THE SMOKY TRAIL HOTLINE

Give me this mountain . . . if the Lord be with me, . . . then I shall be able. Jos. 14:12

Christmas came early this year as Carol and I rejoiced in seeing Harvey & Margo, and Ron & Elaine come on board with Georgian Native & Outreach Ministries at our annual meeting. Harvey & Margo will continue their work at Dorothy Lake Bible Camp as well as their work pastoring a church congregation at Kirkland Lake. They will assume the responsibilities for the native ministry in the northern area from North Bay to Hearst and points in between. Elaine & Ron will head up the Bible teaching ministry for all camp staff, and the children workers teaching ministry in cooperation with local churches. This is a new and exciting area of ministry for Georgian with the opportunity to partner with local churches for club training and helping with vacation Bible schools. Elaine has a wealth of training experience with churches and Bible clubs. She was formerly with C.E.F. in that capacity. Her area will not only be in the north with Dorothy Lake, but the vast area covered by Georgian Native.

Elaine & Ron, and Harvey & Margo are trusting the Lord for their prayer and financial support so that they may effectively minister in this vital work with a focus on First Nation children and teens. They are available to minister in your local church and in other venues that you might have available. Please pray and support these new missionaries. Their prayer letters will soon be available. Please call us regarding their addresses.

All the workers of Georgian Native are faith missionaries. Georgian is a federally incorporated ministry and all gifts will receive a tax receipt for income tax purposes at year end. Please designate your interest area or individual on a separate note, but not on your cheque. This will avoid any confusion.

This past week Harvey and I travelled (2300KM) from Kirkland Lake to Constance Lake (Hearst) and places in between visiting pastors and distributing gifts from our churches and ladies knitting groups. All the beautiful items were received with gratitude & thanksgiving. We drove two vans and pulled a 16-foot trailer as well. I stopped in to see Elaine at South River and left some of the donations for her to distribute.

Carol & I finished the week with a visit to the Super 60's at First Baptist in Waterloo on Friday and then on Saturday, the Renewal Fellowship Conference at Wellington Sq. United Church in Oakville. This is going to be a very busy year, from new associate missionaries coming on board to trusting the Lord for a location to hold our mid north camp. Ministry partners, your prayers, advice and input are always welcome and appreciated. Please be in contact with us to assist.

At the writing of this letter, yours and our prayers for renting or purchasing a camp property in the Parry Sound-Sudbury corridor have not been answered. Please continue to pray for the board as a meeting is planned very shortly with this as top priority. Any help you may be able to provide in locating a replacement camp property would be much appreciated. Please continue to pray for an understudy for Carol and me. Camp registration forms for Riverview and Dorothy Lake have been given out on our travels in those areas. The sponsorship letters along with a picture of your sponsored child will soon be in the mail.

Good Seed- "Stranger on the Road to Emmaus" material for evangelism and teaching We have a good supply in stock of all publications and videos ready for immediate delivery. Call us to order these materials to assist your teaching and outreach with adults and children. They are now available in many languages.

PRAISE

*gifts for the First Nation communities from our knitter groups and the New Credit Reserve.

*for safety in travel this fall as we have traveled thousands of KM.

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*for support already coming in for Elaine & Ron, and Harvey & Margo.

*for the many campers who are now receiving Bible study follow up.

PRAYER

*for invitations for Carol and I & our new associates to minister this fall and winter..

*for increased personal support for all the ministry members.

*the Board searching for a couple to understudy & guide in the executive director position.

*for our First Nation pastors as they minister to those in various First Nation communities.

*for new members for our Air Miles program. Please request our Georgian collector's card.

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*Awana Landing is for sale. Replacement camp needed for the mid-north for summer 2011.

*for camp staff members for next summer. Please consider serving the Lord! Call now!

*for Scott & Gillian for God's leading as they look for employment.

*for Glenn as he wrote his final pharmacy exam on Saturday and looks for employment.

*for Brent also needing a new position.

*for Alice May a former camp cook with aggressive lymphoma cancer.

*need-Smoky Trail will pay your lifeguard training fees if you join our staff next summer.

Carol and I have three more engagements before flying to Calgary for some ministry exploration and a visit with our family for Christmas. Thank you for being our friends and faithful supporters of the work over this past year, and for some as many as 16 years. May God be with you and bless you and your family as we celebrate God's wonderful gift to each one of us. " For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Isa.9:6

　

　

Hugh & Carol

Your Missionaries to Native Children.

THE SMOKY TRAIL HOTLINE - Fall 2010

Worldwide Ministries

Georgian Native & Outreach Ministries

Rev. Hugh & Carol Hamp

Box 4, R.R. # 3, Shelburne, Ont. L0N 1S7

519-925-0329

Web Site & Email:www.smokytrail.org Charitable Reg. No. 87121 5661 RR0001

This is the FALL edition of the prayer letter of Hugh and Carol Hamp. They are missionaries with Worldwide Ministries and work with First Nations children, teens and seniors. If you wish to receive this update on a regular basis, please contact them at one of the above addresses, and they would be pleased to send you a personal copy of future issues.

THE SMOKY TRAIL HOTLINE

Give me this mountain . . . if the Lord be with me, . . . then I shall be able. Jos. 14:12

Camp is over for this summer, but the work never ends. Home! It's a good place to connect with our family as two of our families are in transition, one newly married & the other from Australia, are living with us. They have been holding the fort while we have been at camp. Lots of things to do before we take our vacation at the end of the year.

We are working with our chairman, David, on planning the board agenda for the meeting Sept. 30th. The work of bringing some associate missionaries on board, and renting or buying a replacement camp for the Awana Landing camp is high on the list. This prayer letter needs to be written and in your hands by next week. Then you, our partners in the work, will be updated so you can pray for these crucial needs.

This has been an exciting summer. All three of our camps saw God work as many campers came to faith in Jesus Christ This has been the focus of the work from the beginning and we trust that will never change. Carol and I want this vital work to continue building His Kingdom. These are stretching times as we come to the final years of our native ministry. The ministry has been having growing pains as the Lord has added new camps. Over the last few years we have been aware of our need for others to become associates, not employees, in the work. Those coming on board, need to raise their own financial and prayer support through Georgian Native or another affiliated agency. Would you become a ministry partner with one of these couples? They too will have a prayer letter that will keep you informed. Their information will be added to the website, or just call us.

The board will be meeting Sept. 30 with Harvey & Margo Delport, Elaine & Ron Johnston-Scott, and possibly others to discuss their interest in becoming associates with Georgian Native. They all have been involved in the work this summer at our various camps. We continue to ask God for a replacement for Carol and I. We would like to see that couple come on board so they might transition into guiding the work that has grown beyond our expectations. Maybe God is calling you? This would allow you to explore an opportunity without commitment that could provide you much blessing as it has with us.

Thank you to each and every one of you who had an indispensable part in the camp outreach this summer. Until you are involved, you can't imagine how many different needs are being met by so many wonderful people. Workers are praying, counselling, teaching, cooking, purchasing, building, driving, sponsoring, directing, camp maintenance, caring, loving, & more.. You folk are God's army in action faithfully serving your heavenly Father.

Once we have our "Smoky Trail Hotline in the mail, and the children and teen Bible studies, and sponsorship pictures out, it will be time to hit the reserve trail again. Carol and I will be available until near the end of November to minister at churches and other venues.

If you know of any properties, from Parry Sound to Sudbury that might be available as a replacement for the Awana Landing camp we would be pleased to hear from you before or after our board meeting. We would like to be able to give our campers news & dates for registration in the Parry Sound-Sudbury area with our Christmas Bible study news letter.

This is going to be a very busy year, from new associate missionaries coming on board to trusting the Lord for a location to hold our mid north camp. Our board, missionary associates, and camp staff members would appreciate your prayers as we prepare for a new and exciting chapter in the ministry of Georgian Native Ministries. Ministry partners, your prayers, advice & input is always welcomed and appreciated. Please be in contact with us.

Good Seed- "Stranger on the Road to Emmaus" material for evangelism and teaching We have a good supply in stock of various publications ready for immediate delivery. Call us to order these editions to meet your requirements for adults and children. Materials for both are now available in an assortment of languages.

PRAISE

*we're on Facebook, "Hugh Carol Hamp" join us as one of our friends & keep updated.

*thanks to Stephen Gingrich who prepares our financial statements & government reports.

*the chapel at Dorothy Lake Camp was ready for service. Thanks to Paul and his crew.

*God for the many campers who came to faith this summer at all our camps.

PRAYER

*for invitations for Carol and I & our new associates to minister this fall..

*for personal support for ministry partners- the Delports, & the Johnston-Scotts.

*the Board searching for a couple to understudy & guide in the executive director position.

*for Dominic-native camp staff member who is attending Capernwray Bible School this fall.

*for new members for the Air Miles program. Please request our Georgian collector's card.

*Awana Landing is for sale. Replacement camp needed for the mid-north next year.

*for next summers staff members. Are you considering serving next summer? Call now!

*for Scott & Gillian for God's leading, they are home from Bible school & looking for jobs.

*for Glenn as he studies for his pharmacy exam and looks for employment.

*need Smoky Trail will pay your lifeguard training fees if you join our staff next summer.

This is God's work, we are only caretakers until he calls us home. "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord." 1Co 15:58. Thank you for being our friends and partners in His work of reaching our First Nation peoples with the Good News of His salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Blessings.

Hugh & Carol

Your Missionaries to Native Children.

The Smoky Trail Hotline Report

Give me this mountain . . . if the Lord be with me, . . . then I shall be able. Jos. 14:12

Home! It's a good place to be when not on the road. As we travelled our vast territory this week, I was thinking about our faithful ministry partners. We stay with our partners as they make their homes available. Good fellowship, delicious home cooked meals, a comfortable bed, & often a lunch to feed us & help us to make good time travelling so that we can make extra calls each day. Stopping once or twice each day for fuel. Our partners make this possible by giving toward our personal support. More than 1700KM this week so our Focus wagon used a good amount of fuel. Our gas can is stowed in the rear for emergency purposes, like the lonely stretches on Manitoulin Island, or isolated First Nation communities that are farther than expected on roads that aren't even marked on our GPS.

Partners that pray so doors open and children come to faith in Christ Jesus. We have never been refused entry to any of our First Nations communities. Profitable visits like the one last week where we had the opportunity to speak with the chief. An uncommonly high rate of available contacts at the locations we call on. Safe travel and God's beauty displayed for our enjoyment. Two grey wolves, a beautiful doe and a large red fox all standing on the road for close inspection this trip. Camp partners that give so that we have never had to turn a child away for want of a sponsorship for more than fifteen years. This is God's grace and provision that He has provided for Carol and I for nearly sixteen years of ministry.

Still, looking to fill a number of staff positions at all our camps. At least one more person to attend Child Evangelism training previous to camp. That person would partner with Angela to do the morning chapel service. Counsellors needed for all camps, both male and female. As you come to love the children it will be reciprocated and you will be blest beyond measure. Carol continues to remind me of our need for two more cooks and kitchen helpers. A most crucial position in the life of every camp. Happy campers are well-fed campers. A lifeguard is also a camp requirement. Has God gifted you in that area? The grandma-grandpa role supports all the other positions, and makes for a family atmosphere. Contact us by phone 519-925-0329, email hamps@smokytrail.org or on Facebook, "Hugh Carol Hamp." This area is updated every couple of days.

Harvey and Margo Delport and children Andrea & Jeremy from Kirkland Lake are trusting the Lord for their support as they join the work. They have headed up the Dorothy Lake team and have been board members. Their presence in the north will be a great encouragement to Carol and me. Contact them at Box 81, Kirkland Lake, ON, P2N 3M6,705-567-4170 or FACEBOOK, "Harvey Delport" or "Margo Sarah Delport."

Applications for sending and/or sponsoring children and teens to camp can be found on our website. Applications for applying to serve on staff can be found on our website too, at www.smokytrail.org. You may wish to support a junior counsellor or a missionary. Please mail your gift to the address on the letterhead, with the name of the individual you wish to bless attached.

Good Seed-The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus is meeting the teaching and evangelism needs in churches and on our First Nation reserves. We are able to supply these resources to our First Nation pastors, and individuals through the funds generated through the sale of these materials. Call us to order these publications to meet your requirements for adults and children. Material for both are now in various new languages.

PRAISE

*for invitations for Carol and I to minister next fall.

*for partners the Bible League, Bible stories from Mrs.G. & Daily Walk from Flora Ollennu.

*for the good progress on the chapel at Dorothy Lake Camp. Thanks Paul and the crew.

*for God to continue to open many new doors wide as we progress in camp preparations.

PRAYER

*that God will prepare the hearts of the children to accept His message of salvation.

*for personal support & camper sponsorships as they are down this year.

*for Harvey & Margo Delport as they join the work and trust the Lord for their support.

*for new members for the Air Miles program. Please request a Georgian collector's card.

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*for two more missionary couples to join the team & direct the Smoky Trail Bible Camps.

*for staff-6 counselors, 2 cooks, program director, 3 literacy leaders, & lifeguards.

*for 4 grandpas and grandmas to come and love the children so they come to faith.

*for the Georgian Board as they search for new camp directors and a mid-north camp.

*for board member Bill McNeice & wife Cathy continue to recuperate from health problems.

*for our son Scott & fiancé Gillian Ruby as they will be married on June 26.

*for two more staff members to take the C.E.F. training so they can lead in morning chapel.

*for Pastor Charles Nahwegahbo as he ministers at the church on the A.O.K. reserve.

*opportunities for staff & missionaries to minister in the Word & music & present the work.

*Awana Landing is for sale. Need of a replacement camp for the mid-north next year.

*for the G8-G20 meetings as they will have far reaching effects on Christians.

God calls us, not always in a vision like Paul, but to the same work with identical vision. "After he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel to them" Acts 16:10 Not to the Macedonians, but to our First Nation peoples. Thanks for being obedient to that vision as we labour together. May the Lord Jesus Christ be glorified and may God bless you abundantly for your encouragement to Carol and me and for your faithfulness..

　

Hugh & Carol

Your Missionaries to Native Children.

Spring 2010

THE SMOKY TRAIL HOTLINE

Give me this mountain . . . if the Lord be with me, . . . then I shall be able. Jos. 14:12

The Olympics finished with a bang. Canadians were high with pride in their hockey teams and the accomplishments of their athletes. When the excitement dies down and the fans return home will these things count for eternity? The world will move on and very soon all these exploits will be forgotten. The gold medals will become tarnished and the ribbons on which they hang will soon fade.

Brothers and sisters the Word of God says "His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed." Ps. 72.17. You are sowing for an eternal reward that your God has reserved for you, not a temporary one. Peter says, "To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you," 1Pe.1:4. The world sows to the flesh but you are sowing to life everlasting and yours is not a gold medal that will turn to dust, but an eternal crown that God will give you. "For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. Gal. 6:8. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away." 1Pe 5:4. The campers who come to know the Saviour are your "joy and crown" just as surely as those at Corinth were to Paul. Come and be part of the real gold medal game!

Now we have begun together to prepare ourselves to receive God's blessing at this summer's camps. A number of you have already given to our sponsorship program so that no child would be denied the opportunity to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and come to faith in Him. Thank you for responding so quickly. As we trust God and work together as a team, we will rejoice together with Him, and give Him the glory due His name.

This past Friday a committee of the Georgian Board met in Parry Sound. They were planning for the calling of a new camp director couple or couples to minister through our three camps and our other outreach programs. Your input & suggestions are warmly invited. An addition to our statement of faith showing our commitment to strong godly families was one of the results of that meeting and will soon appear on our website.

The process of recruiting volunteers for the many positions is underway. If you need more staff posters, we would be pleased to send them. All positions are open, starting with program directors, counsellors, lifeguards, kitchen positions, literacy & grandpa-grandma.

As executive director we draw no salary and continue to be faith missionaries depending on God and His people for our support. We are trusting to be more available for various ministry opportunities as the Lord provides a new camp director. This would allow us to be able to expose others to the native ministry. Then more prospective partners would be aware of the Lord's leading so the work might expand. Thank you for your continued camp support and for your personal support of Carol and myself.

The knitting teams are working overtime. A second shipment was sent north. We were talking to one of our northern pastors and the first one has arrived. Thank you ladies for serving so graciously in Jesus name. Carol and I will visit two of the teams this month. The AIR MILES program is getting off the ground. Call if you can help, and we will send you details and a collector's card for your wallet. This will assist us in our travels.

2010 camper sponsorship forms, volunteer forms, and camp posters are available on line at www.smokytrail.org. Thank you for your much needed generous support.

A visit to Carpernwray Bible School with prospective students is scheduled for April 11 to 13. If you have been on staff or planning to join us this summer, you are invited to come. Be open to God's leading. Let us know so we can finalize plans for an appropriate vehicle & pickup locations. Your opportunity to investigate, don't delay. CALL NOW!

Good Seed-The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus grows again with "Large Print" volumes. We sent some material to Pastor Taylor at Constance Lake Reserve to assist his outreach. Uphold him in prayer. Please call if you need to order books &/or videos.

*Note address & support name change, "Georgian Native & Outreach Ministries,"

PRAISE

*for invitations to minister in new places this spring, and to present the camp work.

*for the assistance we receive from a very supportive and active board.

*for the support team that God is building and using to strengthen the work.

PRAYER

*volunteers to continue work on the new chapel building at Dorothy Lake Bible Camp.

*for camp support, our personal support, & staff as we trust God for a great summer.

*for two missionary couples to join the team & direct the Smoky Trail Bible Camps.

*staff-counselors, cooks, program directors, & lifeguards. Reply enclosed & are on line.

*needed-grandpa & grandma literacy leaders & volunteers to love the children.

*for retiring board member and former camp cook, David Andrus, who has not been well.

*for board member Bill McNeice had successful hip replacement surgery on Wednesday.

*for Jim and Theresa McCoy as they plan to bring a team to Canada this summer.

*for sponsors needed for our 10 new canoes & trailer. 3 of them are already sponsored.

*for God to open many new doors wide as we progress in camp preparations.

*more opportunities to present the work. Can You Help arrange an engagement?

God is going to work at Smoky Trail Bible Camps this summer. Are you going to be part of His team? The apostle Paul writes to the Corinthian church, "We are workers together with Him." Thank you for being a member of the team as partners together with Him.

　

　

Hugh & Carol

Your Missionaries to Native Children.

The Smoky Trail Hotline

Winter 2010

Please note the change of support name, "Georgian Native & Outreach Ministries," and the address change to Ontario. Carol and I are missionaries seconded to Georgian and the return envelope gives the new address & name. The focus of the work remains the same.

Good Seed-"The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus" outreach program continues to grow. We visited the office in Olds, AB once again to purchase more materials before heading home. Please give us a call to order more books &/or videos, or for information.

PRAISE

*for invitations to minister this winter and spring, and present the camp work.

*for children at our skate event who expressed interest in returning to camp this summer.

*for continuing the teen canoe program in 2010 with Paul & Bob leading this outreach.

*for all three camps booked and speakers in place for this summer

*for Alice-May's good report, free of cancer, after last chemo treatment.

*for those already looking to come and serve this summer.

*for the support team that God is building and using to strengthen the work.

*for Verna (Gracie) and Andrew's (Spike) follow-up with campers in Hamilton last week.

*congratulation's Bruce (OWL) & Betty, Pastor Peter & Esther to be married in April.

PRAYER

*for all our campers especially those who were or are in C.A.S. care.

*volunteers to continue work on the chapel project at Dorothy Lake Camp this spring.

*personal support & camp sponsorships were down last year. Pray for needed increases.

*urgent need for two missionaries &/or couples to direct the Smoky Trail Camps.

*staff-counselors, cooks, program directors, & lifeguards. Forms are on line.

*needed- grandpa & grandma volunteers to come and love the children.

*literacy leaders & volunteers at all camps this summer. Come & encourage a child.

*for son Scott, & fiancé Gillian at Capernwray and for their Toronto outreach last week.

*for board member Bill McNeice as he waits for a hip replacement & for an opening soon.

*for Jim and Theresa McCoy as they plan to bring a team to Canada this summer.

*for Jim-Bubba's Missionary Boot Camp in Missouri-terrorism has reduced the attendance.

*for Rob & Sharlene Dilts praying about directing the native camp ministry in Ontario.

*for sponsors for our 10 new canoes & trailer. 3 of them are already sponsored.

*for God to open the doors wide as we continue to make progress in camp preparations.

*more opportunities to present the work. We are booking engagements. Can You Help?

Carol and I anticipate God's richest blessings in this New Year. We trust that you and your family will continue to move ahead as partners with God and with us as we share in exciting times in the year ahead. "We know nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus." In the light of this wonderful promise of His unfailing love we "press on toward the mark of upward calling of God in Christ Jesus." Thank you for walking this path with us as partners together with Him.


Hugh & Carol
Your Missionaries to Native Children.