As we prepare to head into the summer, we are overwhelmed and overjoyed at all of the ministry opportunities that God has given us. On top of the two annual missions trips to War, WV and Southport, NC, we have added a third trip to Olyphic, NC. On these trips, we will be conducting our sports camp Bible schools, as well as service projects and programs for senior citizens. The opportunity to be a part of the staff on these trips is very exciting because, in middle school and high school, I was part of these trips as a mission team member. As I grew up in Christian Adventurers I learned the importance of serving others and serving God.
I went on my first trip with Christian Adventurers when I was 13. The trip was to Southport, NC and it was the 2nd year Christian Adventurers had gone there. Every year since then, we have been going to Southport to serve at Shoreline Baptist Church and conduct our sports camp Bible schools. A couple years after that I decided to go on my first trip to War, WV.
These trips turned out to be very eye-opening for me. Due to the economic status of that area, I was exposed to an amount of poverty that I had never yet experienced. After I got back from my first trip to War, I was reminded of all of the blessings that I had at home and charged myself to never take what God had blessed me with for granted. Thankfully, God allowed me to go on several trips with Christian Adventurers in middle school and high school, and those trips allowed me to learn how to serve God and serve others.
I am now on the other end of these trips. I am a staff member and a leader. God has now allowed me the opportunity to invest in young people like so many others invested in me when I was young. The impact that Chief and Mark had on me as a young person was huge. I am now able to try and make an impact on others’ lives as a staff member. I pray that God will use me to be a light and leader to the young people that we are going to minister to, as well as the teenagers on our mission team this summer.
As we look ahead to this summer, we have a lot to prepare for. This coming week (June 4-7) we are holding a soccer, basketball and volleyball camp for kids grades 3-8 at Bethel Baptist Church. The following week we will be holding a morning camp for a group of senior adults at Graham Recreation Center. After that, we begin to gear up for our 3 week-long mission trips that we will be doing this summer. Please pray with us that God will lead and guide us this summer as we minister to children here at home and in other states. Pray that God will prepare our hearts to be servants for him so that we can forget all other distractions and spread his gospel.
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