{"id":3755,"date":"2015-07-19T19:34:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T19:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=3755"},"modified":"2015-07-19T19:34:45","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T19:34:45","slug":"gearing-up-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2015\/07\/19\/gearing-up-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Gearing Up Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks back we gathered together as two churches to celebrate 8 baptisms.\u00a0 It was a time of great rejoicing.\u00a0 Many of them were youth who had grown up in the church and were finally committing their life publicly to following Christ.\u00a0 \u00a0However a few also had some encouraging stories of how God redirected their life to a different path than the family they grew up in. \u00a0It is always encouraging to be reminded that God is at work even when I don’t always see it.<\/p>\n

However one thing that stood out to me was of 6 baptisms for youth at our church, 3 of them talked about how Kids Camp had a huge impact on their walk with God. \u00a0We have only been doing this camp for 3 years now and so this was encouraging to hear. \u00a0It was incredible timing for me specifically as we are now in the throws of planning this years camp, \u00a0It was a great reminder that the work is worth it and that it is impacting lives. \u00a0We will be having our camp in 10 days. \u00a0There are still so many details to work out. \u00a0So would you be praying with us over the next few weeks. \u00a0This is the only event done at our church completely for kids. \u00a0We put it on ourselves and we are by no means experts at this. \u00a0Yet despite our inadequacies God is working through it. \u00a0In the past we have limited each village church to 5 kids per church. \u00a0However this year one pastor told us that there is no way for him to limit it to 5 as the kids have been saving up all year to go and are ready. \u00a0So after thinking about it we have agreed to take 10. \u00a0It is exciting to hear, but also the more kids we have the more strain it is on our resources and staff. \u00a0So bottom line…We Need God’s Strength!<\/p>\n

Here is how you can be praying….<\/p>\n