Igloo to be Replaced while Grandma become world famous

Alright Ya’ll,

Things have been plugging along here at Jonah. The well known Jeff is currently in Colorado with Blade (A previous summer staffer) and they are picking up the NEW lawn mower with snow blower attachment. As you should know, our old one was burned up in the misfortune that was the Igloo Fire of 2009. Praise God that we found a nearly new one for a great deal.

Also, our new igloo is on the way and picnic tables are being made so we have a place to eat during our great summer camps. There is nothing like eating in an igloo that is not made out of snow.

On the group side of things we had a college group from Corvallis here for an extended weekend. The group was full of international students who were able to enjoy the many great activities here at Jonah and also some good American food from Grandma. My hope is that they heard about Jesus this weekend.

Keep Jonah in your prayers as we are getting much closer to summer and are still working on filling up the rest of our staff list. I am pumped to see how God provides for and works through our staff this summer.

It’s all about Jesus.

Soka

Camp Jonah Store!

Alright Everyone,

It is official, there is a camp jonah store. It serves as a places to register for summer camp, purchase the NEW Camp Jonah T-shirt and buy camp store money. It is going to be great.

You should all check it out and now that there will be more added to the store as time goes on.

Happy Patty

Hello Jonahs

First, Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, he was a stud and to learn more about his great missionary life check this out.

Second, on to the norm, last week was a decent week. We had a women’s group come up for the weekend and they did the usual caving and zipline and enjoyed some great food as cooked by the famous Grandma and becoming famous Diane.

We also have yet another group coming up this weekend which will be great. Pray for safety and a great time that will be all about Jesus. It is great to have a group every weekend and my prayer is that the groups have programs that are geared to telling people about Jesus and challenging the group to be more like Him.

Well, I hope you all have a great day celebrating a dude that was all about Jesus.

Proud to do Kingdom work,

Soka

What are YOU doing?

Yo.

Simple and to the point, that is what “Yo” is.

How is life? Well, as you can tell this is Thursday, a whopping couple days later than when this blog comes out. For that I apologize. You see, I, the program director, was getting his faced rocked off at a packed and powerful conference in Seattle. It was all about Jesus and that is quite a challenging environment to be in. The conference had nothing to do with camp, but there was plenty of truth that can be applied to camp and especially staff this summer, so that is a great aspect.

A big idea I took away from the conference is the idea of living intentional so that by simply living people will see the Gospel in you. Here are a few questions that I discussed with a couple friends, after the conference at a solid wooden table in a favorite restaurant, and I hope they will be challenging to your walk with Christ.

* Where do you spend your time building relationships?

* Where or How could you get to know non-Christians in a comfortable, relationship building environment?

* Does your life clearly show the Gospel?

Think about these things and how you are putting yourself, a messenger of the greatest message the world has ever heard, out into the world so that the people who need it the most can hear it.

As for the usual Jonah news, we have a group coming this weekend so prayers for safety and the penetration of the Gospel are appreciated. And the Summer staff is beginning to shape, including the completion of the QuadCore (This summer’s program staff). Please keep the building of the staff in your prayers, that God may be glorified by the staff and that He would bring together a staff that would worship Him in a mighty way.

Proud to do Kingdom work,

Soka

Camp Class and Bulging Groups

It has been a decent couple weeks here at camp. For starters, Jeff, Beki, Turbo and I went to the CCCA Sectional at Camp Berachah. This was a time to meet up, hang out, and learn with a bunch of camp people like ourselves. There were various workshops and sessions to attend and learn about different camp skills or new techniques for camping. It was a good time and we all learned something new. Contrary to popular belief, this was not a great time for rest because there was so much to do that we were still tired. But oh well, we learned and that should make improvements to camp and improvements means more effective ministry and effective ministry means more people hear about Jesus. And that is the point.

We also had a group this last weekend. It turned out to be bigger than we thought, keeping all of us on our toes and doing a lot of different things. We did the ropes course and caving and the group had a great time.

So things are going well and as always we are getting more and more excited about Summer Camp. It is coming faster than you would think and we still need some HS Grads and above to apply for camp. We need more staff so that we can reach more people for Jesus. If you know anyone, or are someone, have them CHECK IT OUT.

Well, until next time, worship Jesus.

Soka