Terribly Poetic

So its been a whirlwind past few weeks. When camp ended we left the very next day for our family vacation to Idaho. It was a great trip and if you aren’t alive and haven’t seen some of our pics on Facebook, just look me up here. I could give you a long story on our vacation but I don’t feel like updating many weeks in one post. I just need to get back into regular posts here. So here goes…

In my last post the most pressing prayer request was my job situation. For those that don’t know, my job at Ranger Lake Bible Camp will continue to year round. We are so excited about this answer to prayer. Already I am busy preparing program, brochures, theme for next year at camp. I am excited to use the skills and gifts God has given me here at Ranger. I am also very excited to be doing alot of work with our newest program of the Radio Controlled Trucks. So much so that I bought my own! More on that on another post. So our fears are done away with and I will have a job when our new baby arrives in around 7 weeks!!

So vacation ended and then I got sick! This has been the worse sickness I have had in 10 years. So much that when I went to my doctor they didn’t have record of me being a patient because I hadn’t been in 10 years. I guess sometime ago they upgraded to a new computer system and “old” patients didn’t get put into the system, so I got deleted. Needless to say I ended up at a new doctor in Stonebridge area, which actually helped me, and with very little wait time. After going on antibiotics for awhile the sickness seems to be gone, however, the energy levels aren’t quite there yet. After all these years of not being sick, I realized how blessed I am for my strong immune system. Here’s hoping it returns soon.

So mark this down on your calendars, Daryl is back from summer. Holidays are over, summer camps are done, sickness is gone, so I am officially back. If I have a long time between now and my next post, I blame it only on myself.

Hey everyone, just thought I would post a short update on my current job status. Last Monday I told you all that I was leaving YFC, and doing it with my next job not setup. Well, God knew what He was doing, and just two days later, I had successfully secured a job at Ranger Lake Bible Camp. This is the term job that I briefly mentioned. It will start April 1st, and run until Sept 30th, upon that time we will evaluate my future at Ranger. We feel that God has called us back into camp ministry once again and we are extremely excited about this opportunity. My job will have three focuses, Mentorship, Promo, and Program. Here is an excerpt from my support letter which I managed to get in the mail last Friday.

Mentorship is one of the areas of camp ministry that made the biggest impact on my life. Through being mentored, my life was changed, which in turn helped guide me into fulltime ministry. Part of my job will be very deliberate in mentoring younger staff members and seeking to establish relationships with them not just during summer, but during the off-season as well. God has given me a vision to help equip, train and mentor young leaders to passionately serve God with their lives. We are very excited to see where God will lead us in this vision.

Promotion
I love making videos, and designing graphics, and this gift will be put to great use at Ranger! At the end of every summer camp week I will produce a souvenir video to sell to campers. This will enable campers to show their family and friends what Ranger is like; we’ve used similar tools like this at YFC and had great results. Already I have had much input in designing the promotional materials for this camp.

Program
There’s more to a camp program that just games! During the summer, campers learn four “skills” every day like archery, wall climbing, backcountry adventure, and horseback riding. Part of my job will be to help ensure that each of these skills are as effective and excellent as we can make them. If they need to be retooled, or updated, I will seek out the right tools and resources to help make them the best they can be. Ranger also runs off-season camps for church youth groups, schools, staff development retreats, and various other groups. I will help plan program and offer leadership training for these groups as needed during the off-season.

We are still responsible to raise funds for my salary, but thankfully, Ranger requires us to raise a minimum of 50% of these funds, and they will cover the rest! If you are interested in supporting the ministry at Ranger Lake, please drop me a note.