Marissa's address

I'm posting this in hopes that you will take a minute and send Marissa a quick note....she would absolutely LOVE getting mail!!!!

Marissa Maxwell
1436 SW 25th Ave Unit D
Boynton Beach, Fl 33426

Please also continue to pray for her.....
things have already come up at home.....

Thanks! 
Christy

Here's a camp memory that you'll all appreciate :)

If you have a "memory" you want to share.....let me know!!!

Christy

Here are the submissions for the "how do you recover after camp"......

SARAH TUCKER:

Recovery tactics: SLEEPING countless hours :), watching Olympics (trying to catch up), spending time with family, and walking!

JESSE COOPER:

-sleep, and lots of it
-postponing most activities, for a week or so
-shopping, merely for fun (it's wonderfully relaxing to go to a store other than Walmart for a change)
-taking long hot baths
-reading a favorite book
-pampering yourself with an at-home spa
-do something you love to do, as long as it doesn't drain your energy
-listen to music
-get creative and make something, whether edible, decorative, or just fun
-sleep some more

JUSTIN WYNNE:

Recovery tactics: Sleep... Thats it

I see a common thread in all of these answers :)

Hope all of you are catching up on sleep and doing whatever it is that relaxes you.....

Camp is over!

Wow.....what a summer!

Can't believe the 9 weeks are actually over....it flew by!  

I pray that each and every one of you walked away from the summer changed, challenged and knowing that you were used by God.  

I want to get this blog active again and want YOU ALL to be involved in it....

SOOOOO.....

......I'm sure each of you are recovering in your own way (mine was to alternate between cleaning my house and napping)....

I'm going to be posting some of YOUR "recovery" tactics on here......just message me on facebook with some of the ways you are recovering after a long summer, and I will post them here.....should be interesting :)  

I love you all....and eventually I will actually MISS you all....but for now I am enjoying the 'peacefulness' of the camp....ha! 

Christy Mlekodaj

Here is the latest updated staff list.....

We are full on the guy side, but we still need some more females.....please pray! 

Zuzana (all summer)

Holly Knox (6 weeks)

Stephanie DeBerry (all summer)

Jessica Meese (all summer)

Leah Arjay (July)

Katlyn Hilderman (July)

Jessie Cooper (June)

Emily Barto (2 weeks)

Jaynann Kinsel (June)

Ellya Kennell (June)

Caitlyn Yale (all summer)

Annette Torres (all summer)

Samantha Irving (all summer)

Melissa Pagnozzi (all summer)

Kara Blum (all summer)

Miriam Griffioen (all summer)

Sarah Peshlakai (all summer)

Sarah Tucker (all summer)

Natalee Anderson (4 weeks)

Anna Gabriel (all summer)

Ty Platero (all summer)

Josh Bounds (7 weeks)

Sam Terry (all summer)

Andrew Kontz (all summer)

Shawn Tschoepe-Enneper (all summer)

Justin Wynne (all summer)

Adam Prins (all summer)

Caleb Peshlakai (all summer)

Alex DenBleker (all summer)

Cody Paiva (all summer)

Forrest Smith (all summer)

Josh Hillis (all summer)

Tyson Logg (all summer)

Anthony Spean (all summer)

Matthew Knox (6 weeks)

Delano Gon (all summer)

Kevin Delmar (all summer)

Christian Paiva (all summer

Kevin Craft (3 weeks)

Nathan Hilderman (all summer)

Timothy Gon (6 weeks)

Graham Beyale (week 2, 7, and 8)

Changes at the camp

The bad news:
there will be no go-carts class this year again.....

The good news:
the track is laid out....
a new go-cart shed has been built.....
new go-carts are waiting for the finished product......
we only need $30,000 to complete it! ;)



Not sure what activity classes will be lined up for this summer, but I do know (Christian Paiva), that we will have sling shots! :)

Cody Paiva (all summer)
Forrest Smith (all summer, BABY!!!!!)
Josh Hillis (all summer)
Tyson Logg (all summer)
Anthony Spean (all summer)
Ty Platero ( ALL SUMMER)
Josh Bounds (7 weeks)
Sam Terry (all summer)
Andrew Kontz (all summer)
Shawn Tschoepe-Enneper (all summer)
Matthew Knox (6 weeks)
Delano Gon (all summer)
Kevin Delmar (all summer)
Justin Wynne (all summer)
Adam Prins
Caleb Peshlakai (all summer)
Christian Paiva (all summer)
Kevin Craft (last 3 weeks)

Shannon Lufkins (all summer)
Anna Gabriel (all summer)
Natalee Anderson (4 weeks, OR all summer?:) )
Holly Knox (6 weeks)
Sarah Tucker (all summer)
Sarah Peshlakai (all summer)
Stephanie DeBerry (all summer)
Jessica Meese (all summer)
Leah Arjay (July)
Annette "poop" Torres (all summer)
Miriam Griffioen (all summer)
Samantha Irving (all summer)
Melissa Pagnozzi (all summer)
Kara Blum (all summer)
Emily Barto (June)

Pretty sure we are full on guy counselors (might put an extra one in for good measure!)
Need 1-2 more guy wranglers

Need about 4 more girl counselors
Need 1-2 more girl wranglers

a few more :)

Here's the update as of Monday........

Kevin "Petey" Delmar
Delano Gon
Jessica Meese
Adam Prins (yes, it's a Prins brother for all you old school BABRers)

As of right now we only need about.....

2 more guy wranglers
2-3 more guy counselors

2-3 more girl wranglers
5 more girl counselors

Then it will be full......better hurry!

Our Awesome Staff so far........

Ok, I've compiled the previous lists.....
Here's what we have so far.....and I'm excited!!!

(we only need about 40ish staff....and we are over halfway there!)

Anthony Spean
Stephanie DeBerry
Ty Platero
Justin Wynne
Sarah Tucker
Sarah Peshlakai
Caleb Peshlakai
Anna Gabriel
Natalee Anderson
Miriam Griffioen
Josh Bounds
Kevin Craft
Christian Paiva
Melissa Pagnozzi
Samantha Irving
Holly Knox
Matthew Knox
Annette Torres
Same Terry
Andrew Kontz
Shawn Tschoepe-Enneper (16)
Leah Arjay (16)
Shannon Lufkins (17)

Hey....Got some more peeps signed up to work this summer.....woo hoo!!!

Sam Terry (19)
Matthew Knox (12..ha!)
Annette Torres
Samantha Irving (18)

Melissa Pagnozzi (17)

There will be announced on Monday....check back!

MORE COOL PEOPLE

Well, the list is growing and things are shaping up around here.....

Christian Paiva (18)....all summer
Keven Craft (20).....last 3 weeks of camp
Joshua Bounds (17)....all summer???

I know of several others that are sending their apps in soon also.....pretty sure we will be full very soon.....God is so good!

We are working on coming up with a craft for this summer's craft class.....if you have any suggestions, please let me know.....needing some ideas :)

Three more additions to our staff......and I'm so excited to have these lovely ladies back for another summer!!!

Miriam Griffioen (all summer)
Natalee Anderson (4 weeks)
Anna Gabriel (all summer)

Shaping up to be another great summer!

Well, it's not even February yet and we already have several of our staff lined up for the summer. Praise the Lord!

Just as last year, I think we will fill up early, so you should turn in your application asap :)

Accepted so far:
Caleb Peshlakai (16).....all summer
Sarah Peshlakai (18).....all summer
Sarah Tucker (21ish).....all summer
Justin Wynne (16).....7 weeks
Ty Platero (35..ha!)......all summer
Stephanie DeBerry (17).......all summer
Anthony Spean (20)......all summer

I have a couple more applications ready to be "discussed".......I'll update soon :)

And just to let you know the exact dates:

ORIENTATION (mandatory):
June 3rd (Sunday)
(if you are flying in, make plans to fly into Albq on the 2nd....Saturday)
Campers arrive on June 11th!

I'm sure many of you have heard by now, but Ms Helen Kohlmeyer (Ann Kontz's mother) has passed away. We are all rejoicing that she is standing (in a new and perfect body, no less) in the presence of the Lord, but her sweet spirit will be missed on this earth. She leaves a long legacy of ministry and service to the Lord....she loved her Savior til the very end and was very ready to meet Him face to face.

If any of you are wanting to come to her memorial it will be here at BABR on Saturday at 2pm. All are welcome.

And we also lost another dear friend today....Vikki Alonzo's mother passed away today, also. She too had been battling cancer and the Lord chose today to bring her home. Her funeral will be at 10am at Grace Bible Church. Please pass on your words of encouragement to both Vikki and Ann....I'm sure it will be greatly appreciated.

Remember that our days are numbered....honor the Lord and serve Him with every breath that has been given to you.....

Hello fellow BABRers....

I hope all of you have rested up from the summer (I'm still working in that!) and are knee-deep in your fall ministries and school schedules.

Things are busy here at camp as we've had groups and workteams already....the schedule looks non-stop for the next couple of months. If any of you want to come and help out anytime, just let me know!

There is a serious prayer request I would like to share with you, although many of you probably know about it already.
Late in the summer, we got the news that Ms Helen Kohlmeyer (Ann Kontz's mom) was diagnosed with cancer. Because of her age and frail health, surgery was not an option. She did start radiation treatments shortly after camp, but it did not help much. So early last week she went into the hospital and is now in her last days. She is ready to go home and meet her Savior face to face....she longs to be in heaven. Many of you know Helen well, as she was our camp nurse (alongside Ruth) for many, many years here at the camp....she has been a grandmother to many of us and has led a life full of ministry and service to the Lord.

Please pray for her, that she will not be in any pain and go quietly....and also for the family, as it is hard to let a loved one go.
I will keep you updated on things, along with the memorial service time and dates.

I miss all of you tons and pray for you often!
If there is ever anything you want to blog here, just let me know...it's open for anyone! :)

Live today like there is no tomorrow!

It's over.....and I'm kinda numb......

It's officially the last day of camp.....I can't believe it.
In some ways it has flown by, but in others it has just crawled along slowly. Either way, the end is officially here and I am, once again, amazed at how God has worked through this camp to reach so many kids.
We had our last campfire yesterday and all I can say is God is so good! Despite our tired staff, God worked in the hearts of so many campers and it was so encouraging to hear them verbally share how their lives are changed by Him. It makes all the late nights and the long days worth it.

This day is always bittersweet.......so looking forward to getting some real rest and spending time with my family, but at the same time, you hate to lose your front row seat to such an amazing ministry. And as usual, I always look back on the summer and think about all the things I could have done better, but like I said, despite our exhaustion and the fact that we are broken vessels, God still used us and never failed to "fill our cup" daily.

As soon as they get all the numbers tallied, I will be sure to post them here.....how many campers actually attended camp, and a rough estimate of how many gave their lives to Christ. Again, God is good!!!!!

Thank you all for your prayers and support over the past 2 months.....we still have another 24+ hours to go, so praying that we finish strong and with no regrets!

We are in our last week of camp....I can't believe it's almost over! In many ways it has flown by, but sometimes I did feel like it was crawling by. Either way, the end is in sight and we are trying to finish well.

It's one of our biggest camps this year....more than 150 teenagers.....and they are a blast! There is a lot of basketball going on this week.....and when it isn't raining, there is volleyball, too. We are thankful for the rain, but it does make quite a mess. The chapel carpet is coated with mud! We'll have to do some major cleaning when all this is over.

Please pray for our staff as we are trying to finish strong.....it's hard to fight against the exhaustion, but with the end in sight, hopefully we can push through.

Be sure to check out the previous blog and watch some of our weekly videos!

Our dear friend Justin Kontz has been putting together the weekly videos for most of the summer.....huge help!!

And he has even uploaded them to youtube so we can all enjoy them.....


http://www.youtube.com/BABRCampVideos

ENJOY!!!!

I know, I know.....I have slacked the past couple of weeks. I hit the wall same time last year! Week 5 usually does me in!

But just to catch you up on all that the Lord is doing here at BABR, I'll briefly highlight the past couple of weeks.
Week 6 was the biggest week we've EVER had.....we maxed out with over 180 campers....they were everywhere!!! We had to kick the work team out of their bunk house and use it as a cabin.....that particular cabin had 25 campers (girls) in it!!! Man was it loud in there!
But we had an amazing week and even with all the chaos and noise, God did such a wonderful work here at camp and in the lives of so many campers! But we were so tired by the end of the week and the weekend never looked so good!

God really pushed us all that week and there is no way we could have made it through without HIS strength! It's so amazing to see Him take over when we are weak and exhausted.

Then, we entered week 7......we went from the largest week to the smallest week......what a shock! And the camp was so quiet with only 72 campers....less than half of the previous week's number! Insane!!!!
But again, God was faithful and made it fruitful, despite the small numbers.

I am feeling the fatigue of the summer.....as we slowly crawl through the weeks, the signs of exhaustion are starting show. It's just in the little things mostly....like putting the milk in the pantry instead of the fridge, and taking clothes out of the dryer and putting them right back into the washer again. And everything is MUCH funnier by week 8.....I've laughed til my face hurts!! It's good for my weary mind!

Thank you all for praying, even if I haven't kept you updated the past couple of weeks. Pray that we finish strong!!!!