I Praise You Lord:

• The A.R.C. Grand Opening Celebration was a tremendous blessing as we looked back at God’s blessing over 70 years and anticipated the impact of the coming years.
• Refresh: Ladies Retreat and Man Camp saw many encouraged in their walk with God and it was great to see the hope that these campers found.
• Freeze Out theme this year will be “Fearless” from the verse be anxious for nothing. We’re so pleased to have the high adventure activities to reinforce how God can help one overcome crippling fear with courage.
• Summer employment applications are already coming in for our program director team and we are building another winning team.
• We’ve had a great fall retreat season so far and saw and nearly every day in September we had campers and guests on-site. 
• With 42’ ceilings in the A.R.C. we are very grateful for the safety the workers experienced in the construction process.

I Pray For:

• Chris & Melissa Haapala welcomed a beautiful baby girl to the world on September 16. We are so happy for them!
• The A.R.C. is a $6,000,000 facility and it is 97% funded leaving only $178,000 to be raised in order to be debt free. Pray that God’s people will see this through to the end debt free.
• Our Exiled middle school retreats in October and the theme is centered around reaching your friends with the gospel. It is so powerful to see middle school students commit to stepping out of their comfort zones and sharing their faith.
• We are hosting the Born to be Brave event with Bob Gresh on November 3 as part of our Father Son retreat. Pray that our promotional efforts will be blessed.
• October is budget setting time for the 2019 calendar year. Pray that the staff can sort though the priorities that will move this ministry forward in the coming year.
• With nearly 1,000 campers registered for Summer 2019, we are looking at another year with weeks at capacity. Pray that in the coming years we can add additional camper cabins.
• Pray for the staff as we learn the in’s and out’s of the ARC facility. It is a tremendous step forward for us and we want to see it used to its maximum potential.
• The L.I.F.T. intern team as they raise funds to go to South Africa in December to help run their summer camp at Camp En’semi.