The Calm Before the Storm

Some days I feel like a duck.

Life is not about the apparent calm on the surface, but is often more about my feet travelling at 5000 rpm under the surface. For years I have found ministry in February/March like this. There are solid relationships established between the volunteers & youth, ‘programs’ are running down as the spring sun beckons kids to the outdoors along with the pressure of school work as exams approach and they become a little more focused on studying. This creates an artificial ‘calm’ bringing with it a chance to organize the overseas mission and summer camps.

Some of the most needed creative ideas occur during this season. This year as we prepare to use the middle park facility for the first time, on top of a new camp layout, water, sewer and electrical issues, we must also grapple with including; an inflatable blob tower and waterslide, a kart track over existing trails, all to allow the same quality of camp experiences received by Canadian and American youth here in rural Wales. In August we will have just 9 days to transform the meadow and ponds into a facility that will demonstrate that we care. Giving kids the best week of their lives. Please pray for the 40+ people that will help set this camp up in the first 2 weeks of August that we are efficient, successful, and centred on the goal.. which will always remain Jesus Christ. Pray also for the 14+ service crew coming from Rayleigh NC that are sacrificing a huge amount to allow for the new camp to go ahead. Though they are only in their late teens, they will make a huge difference to our world.

Camp Layout
As we creep onto the new Middle Park property this year, we will be overwhelmed by its, beauty and quiet. It is hard to believe that in the overpopulated UK a place so isolated can still be found. This facility will give kids a chance to think, to ‘be still and know that there is a God’. While having the best week in their lives.

The pond will become central to many of our water activities this year. August will see a great amount of clearing happen in order to make it safe for the slide, the blob, and let’s not forget the karts.....

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We are still raising funds for the camp infrastructure this year and staff salaries. If you would like to invest in this ministry you can do so by...

making cheques payable to:
Trinity Foundation - 1905 Springfield Rd, Kelowna BC, V1Y 7V7
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Online:
Canada helps - KELOWNA TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH LEGACY FOUNDATION
http://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=s92672
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