity to share on thursday, and I'm so excited share a bit of my life to these kids.
Worship has been absolutely amazing as well! God has really been speaking to me through the worship that has been taking place in chapels. He's been making it very clear that I am in His hands, that He will take care of me, and that I don't need to worry about what the future holds because He knows what He's doing! It's been such a huge time of learning, and I'm super thankful that God is using the chapels to speak to me so clearly. I am excited to see what God has in store for the rest of the chapels this week!!
Until next time, your brother in Christ,
Ryan Martin
One of my favorite parts of camp is chapel. Ranger has a morning and an evening chapel, and it has been such a blessing to be able to be a part of them both! We've been sharing testimonies in the morning and dancing in the evenings which has been such a huge blessing. Working into the lives of the kids and sharing our lives has been such an ecouragement to me. I have the amazing opportunity to share on thursday, and I'm so excited share a bit of my life to these kids.
Worship has been absolutely amazing as well! God has really been speaking to me through the worship that has been taking place in chapels. He's been making it very clear that I am in His hands, that He will take care of me, and that I don't need to worry about what the future holds because He knows what He's doing! It's been such a huge time of learning, and I'm super thankful that God is using the chapels to speak to me so clearly. I am excited to see what God has in store for the rest of the chapels this week!!
Until next time, your brother in Christ,
Ryan Martin
Friday, August 5, 2011
Goodbye Winkler, Hello Ranger!
We are on our last day of camp here at Winkler Bible and it has been an incredible week to start this camp tour. Beside the beautiful site of Winkler Bible Camp, the phenomenal hosting, and the lovely adventurous weather, this week has been a week of blessing from the staff and campers in the calling that God has put on our hearts. We feel so richly blessed to be able to be used in such a way that it brings joy and life to peoples lives.
The thing that I will remember the most about this camp is the raw, energetic and creative worship that is sung from the staff and campers at two different chapels each day. You would have to be at one of these chapels to understand the full expression of 100% worship this camp gives to their God everyday...twice.
James, one of the directors, is the worship leader here and has been given a very incredible and rare ability to write fun, God honouring and scripturally based songs with ongoing and challenging full body motions. At the beginning of the week we walked into these chapels and didn't know one song and they have become one of the biggest joys in our day because we are always singing about "suiting up" for the battle to be won, and how we "love God but God loved us first". God really uses James' songs to put Biblical Truth into kids minds who would never go to church, and we hear kids singing them all day long and doing the actions.
GOD IS GOOD! We have had a great first week and we will be performing at Circle Drive Alliance Church on Sunday in Saskatoon and spending the next week at RangerLake Bible Camp. We have been creating video updates that can be seen on our Refined Undignified FaceBook Fan Page. Please Check it out.
In His Grip,
Adrian Webber
The thing that I will remember the most about this camp is the raw, energetic and creative worship that is sung from the staff and campers at two different chapels each day. You would have to be at one of these chapels to understand the full expression of 100% worship this camp gives to their God everyday...twice.James, one of the directors, is the worship leader here and has been given a very incredible and rare ability to write fun, God honouring and scripturally based songs with ongoing and challenging full body motions. At the beginning of the week we walked into these chapels and didn't know one song and they have become one of the biggest joys in our day because we are always singing about "suiting up" for the battle to be won, and how we "love God but God loved us first". God really uses James' songs to put Biblical Truth into kids minds who would never go to church, and we hear kids singing them all day long and doing the actions.
GOD IS GOOD! We have had a great first week and we will be performing at Circle Drive Alliance Church on Sunday in Saskatoon and spending the next week at RangerLake Bible Camp. We have been creating video updates that can be seen on our Refined Undignified FaceBook Fan Page. Please Check it out.
In His Grip,
Adrian Webber
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