Wow!! Tomorrow will be half way thru our stay here at Frontier camp. What a great week we had for the first week of Junior camp last week. We did many different things. It is a great joy to serve God with a group of people like God has here at Frontier camp. The campers were definitely a challenging group but God worked and we did have 16 that indicated they trusted Christ during the week. What great opportunities to live out Christ before the campers.
Yes, we are tired. We appreciate your prayers. The Lord is giving strength and will continue to help us use our gifts and abilities to present the good news of Jesus. I do not have a long time to share more details now and I am on a borrowed computer and internet service so I am keeping this short. Thanks so much for you prayers.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Wow, One week of training behind us a Frontier Camp
You'all know that East Texas is a huge flat land with lots of grasslands and pine forests and miles and miles and miles of not much. We are here at Frontier Camp 10 miles from the closest town. I went on a bike ride this morning and rode 14 miles and am not sure I really got anywhere. The heat is amazing also, but I understand that Pennsylvania is having a lot of heat also.
What a great week we had this past week we got to watch Mark and Julie shine in their repective ministries. Mark produces a DVD of videos for the campers every week. Julie is the Trading Post manager and helps in the General store and in the Challenge Coarse with high ropes etc. Kristy, Mark's friend and Chris, Julie's friend each served as senior counselors this past week as the rest of us were in training. We learned all the in's and out's of camp, we have been certified in CPR and First Aid. Every detail was explained in detail and we were tested on it all Saturday morning. Of coarse with some bonus Karen got a 100% and I got a 99.5 %. We were trained in our specific areas also. I will be leading a support staff Bible study to night and speaking at campfire on Tuesday. I will also be leading the outdoorsmanship class and working with grounds and maintenance.
What a blessing from our Lord, Vicki had a chance to experience the teen camp before she has to serve in the kitchen this week. We participated in the rodeo on Thursday and learned to square dance following. What a joy to be part of the Body of Christ in another part of His church. We appreciate your prayers. I am needing to end this post because we will be heading to a local church soon.
The internet is not easily accessed out here "in the sticks" the camp uses a satellite connection and only have so much to use every day. So I am not sure have often I can post. I have not figured out how to send pictures at this point so words will have to do at this time.
Thanks for your prayers. We are picking up our email regularly so feel free to send some to our donkbrubaker@verizon.net email.
Serving our Savior,
Don
for all
What a great week we had this past week we got to watch Mark and Julie shine in their repective ministries. Mark produces a DVD of videos for the campers every week. Julie is the Trading Post manager and helps in the General store and in the Challenge Coarse with high ropes etc. Kristy, Mark's friend and Chris, Julie's friend each served as senior counselors this past week as the rest of us were in training. We learned all the in's and out's of camp, we have been certified in CPR and First Aid. Every detail was explained in detail and we were tested on it all Saturday morning. Of coarse with some bonus Karen got a 100% and I got a 99.5 %. We were trained in our specific areas also. I will be leading a support staff Bible study to night and speaking at campfire on Tuesday. I will also be leading the outdoorsmanship class and working with grounds and maintenance.
What a blessing from our Lord, Vicki had a chance to experience the teen camp before she has to serve in the kitchen this week. We participated in the rodeo on Thursday and learned to square dance following. What a joy to be part of the Body of Christ in another part of His church. We appreciate your prayers. I am needing to end this post because we will be heading to a local church soon.
The internet is not easily accessed out here "in the sticks" the camp uses a satellite connection and only have so much to use every day. So I am not sure have often I can post. I have not figured out how to send pictures at this point so words will have to do at this time.
Thanks for your prayers. We are picking up our email regularly so feel free to send some to our donkbrubaker@verizon.net email.
Serving our Savior,
Don
for all
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Mr. Brubaker's Top Ten
Today was the last day to have all my classes for science. I started the year by introducing myself with Mr. Brubaker's top ten. I use these to help the students get to know me a little bit.
10. I am ___ years old and proud of it!
9. I like chocolate!
8. I like middle school students!
7. I like to have lots of pets!
6. I like to exercise and ride bike!
5. I enjoy backpacking!
4. I am a youth pastor!
3. I am a Father of six children!
2. I am a husband to Karen!
1. I am a follower of Jesus Christ!
I use this time of sharing to make sure they know that I am about helping them search and discover the truth. I want them to know that the most important thing about me is that I am a follower of Jesus Christ. My prayer is that they have been observing me all year and they will be curious about this teacher who follows Jesus.
10. I am ___ years old and proud of it!
9. I like chocolate!
8. I like middle school students!
7. I like to have lots of pets!
6. I like to exercise and ride bike!
5. I enjoy backpacking!
4. I am a youth pastor!
3. I am a Father of six children!
2. I am a husband to Karen!
1. I am a follower of Jesus Christ!
I use this time of sharing to make sure they know that I am about helping them search and discover the truth. I want them to know that the most important thing about me is that I am a follower of Jesus Christ. My prayer is that they have been observing me all year and they will be curious about this teacher who follows Jesus.
Two Days and counting - Texas or Bust
Hopefully not bust. Our oldest children Mark and Julie did have a bust on their way to Texas two and a half weeks ago. They blew their transmission and were held up in Arkansas before they got picked up by the mechanic from Frontier Camp. We never like those kind of interruptions in life but I guess they are the things that help us trust in God more.
Wow, time is ticking down until we head out for Texas ourselves. We are feeling the crunch in trying to get every thing done before we head out. We really appreciate you prayers.
Wow, time is ticking down until we head out for Texas ourselves. We are feeling the crunch in trying to get every thing done before we head out. We really appreciate you prayers.
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