Good Morning,
We had a very late night last night so I'm writing this morning. We had
permission to take these pics so I'm happy to share some. I wish you could
meet each child here. A picture just doesn't convey who they are. The little
guy on the rocks is kind and gentle. The girl in the boat helped lead
worship at chapel. The boys with the baby turtle are brothers. The oldest
want to come back and work at the camp when he is older. On Monday he wasn't
sure he wanted to be here.

The camp is blessed to have Jonathan Beardy here to help this summer. He is
a fourth generation First Nations young man who the kids all look up to. At
devotions yesterday he talked about his cabin devotions the previous
evening. The kids had just received their new NIV Adventure Bibles. He said
they didn't want him reading the scriptures. They wanted to participate and
read. He started to talk to another boy and he asked Jonathan not to bother
him right then because he was busy asking Jesus to come into his life.

Last night we talked about living water and the spiritual bath that comes
with forgiveness. There were a lot of small intense faces. Camp is such a
good opportunity to have time enough to work through new thoughts and ideas.
It provides time to form bonds of trust and friendship, time to find love
and share it.

Chapel tonight is going to be about God's amazing universe, but mostly about
how He came to heal the broken hearted and bind up their wounds. One boy is
struggling because he promised to take care of his brothers and sisters, but
foster care has scattered them and now he can't keep his promise. Bonita
said a frightening thing to me last night. She said that one of the
"hazards" of coming to camp is that the kids lose their coping mechanisms.
They see that there is a different way to live and think. That can be
overwhelming. We need to pray that they take a strong grip onto Jesus' hand
to help them move forward. I wish I could stay with each one and teach, love
and encourage them through several more years. They are so creative, gentle,
exhuberant and fun. They have amazing potential to be strong leaders in
their own families and communities. But I need to trust the Lord to that He
will never leave them.

Please continue to pray for them and for us too because we have to part with
them in a couple of days.

Wes and Sue