The first quarter of the year has flown by as we have been almost back to normal with services, youth meetings, discipleships and events. Unfortunately, the CAMP SEASON had to be cancelled in January for the first time since the camp was founded almost sixty years ago. The health department would not approve overnight stays at the camp due to Covid, so we had a one day youth conference and also a one day marriage conference during a two day holiday in February instead. So many have missed in-person gatherings and both were well attended. We were able to take around twenty youth from our church alone to join others, and then the couples enjoyed a day concentrating on improving their marriages. All the time shared was a great blessing to everyone!

In February we re-started in-person Wednesday night Bible Studies and our kids’ class! It was thrilling to be able to meet together mid-week in person after a long ten months!  

With things a little more relaxed at the beginning of the year, we had  GREATER OPPORTUNITIES to minister and reach out to people. We held an outreach event at church to distribute groceries, school supplies, and the Gospel message. It was well-received, including people asking to take a Bible home with them. We have also been able to minister to our church people with activities for the  youth and marriage enrichment activities, and a one-day Easter retreat. Our church people have really been praying, connecting, and inviting their family and friends, and God has been faithful to work. One lady accepted Christ as her Savior on Easter Sunday after being invited by her neighbor to come to church. So many people are searching for peace, comfort, and hope in these hard times, and we must lead them to the One who can provide hope and salvation. Unfortunately, APRIL brought new restrictions, prohibiting group indoor activities.  As a result, many churches who do not have a patio have had to close their doors once again. We praise God that we can still meet, although at first we were led to believe that we would need to have at least two services, splitting our people up. However, we just found out we can fit everyone in one service since we have the space outside! We praise God for this! We also pray the ban will be lifted soon so churches can again gather to worship and freely carry out the Great Commission.

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