Prayer Requests

Tot Lot

• Counselor has a hurt ankle.
• Pray that Counselor L won’t hold back with kids to stay engaged.

Prayer request for campers:

• T – is having mood swings, pray for peace.
• C- would listen better.
• R- praying for sleep.
• Pray for energy to make it through the week.
• Pray for campers who are homesick.
• Campers need to share.
• That all children will experience God’s love.
• Pray for children to improve social skills.

Big Camp 

• Pray for camper E to understand the words of the Bible with faith.
• Some campers have behavior issues, pray for their peace.
• Praise that campers seem happy even with the extreme heat.
• Pray that they all are eating well.
• We had to send one camper home because of illness, pray that his experience for 2 days at camp will continue to guide him to Jesus.
• Pray for Friday and the carnival as they spend their last full day together.
• Continue prayer for all the staff as they serve the campers the way Jesus would.

Feeding (and Watering) the Lambs

Our camp is almost FULL of some pretty wonderful children who will learn more about Jesus each day.  It's HOT, but everyone is doing great. 

The children have come with great appetites and of course thirsty for water.  Which reminds us of John 6:35, 'I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirst.'

Please keep all the campers and staff in your prayers as we battle our thirst and hunger, both physically and spiritually for Christ.

7/27 - The Second Half of the Day

The nurses here at camp have seen a few upset tummy's  that the AC seems to help. One boy fell off the merry-go-round and scratched his shoulder. However, he took it like a champ and a band-aid made it all better!  This evening a few kiddos visited the clinic for asthma problems, with one having to be taken to the hospital because the treatments were not helping like they needed to. There is also a little girl sleeping in the clinic with asthma problems, but she is doing much better.  Please pray for these kids and that all the campers and staff stay healthy!

Today at the pool a little girl asked one of the cooks, "Where have I seen you before? The lady told her that she helps cook in the kitchen.  The girl replies, "I didn’t know cooks knew how to swim"

      

One of the girls was complimented on how well mannered she was, she said,"Well my mama said if I go to camp and don’t say yes ma'am, I'm gonna get it when I get home!"  Very polite young lady! 

A few new 'rules' some of the counselors made up today:

• The rocks are getting overly hydrated, so please, stop watering the rocks!
• An adult must be in the boat with the kids because the refreshing  wind that helped us so much today was NOT helping the kids as the boats were getting blown into the swimming beach!

Chapel was action packed with pirates flying through the air and sword fighting.   Some of the best times are just listening to the kids singing and praising the Lord!  They continue to get prizes for learning their memory verses. 

We have a few sleep-walkers -- walking out of chapel time totally EXHAUSTED and just plain tuckered out!   But there were a few activities left to do still!

One group went geo-caching around camp with their GPS'  finding clues and eventually the 'cache'....POPSICLES!   

Over in the kitchen some of the girls make some delicious chocolate chip cookies with a dash of cinnamon. YUMMY!  

Some of the boys learned to shoot the bow & arrow. It was a little tricky for some at first, but they practiced and were able to hit the target! Water balloon fights, swimming and lake time were some of the other evening activities. 

Finally, it was time to hit the sack, everyone was worn out from going strong all day long!

(Submitted by 2011 Camp Journalist -  Amy Painter)

7/27 - The First Half of the Day

 Everyone was up and ready to go this morning!  The raising of the flag was Amazing. All the kids lined up, unfolded the flag and said the pledge of allegiance. We all went over for prayer and to eat breakfast and some of the kids got their turn at being the hopper. A hopper is the only one that gets to get up and get more food or drinks if someone at their table needs something. They all take so much pride in their jobs and responsibilities. 

 

Chapel this morning was quite a show! A puppet show that is, starring Diego and Isabel. Diego let Isabel know that God loves you no matter if you are naughty, if you did something bad, or if you are in a messed-up situation.  Diego made sure that Isabel knew that God loves her NO MATTER WHAT!! God always wants the best for you!  The kids said their memory verse for the day and got to pick their prizes. 

 

After Chapel some of the girls played volley ball and kick ball, with plenty of home runs, bump sets and spikes!  Followed by more fun making play-dough pizzas, tacos, and ice-cream, and some bubble time too! 

Meanwhile, the boys went down to the lake for a cool down enjoying swimming, canoe races, water trampoline and fishing.  There were a few boys that noticed how 'icky' the mud was, so they were encouraged to step in it to see what a good job God did by making the earth so neat feeling. They LOVED it!  The fish were biting one after the other and several brave souls enjoyed holding them!

(Submitted by 2011 Camp Journalist -  Amy Painter)

Week Five - Primary Camp & Tot Lot

Wowzers! All the kids arrived to Camp CUMCITO around noon, with such enthusiasm and high spirits, just in time for some yummy lunch! It was truly amazing to see each and every one of them just fall into place. We are all here for a reason -- God has something to show us. The first day was great success! Of course the pool was the COOL place to be, but making cookies in the kitchen, water balloon fights, fishing, canoeing, the water trampoline, and chapel were also other great starters for the first day! 

Today’s topic: Admit that you have sinned. 

“God is faithful and fair, if we ADMIT we have sinned. He will forgive us our sin.” 1 John 1:9 

 

This is the memory verse for the day, by midweek everyone should know their verse and receive an exciting prize for reciting it at Chapel. We have a bunch of smart, good lookin' kiddos around here, so I’m pretty sure there will be tons of prizes given out tomorrow! 

Thanks for all the prayers and ongoing support for these kids and staff workers this week!

(Submitted by 2011 Camp Journalist -  Amy Painter)

A special guest at craft time!

One afternoon, after the campers were done with crafts, the staffers noticed what they thought was a really BIG BUG flying all crazy around the craft hall.  When it finally landed in exhaustion they could see that it wasn’t a bug at all, but a hummingbird.  She was resting on a stick lying on the floor in a dark corner.  As Miss Lauren picked up the stick and the hummingbird continued to sit very still.  Crafts Director, Miss Anne, had time to grab her camera and take a picture before the girls took the stick outside and the bird then flew up into the tree.

Devotions, journaling, and spiritual breakthroughs...

Mr. David and Mr. Nathan gave each one of their campers a brand new journal before devotions Monday evening.  The boys were told that it belonged to them and that they could use it any way they wanted.  They had a very encouraging devotion that night after chapel and the boys were given their first verses to memorize.  The next morning the counselor was up early and all but one of the boys were still sleeping.  One camper was awake and had been for a while.  He had written his verses in his new journal and was already working on memorizing them.  By morning devotions he had memorized his verses and he was eager to share his enthusiasm with his cabin mates.

   

Mr. Jon and Mr. Christopher gave their testimonies to their campers at Tuesday night devotions.  They both shared some very personal and difficult experiences from their own lives.  Both guys talked about their empathy for others and unconditional love they had for those people who had caused them so much emotional pain.  Afterwards one of the boys approached Jon and said that he never thinks about how other people feel, but after listening to the counselor’s testimonies he now wants to feel something for others.  He asked Jon about how he could do that.  Jon is looking forward to using this open door to tell this young man about God’s love.  Pray for Jon and this young man to have some serious one-on-one time together and for this camper to let Jesus touch his heart and change his life.