Last Night at Cale

Last night was "campfire" night at Cale.  Everyone that has ever gone to camp knows that usually Thursday nights are special because it is the last night of camp.  Steve started a fire and the campers all gathered around the fire on benches and the camp counselors shared their testimonies.  In between the testimonies we sang a songs.  It was a great night at the fire.  It was good for the campers to hear from some college age young people instead from an old man like me.

Last night I taught about allowing the Holy Spirit to control your life especially your emotions and feelings.  One boy pulled me aside and asked me if his counselor had talked to me about his temper.  I told him know and showed him my notes that I printed off last week.  He said that was the message he needed to hear.  It's cool how God works.

Final day today at Camp Cale.  I have one more message to deliver and then I address the parents this afternoon.  Should be a great day!  It's not hot out this morning!!!!!!!!

Camp Cale Today

Did I mention it is hot?  It was great having my family here with me a couple of days.  Now I'm back in the camper all by myself, just me and the Mac.  Gonna pop in some old Andy Griffith videos and watch them.  I figured out how to pipe the audio from the Mac through the speakers in the camper, it's pretty much the coolest camper on the campground this week.

Today was a great day for the campers.  We talked this morning about Bible Study and the importance of that discipline in Endurance.  Tonight we talked about protecting ourselves with the spiritual armor (Ephesians 6).  The talks went well but I had to talk fast to get the message in before the kids fell asleep because of the heat.  It is 9:17 at night as I type this and it is still over 90 degrees in the room where we hold the worship gatherings.  Cale's new building will help incredibly.

Keep praying, God's working on camper's hearts.

Cale Day 3

Cale was hot today!  Campers were having a great time though.  

This morning we talked about My Mission and how sharing Christ is a tool in the discipline tool bag in building a life of endurance.  Last night's talk went well.  I talked with a young lady today and God is obviously working in her heart and life and that's what it is all about.

This afternoon they played "poo" games.  Yes, POO!  Since there are horses close by their were some team competitions that involved fertilizer.  Game one the team had other teams dump buckets of manure on their tarp and that that team had to run the tarp through an obstacle course.  Game #2 was much fun to watch.  One team member stood in a circle with a bucket on their head while the rest of the team launched manure off a tarp and the player in the circle tried to catch as much manure as possible in the bucket that was on their head.  Yes, it was messy. (no pun intended)  Camp Cale is the home of the "Poo Games 2008".

Tonight we talked about how God's Word is the support to what we believe and why it is important to know what we believe and to own our faith.

Let's just say that the guys on the tract on beachpreach's blog would not have appreciated today's camp.  They wouldn't get it.  On top of that there were drums and electric guitars in our worship time.  That's right, Cale is rockin it for Jesus!

Cale Day 2

Today we start constructing the building of Endurance.

This morning I will be talking about spending time alone with God (I had my Hang Time with God in the air conditioned peaceful camper this morning and it was good).  I will share with them the "Why and Hows" of Hang Time.

Please pray for our worship gathering tonight.  This will probably be my favorite message to deliver all week.  Most camp experiences Thursday night is the "big" night.  I'm going to skip right to the "big" night tonight.  This evening we lay the foundation and I will be giving the campers the good news of Christ tonight.  Please be in prayer today for students who don't know Jesus Christ.  My prayer is that tonight we see several come to Christ.

Thanks for praying.  I'll update Day 2 after worship tonight and let you know how today went.