Text Box: We have five male core counselors and one core counselor-in-training (“CCIT”) at camp this year. They are: Jake Text Box: Schultz, Jeff White, Chris Griffith, Joshua Davis, James McMahan, and Jason Benskin (CCIT). To help you get to know them a little bit, we asked them to answer some questions and have printed their responses for you here. What path brought you to GLBC? “Friends at college and inspiration from God to do something other than a ‘normal’ job.” - Jake Schultz. What has God been teaching you recently? “Forgiveness is better than justice (Colossians 3:13).” - Jeff White. “To let other things in life not get in the way of growing closer to Text Box: God.” - Jake Schultz. What excites you about working at camp? “I really enjoy watching the kids come closer to God and having conversations with them about God.” - Chris Griffith. “Making new friends and seeing children/youth come to know the Lord and be impacted for Jesus.” - Joshua Davis. What is your prayer for campers this summer? “That they don’t remember me but who Christ is.” - Jason Benskin. “That the message is spread and accepted, that they become disciples, that they retain the message and it makes sense to them.” - James McMahan. Text Box: Getting to Know the Male Core Counselors Text Box: Professional goofball, Don Bursell, entertained us with juggling, illusions and slapstick humor and had everyone laughing until their sides hurt. The Saturday morning softball game was a hit as well! We are very excited about 2008 Family Camp so keep your ears open for updates—we’d love to have you come! Text Box: We had a great time at Family Camp this year! There were eleven families (totaling 49 campers) enjoying life at camp over the June 29th-30th weekend. Marlin Bjornrud from Embarrass, Minnesota, was our speaker. He brought a new and refreshing view to the lost coin, lost sheep, and prodigal son in Luke 15. Text Box: Fun with the Family at Camp Text Box: ing it with friends and family at home. It was such an encouraging thing to see their excitement.” - Kathryn Repsholdt. K-2nd Grade Week (Day Camp) “God is rejoicing with us this week because His word was spoken, and the campers had fun, and many of these campers will be back next year to learn more about Him.” - Sarah Weber “One highlight for me this week is seeing kids start the day afraid to leave mom’s arms and end that same day refusing to go back home.” - James McMahan Text Box: ing several kids say they learned to read the Bible clearly this week.” - James McMahan. 10th-12th Grade Week “One highlight for me this week is one of my conversations with my campers where he asked a lot of good questions.” - Chris Griffith. “One highlight for me this week was before campfire - I only had two of my five girls left in my cabin. This provided an opportunity for them to really open up to me. They were both very excited about what they learned about God this week and were pumped up about sharText Box: The following are comments made by staff members as they reflect on the past week of camp. 4th-6th Grade Week 1 “God is rejoicing with us this week because we had two campers come to Christ.” - Gabby Prokop (Counselor Assistant). “One of my campers was hearing about how much Jesus suffered but still forgave, and she realized that she needed to forgive someone she was mad at.” - Sarah Weber. “One highlight for me this week is havText Box: Camp Quotes—Part 2 Text Box: Page # Text Box: July 2007 [ Home ] [ Page 1 ] [ Page 2 ] [ Page 3 ] [ Page 4 ]