Spring 2012 Work Week

As is always the case, we were humbled and blessed by the attitude of service exhibited by all of those who lovingly came and gave of their time, resources and expertise for the sake of the ministry of NCEM at Arrowhead Native Bible Center. We had several groups and individuals come and join us for periods of time throughout the week - and much was accomplished. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Phil built us a great new cupboard for games in the main lodge. I don't have a picture of Gracie, but she single handedly cleaned and organized the entire craft cabin!

 

James, Larissa and Allison burning brush.

 

Rob helping out Todd, Ryan and Simon with building a new deck on the mini-home.

Venus, Lorrayne, Irene and Liz kept everyone well fed.

Roxanna and Barb putting the glue down for the new floor in the girls' bathroom.

Simon, Ryan, Len & Todd working in the rain on the new deck.

 

Leah painting the new games cupboard that Phil built earlier in the week.

Roxanna and Barb are pro painters.

Joel did a lot of mudding and sanding in the bathrooms

 

Myke did some professional shooting of the work week and will be putting together a camp promo for us to use.

"Digger" Dave and Jim installing some of the new windows in the mini-home. Simon and Rob helped to pass them up from the ground.

Riverglade Baptist, Cumberland Bay Baptist and Littlesouthwest Baptist did an amazing job of cleaning up windfall and leaves around the property.

The Cumberland Bay Baptist Church team.

The Little Southwest Baptist Church team (the bus driver was shy).

The Riverglade Baptist Church team.

The Peterborough Free Methodist Church team.

Yard Sale...

Today we hosted a flea market of sorts at Arrowhead - we were hopeful that we'd have a good turnout to spite the fact that we are a bit off the beaten path! It wasn't a bust and we had a great day! Rob and Irene VanAsperen came down to join Liz and I and Marcia as we held our sale in the big field. There were several items of Arrowhead's that we felt would be better in different hands than sitting at our property collecting dust. Arrowhead raised over $300 for our dock project.

Irene baked some beautiful baked goods and had them for sale (our fridge is now sufficiently stocked with goodies - yay!). Liz had the BBQ going and we sold hot dogs and pop. It was a fun day, a productive day and a beautiful sunny day and we were able to get rid of some superfluous things from our move.

We were excited when a couple of carloads of friends from Riverglade Baptist Church pulled in. They checked out the yard sale and were able to have a tour of ANBC and see all of the work that has been accomplished this Spring!

A great day to spend with friends.

Liz and I will be traveling to Nova Scotia today to collect the generous gifts of several churches who have taken part in the Grocery Grabber program. We'll make a little video blog of our journey and take you along with us! It should be a fun week.

Plans for camp are coming along, Staffing is all coming together very nicely - we should be well staffed this year. The Lord has certainly been humbling us as He's provided for us in this area of camp. We are now working to communicate closely with the band leadership and recreation departments to ensure that all of the kids that want to come to camp get here! Please keep this item in prayer over the next few weeks.

Work Week • Day 6

Today was the culmination of an amazing week at Arrowhead! It has been such a blessing and encouragement to be a part of the things happening here. The fellowship and co-labouring with such servant hearted people! We praise the Lord for everything that was accomplished.

The ministry team from Riverglade Baptist Church.

The ministry team from Cumberland Bay Baptist Church.

The ministry team from Little Southwest Baptist Church.

Six church teams represented by nearly fifty people... all at ANBC today to serve with us in practical ways.

Some of the men from Little Southwest assembled our brand new park benches!

It's so exciting to see everything happening and all of the vehicles in the yard.

The verse on the bulkhead is a beautiful addition to the dining room at ANBC.

bobbing for apples.

As we wind down from the past months excitement and hunker down for winter, Liz and I continue to travel and share about this ministry the Lord has called us to. We very much enjoy spending time with friends as we continue our deputation and are encouraged by their enthusiasm for the ministry.

This past Sunday we had the pleasure of sharing with the folks at River Glade Baptist church. Their excitement for Arrowhead has been a tremendous blessing to us over the past year. After we shared with them last Winter, they set about raising funds for ANBC by collecting pennies and recyclables. This past Sunday we were presented with a cheque for $500 for the camp. The amount of time and work that went into collecting those funds was tremendous, a ministry of love to be sure. At the outset of this labour of love, Pastor Smith made a promise that he'd submit to a camp style activity if they reached their goal. So, after the service he and I bobbed for apples in buckets of Jello and water... good fun!!

It's begun to get chilly 'round these parts, winter is coming! We've finally succumbed to turning on the heat for good. I spent the day yesterday cleaning up in the new office. I'm eager to have it all done, so it was nice to put things together a bit yesterday. I do need to find another lateral filing cabinet and about 200 legal hang files to continue the filing project I've been working on. We're in need of flooring for the office as well, which will certainly bring it to life. As the office is currently unheated we are hopeful to acquire an electric fireplace as a heat source to make it a more comfortable workspace. It can get a bit chilly in there 'cooking the books'.

This coming weekend we are off to Windsor and Halifax in Nova Scotia to visit some churches and share updates form the past months! It will be nice to see friends and reconnect.

Lots to do!

We've been keeping at it! The grounds are starting to look ready for camp! We've been very thankful for help from the guys, and we've had some more helping hands arrive today. Ricky and Emily Mitton have come to help us with some of the last minute things. It's shaping up to be an awesome camp season! May the Lord be glorified in all that happens at Arrowhead this summer!

Capital Safe & Lock came to Arrowhead to get us all set up with a uniform lock system and new keys for the buildings!

Fundy Gas was here to service the propane stoves in our kitchen! Venus should be happy with the well running ovens!

We have been overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and support that the good folks at Riverglade Baptist Church have shared with us! After their trip up to help us with our work day they returned home and busily collected a great big load of groceries for the summer camps! Thank you so much!

Work Teams & Wheaties!

We've certainly hit the ground running since returning from our time out West at P.A.T.H. training. It's been exciting to see all of the wonderful things that were accomplished while we were away. And it's been very exciting to have the help of friends as we prepare for the impending summer camps at the Center.

On Friday I took the camp truck and traveled to Nova Scotia. There were four churches that supported us by way of the Grocery Grabber Coupon program and I went to collect the donations. It was a beautiful day and exciting to visit with the folks at each church. My first stop was in Stewiacke to Pick up Ben Bedecki. Ben is an N.B.B.I. student and will be serving with us for the summer. He and I then visited People's Church in Truro, Windsor Baptist, Coldbrook Baptist and went down the Valley as far as Middleton to meet Jonathan DeNuke who delivered to us the donation from Habitation Baptist. Jonathan had our car while we were away and made it road worthy once again, so Ben drove it and followed me in the camp truck back to Arrowhead. It was certainly a full day.

Here are a few clips from our day!

On Saturday we had a work team come to Arrowhead to help us with the lawn harvest among other things. The good folks from Riverglade Baptist Church overwhelmed us with their willingness and all of the work they accomplished while they were here!

Liz and Marcia made sure all the hard workers were well fed!

The ladies did a fantastic job of sorting and organizing our craft cabin!

Some of the fellas helped us with some troublesome trees...

... and some much needed grass cutting!

Riverglade United Baptist Church

Sunday morning Liz and I were pleased to share with the congregation at Riverglade Baptist. Their enthusiasm and support were a huge encouragement. They have promised to uphold us, our staff and campers in prayer as the summer camps approach! There will be opposition in many forms, and it is so important that our friends and supporters join with us in prayer as the summer approaches. It is vital that our staff maintain their relationship with the Lord and not allow themselves to be distracted from the most important relationship in their lives. Not only for ministry sake, but for their own spiritual well being as well! And please pray that even now the Lord would be preparing hearts and minds to hear the gospel presented clearly and practically at camp this year!

We are nearing year end with NCEM, and I have been quite busy today getting some book work done and beginning to prepare for the year end procedures. Roan and Laura at NCEM headquarters will have their work cut out for them as they merge over twenty sets of books from various NCEM departments.

Tomorrow Kevin and I have several meetings in the Fredericton area. We will be cashing in all of the pennies that we have received as well. I'm sure it will be an interesting visit to the bank! I'll let you know what the final tally is tomorrow night!