Prayer Update – Aug 2, 2024

Hey Everyone,

We had such a great time with the Teens this week and we are sad to see them go tonight! These teenagers had so much fun together in all the activities we had planned for them. A lot of these teens have been coming to camp for years and sometimes they can find camp activities to be to scheduled, but not these teens! It was so fun to watch them get into every activity, encouraging others to join in and really make it enjoyable for each other. One of our memorable nights was Wednesday's Stoney's Got Talent show. Each cabin came up with a talent to present, which some cabins sang songs, wrote an original song, performed some skits and told funny jokes. As a leadership staff member, as well as some of our volunteers this week, we watched from the back of the chapel as each act was cheered on by the teen campers. When our winner was announced the entire group cheered so loud for him it was amazing! These teens had so much fun this week in the activities as well as making new lasting friendships.

The Holy Spirit was working this week as we had Jorin Green and his son Michael Green share the Gospel this week in chapel. They took the campers through a series of character studies in the Bible and how God used each one to share the Gospel to those around them. They challenged the teens to live for Christ in every aspect of their lives by the examples they learned about in the Bible.  Pray for these teens as they go home. A lot of these teens have been walking in faith with Jesus for a few years, pray that they would continue to be in His word as they go home and their roots of faith would grow deeper. Some of the campers have heard the Gospel for a few years, but have not walked with the Lord faithfully, pray for them as they go home that they would yearn to follow Jesus in everything they do. Pray for those campers who heard the Gospel for the first time, that they would one day put their trust in Jesus. And pray for the campers who put their trust in Jesus this week, that they would be connected with other believers at home and grow in their new faith.

As the teen campers leave tonight, we start our Family Camp Weekend! We have 19 families coming this weekend to enjoy and relax as a family. Family camp schedule is intentionally relaxed, where families can enjoy the beach and other activities, while also just enjoying conversations with others. We hold chapel twice during the day and have pontoon boat rides in the afternoon.

Our speaker for Family camp is Jeremy Loseth from Hudson Bay, SK. This is Jeremy's second time speaking at Family Camp. Jeremy is the pastor at Pine Ridge Fellowship in Hudson Bay. Him and his wife have three children and we are excited to have them join us for the weekend. Pray for Jeremy has he speaks to us in chapel. Pray that we would be refreshed by God's word and learn more about Him. We are so thankful for some of our staff to stay on the weekend as well as some volunteers to help with the kids during chapel. Some of the younger children will have their own fun chapel time, so the parents can enjoy the speaker.

Our volunteers are: Arlene Schmidt, Levi Maxwell - Kitchen, Myra Schmidt, Claire Durand, Abbie Cannon - volunteers.

After Family Camp, we start Squirt camp on Tuesday, Aug 6. We have 72 little squirt campers between the ages of 7-9. These little guys are so full of energy and fun! Our schedule changes a lot with this week. The campers usually pick their skills, but during Squirt camp we take them through a rotation of most of our skills: crafts, pontoon ride, low elements/gaga ball, sports, climbing wall, petting barn, beach, archery, bouncy castles, kayaking and the Stoney train. The campers also go to bed a lot earlier as well, which is helpful when they are so small!

Our speaker is Kelly Rempel from Winnipeg, MB. Kelly works for One Hope Canada in their office and we are so excited to welcome her and her husband Kenneth to Stoney this week. Pray for Kelly as she shares the Gospel in our chapel times. Pray that the message would be clear and the campers would hear that Jesus loves them so dearly.

Our volunteers are: Hannah Povey, Megan Crocker, and Tasha Morin - cooks; Jenna Giddings - Nurse; Kenneth Rempel & Sam Lewis - Maintenance help; Gary & Paulette Lisoway and Darren & Katherine Ukrainetz - camp grandparents; Brianna Little, Hannah Ukrainetz, Harman Makkar - volunteers; Jordan Seipp, Jesse Ukrainetz & Coralee Ebach - cabin leaders

Our LIT's this week: Jada Yaskow, Naomi Branscombe, Anaya Thiessen, Makayla Cochrane, Madelyn Guggenheimer, Chloe Martens, Katie Richardson, Calista Taylor, Luke Puetz, and Eli Friedt