American Missionary Fellowship

RobAnne and I visited Camp Morrow last week and got to stay in their brand-new nurse’s quarters at their horse camp. What a great facility and what an incredible ministry with the horses, the lake, the children’s program, and all the marvelous volunteers who make Camp Morrow what it is!

What I really enjoyed was going to the meeting the night we were there. The camp was junior age. I think it was fourth through sixth graders. After some incredible worship, the local director of Child Evangelism Fellowship was the speaker.

Ned Nay is a volunteer at Fir Point Bible Camp in Glendale, Oregon. I believe he’s been volunteering since shortly after the earth’s crust formed. He is an incredible asset to the camp. His job is to come each summer and do the dishes. He makes sure everything is clean, he organizes other volunteers, and he gives announcements before each meal – he stands on the porch and tells people what the menu is and how to proceed to get things done efficiently.  Ned is also the chairman of the camp board.

This morning I was reading in the book of Deuteronomy about the spies who were sent out to survey the land, to bring back a report about what the land was like and what the obstacles would be, and about the different perspectives that the spies had about the land. But what amazed me was that God gave the Children of Israel, and Moses and Joshua in particular, a vision of what was to happen. He gave them just a glimpse – just an idea – of what the Promised Land was going to be.

I was thinking about heaven recently and what a marvelous comfort it is to those who are struggling that we will live in a place where we will be 100% in the presence of our Lord, and that in that presence we find joy and peace and comfort. We find wholeness in His presence.

I’ve been on a little road trip and have heard the stories of many of our missionaries. Ministry is hard.

There are some places tucked around the globe that God just seems to visit on a regular basis. Oh, I know it’s not great theology. God invades our cultures no matter where we are, but in some places, like Mt. Hope Bible Camp in California, God just seems to do a work in people’s lives, and there’s a greater openness to what the Holy Spirit may be saying.