Summer's Over; A New Season Has Begun

As you can see, I did not post anything over the summer. As you can figure from my lack of posting, summer was a non-stop whirlwind of busyness! I created games, trained staff, but, most of all, enjoyed a completely different style of work as the health professional. Lots of headaches (drink water), bloody noses (drink water), and other minor injuries (most of which would have either been prevented or cured by drinking water), and, fortunately, very few major issues. (Especially notable, since the temperatures were high and everyone was outside, but no major heat exhaustion issues or ambulance calls! Not every camp around here can say that!)But even better than our health record was our spiritual record:

 -Over 1000 people got to experience both the exciting fun and spiritual training at Camp Rivercrest's summer camps

 -Over 200 first-time salvations

-Over 250 recommitments to Christ

 -Five official baptisms (over 1000 unofficial "baptisms"!)

 I would show you pictures, but I personally didn't have much time to go out and take that many, and it's kind of illegal to take pictures of what went on in the health center, so I'd like to instead refer you to the Camp Rivercrest Facebook page, which is filled with photos of much of what took place this summer: https://www.facebook.com/camprivercrest I guess I should start referring you to the camp Facebook page more often. It's kind of my job now. I was always wondering what I'd be doing in September. The internship's over, my summer job is over, so now I'm...


 (insert awkward silence)


I was hoping to tell you my fancy job title, but we're still working on it. But I CAN tell you what I'll be doing. I am the camp's new media person. (I suggested the title Media Coordinator, since I'm not necessarily creating all the media, but I'm organizing it.) They already had me editing all outgoing publications since I seem to be able to catch errors that others miss, so this just seemed like a natural fit. So now, in addition to reading pre-published packets and brochures, I'll be giving the website a total makeover (I started editing the content several months ago, but it's time for a website upgrade), marketing through writing articles for magazines that will get the Rivercrest name out, making newsletters for our supporters, and more.

 I'm excited to share the news of my new job, but I do have a request for you. This is the first time camp has ever hired someone to work with their media year-round. I believe it will be incredibly beneficial to camp, but since there is no evidence of this yet and my job was put in place in a rather quick manner, there isn't exactly a budget to pay my salary. I never really thought I'd be asking for support, but here I am, asking for support! You read the stats above about how this summer alone at Rivercrest made a HUGE impact to the campers and to the kingdom of God. Think of how much more we could do if we were able to better spread the word! I'm not asking for money. I'm asking for prayer. Pray for me, for Rivercrest, and the people we impact. And if the Lord happens to tell you to support me financially, I would very much appreciate it. Gifts are tax-deductible, and you can e-mail me or leave a comment if you'd like information on how to do this. And whether or not the Lord is calling you to support my ministry work at Camp Rivercrest, you can still spread the word about what we're doing to your friends or church family. I believe that God will provide for me (He already provides 1/3 of the Rivercrest annual budget though donations!), but I also believe that He is calling several people somewhere out there to help support me financially.

 I know several of you missed my updates over the past two months, so I hope this got you caught up on what's been going on. I'd love to answer any questions about this amazing summer in the comments!