Day Camp Building Progress

Progress is continuing on our new Day Camp Building! We are preparing to be finished and ready to occupy by the first week in June. Please pray for our team's safety as they continue the building process.

Gym Fundraising Update

With economy the way it has been the past year or so, donations have come in quite a bit slower and that has hampered our progress on the gym and new meeting rooms. Some have asked "What's needed?" , "What's left to do?" and "How much more will it take to finish?"

Here is a list of projects and costs that have yet to be completed:

Sheetrock gym ceiling $4,000

Fire sprinkler system $38,786

Fire alarm $5,500

Lightweight concrete $5,000

Insulate Building $11,500

Sheetrock building $30,000

Plumbing $3,500

Electrical $7,500

Audio/Visual $8,366

Heating system $104,000

Paint $27,000

Tile $4,000

Carpet $4,000

Septic system $20,000

Gym floor $35,000

Cabinets $3,000

Which totals to approximately $263,000

$490,277 has already been raised and spent to bring us to the present condition.

If you would like to contribute to this project you can:

Mail in your contribution to:

Black Lake Bible Camp

Attn:Bryan Bailon

6521 Fairview Rd SW

Olympia, WA 98512

If you have questions about this project and would like to speak to our Executive Director please contact him Monday through Friday from 8-5pm at 360-357-8425 (Steve Ewert, Executive Director)

Thank you for your continued prayer and financial support. Completion of this project will mean tremendous growth in our ability to proclaim Jesus to even more people!

Summer Camp Registration is OPEN!

Please look in your mailbox in the next few days for your summer brochure! If you are not on our mailing list please let us know and we will get you a copy right away.

You can download a paper registration on our website at www.blacklakebiblecamp.com or you can register online at the same site!

We are looking forward to another summer of fun and we hope you are apart of it, it just might change your life!

Contact us at:

360-357-8425

800-731-2267

info@blacklakebiblecamp.com

Winter Camps right around the corner

Our Junior High Winter Camp is coming up in just a few weeks and Senior High a month later! WOW!! The smell of campers in the air is what gets us excited as we look forward to another year of ministry. Here is a schedule of events for the Jr and Sr High Camps:

Friday:
5p -Registration
6:30p -Dinner
7:15p -Session
8:15p -Cabin Time
9:00p -Night Game
10:00p -Late Night Snack
10:30p -Leave Camp for Night Fun
2:00a -Return to Camp

Saturday:
11:00a -Brunch
12:00p -Session
1:00p -Free Time
5:30p -Dinner
7:00p -Dogdeball Tourney
9:00p -Experiencial Worship
11:00p -Lights Out

Sunday:
7:00a -Polar Bear Swim
8:30a -Breakfast
9:30a -Group Activity
10:30a - Session
12:00p -Lunch
12:45p -Closing
1:00 -See Ya!

We hope to see you here!

Register today at www.blacklakebiblecamp.com

New Day Camp Building is underway!

The work on our new Day Camp building is underway even in the very cold temperatures. The Truss work began today and we are looking forward to the day it is complete. Please pray with us that the Lord keeps our workers safe and that the end result of this building project is that lives are changed and Jesus is proclaimed!

Thanks for praying!

Thanksgiving is here!

Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on what God has done for us. Just look around, your family, food, clothes, a place to live and probably much more. I know that there are a few out there who are experiencing tough times too. A friend of mine just lost her husband to cancer, and he was only in his mid 20's. Another is losing the battle with cancer and his time could be very short.

I learned something from the second gentlemen a few weeks ago. He told me that I need to believe God when he says "ALL" things work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purposes. Even when cancer is going to take you at anytime? Yes! Even then he said.

God, in Psalm 139 , was the one who formed you and knows you, from day one (your birth) to your last day (your death), HE KNOWS. Be comforted to know that your days are divinely appointed and that we need to be thankful as we are on the path from point A to point B, no matter how much we don't want to arrive at that last point sometimes.

Let's live our lives in thankfulness and let us see how that attitude spreads around to others! We can change the world in which we live if we can just be different.

Blessings to you this Thanksgiving and beyond!

Bryan Bailon

Winter Camps

Join us for "Caliente"!!

Jr High Camp - January 28-31, 2010

Sr High Camp - February 26-28, 2010

Cost: $120 per person

EFC Students : $80.00 (with $40 scholarship, limited scholarships available)

Youth group staff are free when you bring your students and counsel them!

Speakers, Worship and TONS of Fun!!

Call for more details at 360-357-8425 or 800-731-2267 (camp)

Register online at http://www.blacklakebiblecamp.com/

Family Fun Festival

Join us October 31st from 12-2pm for our Family Fun Festival. We will have food, games, lots of fun and more. Call for more information - 360-357-8425.

Outdoor Education for Homeschoolers

Homeschool Outdoor Education is almost here!

September 22-24, 2009

Day 1:
Class: Our ECOSYSTEMS class will be focusing on the concept that all things created by God must work together for all to survive. Students will use their senses to develop an awareness of the ecosystem’s components, and the resources they provide.

Game: Mission, Possible Your mission is to smuggle Bibles into mainland China by covert operations. You must locate the lone distributor in hostile territory, then transport the Bibles one by one to local churches. Points are earned by the number of Bibles smuggled and translated into two or three of the local dialects.

Activity: Archery

Craft: Rope Making

Day 2:
Class: The ANIMALS class focuses on the relationship between animals and their habitats. The connections in the food web, as well as population variations, are examined. Simulations, observations, and graphing and interpreting data illustrate carrying capacities and resource dependency within an ecosystem.

Game: Shipwreck is a high energy activity that allows students to work together while developing their listening skills. The ship’s captain will give various commands, and the students need to follow them quickly and correctly.

Activity: Canoeing

Craft: Leather Stamping

Day 3:
Class: PLANTS are an essential part of God’s creation and play a major role in the web of life. By exploring the indigenous plants and utilizing games, students will learn what plants require for growth, and their importance to our survival. They will learn about limiting factors and able to explain how it affect plant growth.

Game: Bullwinkle A fun, busy game of a moose murder whodunit, focusing on collecting clues and using observation skills to correctly determine the perpetrator. Campers search for answers in their groups by questioning the staff as to their whereabouts and other various clue finding techniques.

Activity: Riflery

Craft: Candle Making


10am – 2pm

class 10:00-11:30 90mins
lunch 11:30-12:00 30mins
game 12:00-12:45 45mins
devos 12:45-1:15 30mins
activity 1:15-2:00 45mins

$20 a day or $50 for 3 days
bring your own sack lunch
manuals and pencils provided

God is certain in uncertain times

Just as God provided for the Israelites to cross over the Jordan River in Joshua chapter 3, we know that God - the same God - will provide for the completion of the Gym project here at Black Lake.

As the Priests entered the water, it must have taken a bit of time for them to see the results of the water being held up 16-18 miles away. They had to believe and have faith that God was going to complete what he had promised to do.

We are in the same position, our feet are in the water and we are understanding that God has not forgotten us but instead he is ahead, sometimes where we cannot see, 16 miles down the road working toward the goal.

The projects that God is apart of don't just magically appear but instead God uses His people to provide and work toward those goals.

The Gym project is one that when complete a whole new set of ministry opportunities will open up. Our fall and winter programs will grow and the point of setting the gospel before our campers will be greatly enhanced...even if just for greater numbers hearing the Word. The after-school program will take flight and unchurched kids in the community will have a place to come, a safe place where they will have opportunity to find Jesus.

None of those things can be done without the help of God's people.

We need about $300,000 to be able to bring the building to completion. If you are in a position to be able to help through financial donations, material donations or volunteer labor or maybe even all of the above please contact Steve Ewert, Executive Director. 800-731-2267 or 360-357-8425. You can also email him at Steve@blacklakebiblecamp.com.

We long to see the hand of God work through His people and to finally see the evidence of that which is unseen now. Remember that God is still certain even in times which are uncertain. He doesn't begin something to abandon it later for something different.

Bryan Bailon