Summer Camp Prayer Letter

Summer 2010 Dear Friends, Greetings from Camp Beechpoint, a ministry to urban and at-risk children from Chicago, Southwest Michigan and Detroit! I am writing to inform you of the summer mission’s outreach of Janelle Bradley and to ask you to pray for her throughout the summer. Janelle is serving on staff with Beechpoint as a cabin leader – a difficult, yet fruitful assignment. As with any ministry, prayer is the most important ingredient! So, in response to this need, each counselor is contacting at least twenty individuals to commit to pray regularly for their outreach to the children. Will you propose to uphold Janelle’s strength, spirit, attitude of service, and Christian walk before the Lord each day? Christian camping is a ministry that seeks to encourage, enrich, enlighten, teach, challenge, build, strengthen, and guide each camper in physical, social, emotional, and spiritual ways. The 24-hour learning and modeling environment is a key element to the camping ministry. It has been reported that over eighty percent of all missionaries and pastors have made important, spiritual decisions while at a Christian camp. So camp does change lives! Last summer, over 150 children put their trust in Christ while at Beechpoint! Janelle is an important part of this ministry team. Thank-you for your participation with her. In addition to prayer partners, Beechpoint has encouraged Janelle, and the other summer ministry staff, to inform others about their opportunity to raise matching missionary support. The ministry provides the summer staff $225 per week, which individuals can “match”, to increase their total compensation to a maximum of $450 per week. Any additional funds that are raised will go into our camper scholarship fund. If you would like to assist Janelle financially, you may send your tax-deductible contribution to Camp Beechpoint, 3212 -125th Avenue, Allegan, MI 49010. (Please include a note designating it to Janelle’s support fund.) Thank you for your prayers for Janelle, and the ministry of Camp Beechpoint, this summer! If you would like to know more about this outreach, feel free to call me, I would enjoy speaking with you. For the children, Mark Davidhizar Beechpoint Executive Director Thank you so much for your support throughout these ten weeks this summer! Keep up to date with what is happening and how it is going for me by going to: www.dennyjanellebradley.blogspot.com Thanks so much! Janelle Bradley

April showers....

Already nearly half way through April! Only 28 more days of classes left!!!!! :) This past week we spent on Spring break. We went to Niagara falls which was beautiful! It really makes you marvel at our wonderful God and creator!!! (I posted some pics below)We had a great time there just being able to relax and spend time together. Then we drove back into the U.S. through N.Y. then up to our parents house to visit for the weekend before we headed back here for class to start again (that was this past Mon.). I don't really have to much to say... since electives have been done it has been rather relaxing with only having two classes! But it also meant that Denny opened his availability at work and has been getting nearly 40 hours for the last few weeks! This has left very minimal time for me and homework but has really been knocking down the school bill!!! :) Denny has decided not to get another job for the summer but to work as much as possible at Meijer. His manager told him this week that she wouldn't be hiring any more help for the summer she would just be giving a lot of hours to everyone that already works there. So, it sounds like it should be a pretty busy summer for Denny too. I am really looking forward to summer camp but yet getting even more nervous as it gets closer. And I can't wait to go see Katelyn (Friend in AL) in only 32 days!!:) . . . . Not to sure what else there is to say, we have continued to learn a lot and are enjoying the book of Acts. Oh, and I will do my very very best to keep you updated about how camp is going and what to pray for me for (cause you know I will need it)while there! So keep checking here for updates. Thank you all again for your prayers and support as we follow God's plan for our lives and step out in faith each day and trust in His plan! :)Please keep us in your prayers especially as we head into this summer. ~Janelle