CBBC 2011 Spring Newsletter

Dear supporters of Cape Breton Bible Camp,

Thank you for your continuing support of this valuable ministry. We want you to have a picture of what is planned this summer so that you can be effective in prayer. Here are prayer and praise items for the upcoming camping season.

Staff

• Praise God for Rick and Danielle Carabin who will be directing the camp again as they have taken the position of Camp Directors (Part time in the winter and full time in the summer)
  Pray for them as they pour out their efforts in getting the camp ready for the summer. Pray for their children that they will know divine protection and blessing.


• Praise the Lord that Scott and Melissa MacPhail are assistant directors for the summer.
  Pray for them as they take on this new position that they will have strength and wisdom in leadership.


• Praise God for many of the key positions that have been filled. We have our Directors, Assistant Directors, Program Directors, Lifeguard, Female Counseling staff and some of our Junior Workers in place for the summer.


• Pray for Male counselors as we are short in this area. Make this a priority in prayer as time is getting short.


• Pray for unity and cooperation among the staff.


• Pray for staff training and the leaders and teachers involved. The dates are June 3rd - 5th.


• Pray now for the counselors who will be with their campers 24/7 which is an incredible commitment of love. You must appreciate that the role of the counselor has become increasingly difficult with many children coming from difficult situations and some lacking in discipline and social skills.


• Pray for the maintenance and supervising staff looking after the physical needs (life-guarding, nursing, cooks, janitorial, program directing, pool, slide, grounds and structural maintenance and repairs.


• Pray for the Camp board as we seek to honor the Lord and give direction to the camp. Praise God for Scott MacLeod coming on the board.Pray for Ian McCulloch as he resigns from the board due to other commitments. Praise God for his contribution to the camp.


• Praise God for the speakers that He has provided for the summer
  Pray for them as they prepare and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ

Campers

CAMP	2011 DATES	AGES	SPEAKERS
Kid's Camp	June 10-12	6-7	Natalie Hart
Junior Camp	July 3rd-9th	7-9	Ken Hunter
Skills 1	July 10-15	10-12	Breton Murphy
Junior Teen	July 17-22	13-14	Hugh Morrison
Skills 2	July 24-29	10-12	Doug Bean and Joey Cook
Skills 3	July 31-Aug 5	10-12	Phil MacCormack
Senior Teen	August 7-12	15-19	Stephen Fenton
Native Camp	August 21-26		Pierre Chiasson

Praise God for good attendance last year. We fervently prayed that God would increase attendance at camp and He did. We need to pray diligently for children to come to camp this summer. Do not take for granted that they will come as there is more and more competition out there. There is also a spiritual battle going on for the children of our island and Satan would like nothing more than for children not to be at camp. This is a place where the gospel is preached every day and we need to ask the Lord to draw children here.

Physical Plant and Equipment

• Praise God for the wonderful facilities that God has provided.
• Praise God for all the volunteers who come on work days and those who do so much behind the scenes that no one sees.
• Plan to come to a work day on June 18th.
• Pray for wisdom and finances and the workers to do the following projects.

1. We are planning to build a verandah on the front of the dining hall. We will start with a deck and depending on finances we will build a roof over it. Praise God for we have received the lumber for this project at a deeply discounted price from Payzant building supplies in Halifax. The shingles on the roof of the dining hall need replacing as well. We will build as the money comes in.


2. We are also planning to finish renovating the interior of the cabins as there were a few that were not completed. Praise God that funds have been donated for this.


3. Repairs to the slide as there was wind damage last year.


4. Renovations to the mini home are being done. The bathroom is overhauled and new windows and new flooring are needed in the living room and bedroom.

Finances

First we want to express our sincere thanks to you our loyal supporters who have sacrificially given to this work for glory of God.

We praise the Lord for His provision in the past year as we have lowered our debt by approximately $14,000 and met all our expenses along with paying for the new playground equipment and the replacement of both the pool pump and the pump in the well. The camp also sponsored many more children to come to camp in the 2010 season (approximately $7000 worth) and the Lord has graciously provided through donations from people like you. One of the great helps has been the monthly giving that has helped us to have money coming year round as there are ongoing expenses throughout the year. For example our yearly insurance bill is over $8,000. If you are not on a monthly giving program we invite you to participate in this. Just write to the above address and we will send you the information in how to have an amount given from your account on a regular basis.

Praise God for the camp banquet that brings many of our supporters together to focus on camp and fellowship with one another. If you were at the banquet the amount that was announced was incorrect as the offering from one table was not counted and there was a significant contribution a few days later. So the total offering at camp banquet was $11,750 along with the monthly giving of $1,120 per month which totals $25,190.

Conclusion

If you have not been involved in this ministry we want to encourage you to come on board in whatever capacity that you are able. Whether it is in prayer or giving or volunteer work we welcome your help.

Yours in the Harvest Field,
Cape Breton Bible Camp Board

   Pierre Chiasson
   Garfield Lewis
   Bob Sparling
   Tracey Morrison
   Tom MacDonald
   Ian McCulloch
   Ken Hunter
   Winston MacEachern
   Scott MacLeod

With Directors Rick and Danielle Carabin