Schroeder News- Spring 2010

Dear Family and Friends,

We are doing great and are praising God for who He is. He is so awesome! God is infinite, everywhere present, all- knowing, all-powerful, merciful, gracious, compassionate, sovereign, just, loving, and so much more. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Alpha Omega, Beginning and End, Messiah, Savior, Redeemer, Shepherd, Prince of Peace, The Rock, Healer, The Way, The truth and the life, etc. It has been such an encouragement to me to be reminded of who God is and to meditate upon what He has done for us.

In January we had several rental camps from different churches in Colorado. This was a blessing because we usually do not have many during the winter season. We were able to minister to them through cooking their meals, plowing, and having the cabins clean and warm. We trust that God used these camps to draw kids to Himself; regarding salvation and also growing in their personal relationship with Christ. This is why we do what we do at camp. We are merely vessels for Him, and we are able to see many lives changed because of what God is doing.

At the end of February we had Family Sled Day. There were about 30 people. We had fun enjoying the nice day with all of the new snow. It was wonderful to spend time with family and friends. The first weekend of March we were planning to have our Couples Retreat, but no one pre-registered so it was canceled. We pray that next year couples would have an interest to attend and we would be able to minister to them in a special way.

In May, we will start working up at camp more in order to get everything ready for the summer season. The men will be busy with the maintenance aspect and the women will be cleaning all of the buildings. It is a busy time, but exciting because we know the Lord is going to do some amazing things this summer. As of now, we have Men’s retreat during the first weekend in June and a church group renting camp during the last weekend. Then in July we will begin our four weeks of camp. We would greatly appreciate your prayers.

Abigail and Josiah are growing up so fast. Abigail has been learning how to be a big girl and use the potty. She also is our parrot now-a- days. It is hilarious!!! We wonder where she comes up with certain things, but later on we realize that it is from us. Oh boy, that teaches us many things about ourselves. She loves to read, play with our dog, eat chocolate, and visit the park and library. Josiah is going to be four months old on April 16th. He is about 15 or 16 pounds and is such a happy little guy. He always wakes up in the morning with a huge grin on his face. He started to giggle last month and that is adorable. Thank you Lord for these two little people in our lives.

Praises-
*Josiah no longer has RSV
*That God chooses to use us in His work
*The Lord always provides
*We have the Bible to teach us all that we need to know in this life
*We have a place reserved for us in heaven; our names are written in the Book of Life
*A wonderful church family
Prayer-
*Safety and the ability to get everything prepared for the summer season of camp
*Salvation of campers and growth in Christ for those already saved
*For the Lord to lead those He would like to be counselors
*Unity among the staff
*Bath House: that we might be able to get the approval to go ahead and begin this project
*Wisdom as we raise Abigail and Josiah
*That we may grow in Christ day by day


Thank you so much for taking an interest in our lives and what is going on at camp. We hope to hear from each one of you.

In Christ,
The Schroeders