Keeping with Promotion...

Hello Friends!
The last few days have been a time of spending a lot of time off the mountain and away from camp!  As we plunge into the third week of camp, a small team of eagle lake people are going out to promote Eagle Lake Camps this summer at various events.  Our hope is to draw more campers to Eagle Lake and thus have a greater opportunity to the love and truth of Jesus Christ with them!
On Sunday the Navigators (Eagle Lake's parent organization) sponsored a Sky Sox baseball game in Colorado Springs and some Eagle Lake staff (myself included) got to hand out information to interested fans.
The next day, Monday, Eagle Lake got to sponsor another Sky Sox baseball game and give out even more information especially to kids as it was "Kids Day Matinee."

Two of our counselors, Emma and Jon, tailgate before the Monday baseball game... it was a bit cold out!

Four of our counselors came with on Monday to promote Eagle Lake.  Sox the Fox was very welcoming!

Praises:  This is a cabin of girls who came to camp last week.  In talking with their counselor, Robyn (third from left), I found out that her whole cabin heard the Gospel and received Jesus in their hearts and lives!

Thank you for your continued love, support and prayer!  A few things you can continue to pray for:
*Sickness- a few people have colds, including myself.  Please pray for health and rest for our staff.
*The children who found out about Eagle Lake at our events this week.  Pray that they will be drawn to come to camp and that we would minister to them while here!

Keeping with Camp Starting...

Hi friends!
Counselors are here, orientation is over and kids are officially here!  Last week marked the official start of camp and our first week of campers!  The two week previous that was our orientation for the summer when counselors arrived and learned what their summer would look like and how they would work to impact children's lives for Christ.  It was a great time of bonding and getting to know one another as a staff and now they are out having fun with kids and being light to them.  Our first week of camp was very encouraging as we saw eight children receive Christ for the first time and countless other seeds were planted!
Here are some pictures from orientation and week 1 of camp!

Three of our Crew counselors and myself on a hike during training.  Crew is one of our programs which speciffically ministers to high school students during the summer.

3..2..1..DIPPY!  Dippy club is something our campers can do when they come to camp.  Basically, they get up early in morning and go jump in the lake.  Yes, it's as cold as it looks!

Yarrrrr!  This year's theme for Rez (resident) camp is "Voyage to the New World."  It's not entirely about pirates, but two of our summer leadership here entertain the kids by guarding their treasure.

Thanks for your continued thoughts and prayers!  I promise more pictures from camp soon!

Some things you can pray for this week:

*Safety, rest and health for all of our staff and campers.  It's easy to get worn down here.

*That God would work great things at Eagle Lake for His glory!  Pray that kids continue to learn, grow and that those who don't know the Truth of the Gospel come to a place of trusting in it.

If you ever need to get ahold of me at camp one of the best ways is through the old fashioned way of mailing letters!  Our address at camp is:

PO Box 6819

Colorado Springs, CO 80934

In His Love,

Kelsey