Blessed Be Your Name...

It has been a rough summer of trials. It has also been a summer of incredibly flexible teams and of God working in many lives of kids and adults alike. This past week was no different. While we still were unable to take or post any pictures of the children we have had the opportunity to work with, we were moving forward.

Then we received word that Camp Vetca must close for the remainder of the summer after 3 inspectors were sent out in one day. Although we were operating as we have been for the past two and a half summers without problems... after this inspection we found out that they now view the camp under a different classification, which brings a new set of guidelines under which we were required to operate and the camp had to be closed.

We have been heartbroken and frustrated and busily reworking schedules for our remaining summer teams. This Saturday night at our weekly cookout, as the leadership and teams cried out in the midst of all of this... that even when the road is marked with suffering... Blessed Be Your Name. I was struck that this is something to share with everyone... it may not be cute pictures of kids at camp, or stories of lives changed, but it will be a testimony to God's faithfulness and Lordship in the good and the bad, the fun and the sad, the wilderness of the unknown and the days when all seems right.

Let us remember that this is the LORD's ministry and no matter what our circumstances... Blessed Be HIS Name!