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Hello everyone,
thanks for your patience. all the updates are on our website now!
the videos are on our youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/midlandmin
the pictures are on our Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/64634655@N00/
and the sermons and live worship recordings are on our feed page:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Midlandministries

If people want to download a CD image of your week of camp post a comment and I will post it for you. it will be a lot of extra work so if no one wants it I would rather not do it, but if some one wants it I will.
-Lumpy
PS this is the lat update on this blog

hello outside world,
What a great day outside! the weather was gorgeous! everyone was outside most of the day and in the water somewhere.
I have said it before, but this weeks group is really unique and I have really enjoyed getting to know them. Some of them I have known for years, many of them I met this week (some I have met today). And even the ones I met on Monday, I can see a change happening with them. their attitudes are changing and they are letting down walls that for some have been up for a really long time. It’s really cool to see God work. Especially in Bible Quizzing. I am in charge of the scoring for Bible Quizzing and I like to see the different scores from Monday to todays. and that is a sign of the jump in the number of scripture the campers are memorizing as well. again, it’s pretty cool.
tonight is Mission Impossible. the greatest camp game ever. pray everyone has a good SAFE time.
until later,
-Lumpy

hello all,
Week 4 has started and wow what a wild and crazy and fun group!
the lake was hopping with campers blobbing and doing the zipline and the boats. It was a lot of fun. I even got to blob a few campers. And Bible Quizzing was really cool to watch today as well. Mainly because we had so many teens that had never quizzed before and they all got it! I am pretty sure majority of those new to quizzing got at least one question right, if they didn’t they at least jumped and tried! it was really cool to see them actually getting it. and of course to see them memorizing God’s Word.
then there was the game this evening. this group is very tough and very competitive. I have never seen such an intense game of water balloon scavenger hunt. they all wanted to win. it was even more fun because of the mud from all the rain we had here at camp this weekend. it was a lot of fun.
Now we are learning from our camp speaker Jack Hager.
more tomorrow.
-Lumpy

welcome home!
WOW week 3 was amazing! I love how much energy and enthusiasm those little guys have. they make for a great great week of camp. I hope they all came home and told their parents how much they love them and I hope they told you about the decisions they made and what God did in their life last week.
the sermons and worship recordings were messed up sorry about that but they are up there still, and the sermons aren’t too bad.
the videos on the other hand turned out great and the last one will be up later on tonight. I will be adding the pictures later this week as well.
-Lumpy

Good Evening.
Today was the 1st day of our Jr week. it’s always an interesting and fun week. And it’s always a hard week as well. It’s shocking to see what these little ones are dealing with at such a very young age. No one understands this better then Shane Sanderson, our camp speaker. I have never met some one who loves and cares for these guys as much as he does. He loves them so much that he is starting an orphanage in Guatemala to reach kids and show them God’s love and to introduce them to their Heavenly Father. Tonight Shane shared with the kids the enemies that they have (satan, the world, wrong friends, and themselves). Many of the kids came forward wanting to rid themselves of those things and live for God and to follow Him. It has been a powerful evening.
Now the day was filled with a lot of fun stuff though. The Blob and Zipline were very popular today as was the pool. the guys tried to sink our inner-tube (and failed). And many saw Bible Quizzing for the first time today and everyone did really well with it. And of course we are all eating really really well.
You kids are doing well today, they are in good hands. continue to pray for them this week as Shane speaks to them and as we show them God’s love (and patience) to them.
-Lumpy