Here at 71Five, we had an awesome summer with camps being the focal point. The last camp of the summer we had was Middle School Camp. Which was an excellent time to pull away from the business and busyness of life and have an adventure with our middle school kids and our high school helpers. It was a great location and we enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Southern Oregon. More importantly, it was a time to focus on building up these kids spiritually, focusing on their long-term spiritual formation (Galatians 4:19). At the personal level with kids there’s nothing like camp to break down barriers to authentic relationships when everyone is sun-burnt, tired, sweaty and a little dirty! One kid there when we were casually talking about how long he’s been a part of 71Five clubs, remarked that he felt like my biological kids were his siblings and that he was part of my family! This young man has been through so much trauma in his life and it was touching to see how he felt about us. We are only able to reach his life and be a part of his life because of your generous donations of time and money to enable us to reach out to him. 

 

Apostle Paul says how will people go and do ministry if they are not sent by others, Paul goes on to say how will people call on and believe in God if they never even get a chance to hear about Him, and they can’t hear without someone intentionally preaching to them and people can’t preach unless they are sent [Romans 10:14-17]. It’s because of your vital support we can reach the young people of this generation! As Apostle Paul says it’s a beautiful thing! We are all concerned about the growing darkness in our society and world, and this is how we shine a light into that darkness! Your incredibly important support is for such a time as this [Esther 4:14]!