Give me this mountain . . . if the Lord be with me, . . . then I shall be able. Jos. 14:12
Camper registrations for all four camps are on our website @ www.smokytrail.org. Staff volunteer forms are included with this epistle and additional ones are available on the website. Campers Sponsorships are starting to come in to our mailbox. About 10-15% of our campers pay $50 if they are able. So every camper relies on God to move you to generously provide for a full or partial sponsorship for him or her to be able to attend our camps. For the past 18 years we have never turned a camper away for lack of finances. God has always provided. What a wonderful heritage of God's amazing grace toward our First Nation children. Pray that many will come to faith in Jesus Christ this summer. We do not hold golf tournaments, dinners or other fund raising events. The Smoky Trail Hotline and speaking engagements with our missionaries, (itinerary on website) and mission conferences have been God's way of providing for the ministry.
Our website has been seeing some new material and changes, and will continue to experience some additional enhancements. This is due to fine help of our webmaster Rob Redding of Redding Designs located in Aylmer Ontario. Thanks Rob.
Bob & Jan have just returned from a needed break in Florida to a busy spring schedule. They still have a few open dates they wish to fill. See the website. They are lining up the program and materials needed for the summer camps. Bob & Jan along with all the missionary staff are focussing on volunteers to fill the many camp staff positions for this summer. With four camps needing staff this is a major undertaking. Please pray about how you can help and return the yellow staff insert. With a major basement renovation their new home office is just about complete.
Hugh & Carol have been busy with camp work & preparing to change our ministry location to Alberta. A trailer has arrived on our lawn to move all our earthly possessions to Carstairs this fall after camp & the arrival of a new grandchild in September. We have a number of engagements listed on our website. We are available for ministry opportunities all spring, this summer, & early fall as we will be at all three camps, but not directing. This will allow us the freedom to be free on all weekends & some additional dates.
Harvey & Margo are working at getting Dorothy Lake ready for the summer camp ministry. They continue to increase their involvement in the First Nation work as new prayer & financial supporters come on board. Harvey & Margo will drop by this week to make various calls and pick up the knitted goods that we received in Orillia last week. Remember them as they recover from the two-foot flood in their basement.
Elaine & Ron are working on the material needed for the chapel programs at all the camps and preparing to teach the staff how to conduct the daily chapel program. She will hold an Easter Club at South Shore Education Centre in Nipissing Village. South River holds a taffy pull where they will do face painting and hand out gift packets. They are leading the Truth Project at Higher Heights in South River. Pray for Elaine as she assists in some special family health needs.
Carol and I plan to transition to Alberta this fall to be closer to our grandchildren after the summer camp ministry is finished. We trust that many of you, our faithful personal supporters, will continue to partner with us in this new outreach of Georgian Native in the west. If you wish to receive our new epistle "Smoky Trail Hotline - West." of our personal ministry & updates please drop us a note or email. Bob & Jan will soon be editing this letter which came into existence with the inception of Georgian Native many years ago.
Good Seed- Stranger on the Road to Emmaus Video Book - DVD now available in Spanish. Call us to order these books and D.V.D's and all the other Good Seed materials for your teaching & outreach programs with your adults and children. Many translations available.
PRAISE
*for the children inquiring regarding camp dates for this summer.
*cargo trailer for Hugh & Carol to use for ministry relocation to the west-Carstairs, AB.
*God is building our ministry team- we saw this at the staff retreat in February in Trout Cr.
*great response from the Knitters group in Orillia this past week. Thank you ladies! .
PRAYER
*a couple God will call to begin ministry on reserves south from Barrie to Walpole Is.
*additional invitations for Harvey, Elaine, Bob & Hugh to minister until camp time.
*invitations for Hugh & Carol to minister this summer they will help but not direct camps.
*trailer for camp accommodation for Hugh & Carol at Dorothy Lake this summer.
*Dorothy LK. Special Needs-porta-potti's, dock replaced, small PFD's & a staff cabin.
*for Harvey & Margo as they recover from the flood that damaged their home & contents.
*support needed (new prayer & financial partners) for all our missionaries.
*for Alice May, for a bone marrow transplant scheduled for March 16-this Friday.
*new partners for Carol & I, after 20 years in ministry many of our partners are with the Lord.
*for Carol & I as we seek God's will as we make plans for the next chapter of our ministry.
With all the events that are happening so quickly in our world today; how long will we have the opportunity to continue to spread the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord? "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is." 1Jn 3:2. Therefore, let us be about our Father's business until He comes.
Bob & Jan - Hugh & Carol - Harvey & Margo - Elaine & Ron
