Tobin Lake and Wilderness Ministries Camp 2011

Hows it Goin Ya'll !!  We have been busy.  

After our last post we headed off to Tobin Lake in Saskatchewan to a beautiful family camp called Widerness Camp.  Wilderness Camp is hosted by Wilderness Ministries and is a 10 day family camp that is completely free.  We had a really refreshing time, no Internet and no social media.  The only stipulation in coming to camp was that you had to attend the 2 services that were held each day in the big tent.  Music ministry was done by a few different groups - Canada's Double Portion, Rick and Bebe, and Crystal Taylor.  It was really neat.  For those of you who don't know, Double Portion is a really cool Contemporary Worship group that travel around ministering with their 9 kids who sing and play in the band.  Rick and Bebe and Crystal Taylor are country gospel groups and it was really neat being led in country gospel worship, something I've never personally experienced before.  There were also some really amazing speakers.  Herb Taylor, Ron Hagglund, and Darrell McClaren.  Some highlights of the week were the healings, people were being saved and re-committing their lives to the Lord, it was awesome.

One of the teachings at camp that really spoke to me was about discipleship in the church.  It made me really realize what a special church ROL is, and so thankful for the great discipleship that is such a huge part of everything ROL does.  The speaker was speaking of church's that are growing, and that growth is not necessarily a sign of health.  He posed the question : If your church is growing.. Is it growing stronger or is it just getting Fat.  Fat church's are full of unhealth and are loaded brim full of faces without names and lukewarm attendants.  Strong church's are full of Gods children pursuing Christ, growing in their faith, discipling and being discipled, on mission in their communities.  Thank you ROL for taking the time and putting in the effort to be a healthy Church. 

We are now in Saskatoon and are excited to soon be heading south to Kansas City to the International House of Prayer.  Please pray for us for guidance, for wisdom and provision.