Hello Family!
I hope you are all doing well and are encouraged to (hopefully) see some flowers popping out of the ground. Just one more reality that spring is definitely here, which in turn means workcampNE is just around the corner!
Let’s start off with some praises!
Marcia has already been talking to some of the social services for camp this year. Here’s what the social worker had to say… (I love it!)…
Hey All – just got this note from a Social Service agency in Kennebunk that is making referrals for this summer. This is what she had to say about the legacy camp left from 2006! Good stuff!
Hi,
Thanks so much for including us in your outreach program. Our residents LOVED your teens. They brought life & smiles to many faces here.
These folks have voiced a HUGE YES WE’D LOVE THEM.
Again thanks & I will be looking forward to seeing everyone in a few months.
Judy
What a witness it is to this ministry! Way to go gang… we know that God has already done something in the lives of these families… now we need to pray that we can continue with the blessing that we started in 2006! I love to see how God is continuing a ministry that we had no idea what it would come back around. Just one more thing that shows how God’s plan is much greater than what we put it in.
Josh (Squeaky) gave an update that wedding plans are going very well! Just over 2 months before he takes the plunge into another amazing chapter in his life. Let’s continue to pray that plans go well and that everything falls into place as he prepares to join his life with his fiancé Casey.
Now on to some prayer requests and updates:
Pray for Marc and Jess as they leave on Wednesday for their mission experience to Mexico. After hearing a bit of Marc’s heart tonight, I would like to lift them up specifically for boldness in the Word. Pray that God would give them the opportunities to share the love of Christ without hesitation so that as many people can come to know the Lord. Pray also for the people they are going to be partnering with in Mexico. Ask the Lord to equip them so that they not only reach people, but that they would be able to connect them with someone in their home town so that they can become part of a home family! Pray also for their health and safety as they travel.
Pray that God would continue to place a burden on the hearts of people around the world for Haiti and Chile. After a few months have passed, i find there are almost no publications about either of them, but the devastation is still very real. Pray especially for health and safety since the rainy season is now playing a part.
An update on my friend Gloria who has lung cancer – she is so full of God’s love and joy and peace… it seems like everyone she talks to longs to have the relationship with God that she has. She literally glows when she speaks of her Abba… she spoke at our church last week and I don’t think there was a dry eye in the place. Not tears of sadness… but tears of joy for her, especially in how she was talking about going home. What an amazing story! Please keep her in your prayers as she will be telling her family in Spain that she has cancer. This is going to play a very big part in her healing. More for healing of family… not of her physical healing.
Continue to pray for Joel as he is currently on his missions experience in Zimbabwe. Pray for safety, health and travel. Pray that Joel would have many opportunities to share the Word of the Lord. Pray that those he will be speaking to would have ears to hear.
This week for workcampNE I want to lift up the number of meetings that are going to be happening. There is a lot of the behind the scenes things going on this week, such as meeting with school boards, social workers and other groups who are wanting to partner with workcampNE. Pray for those who are going to represent WC – that the groups would see that they have a favor with the Lord… even if they don’t know what it is that sets us apart. Pray that the doors would continue to open so that God’s will would be done here. God is in control! And He is good… all the time!
As always, let me know if I need to add anything or update the group.
You are all loved! Thanks for being a part of this ministry!
Blessings,
Mel