Dear Friends and Supporters,

 

     As our camp and retreat season has come to a close, I wanted to pause and praise the Lord for everything that He has done throughout this summer! We saw 22 young people give their hearts to Christ! We also were able to see many commit their lives to full-time ministry as well! As we see decisions made during our services, we challenge each one to return home and make their decision public at their home Church also! We are praying for future fruit that abounds in the lives of everyone whom the Lord spoke to and called this summer!

     Our men in the City of Refuge program as well as our couple in the Cabins of Hope program have worked very hard alongside of us these past few months to make all of our ministries run smoothly. I want to say a public “thank you” to them as well as encourage them to never forget what a privilege it is to be able to serve the Lord on a daily basis!

     This coming month of September will mark our 48th Anniversary here at Calvary. Bro Jerry McDonald and his family moved here in September of 1977 to start the Calvary Baptist Church. The ministries that the Lord has allowed our Church to conduct over the last 48 years is truly a supernatural work of God! I could spend a lot of time and paper sharing some miraculous stories to which you could only respond, “Only God could do that!” This Christian life is not always comfortable, but it sure is an exciting adventure! I wouldn’t trade my life with anyone in the world!!

     We are getting close to being able to finish our new building project in order to begin housing the men in our Phase 2 City of Refuge program. This is designed for them to make a smoother transition into living back on their own instead of making a sudden change from heavy accountability measures in Phase 1 to straight back out in society cold turkey. Phase 2 allows them to test their spiritual growth as well as their learning in management of their own finances, schedule, and lodging while still remaining in a Christian environment with some reasonable accountability measures in place. 

     We had budgeted to try and build this building for around $50,000 using our own labor for a majority of the project. An unexpected expense with the foundation cost us around $10,000 more than we expected, therefore, it is going to take around $60,000 total. Total monies and donated materials/labor is currently right at $30,000. We are halfway there, and the building is in the dry! “Praise the Lord” and “Thank You”! If you would still like to donate to this project, we are praying that we will be able to just continue working on it throughout the fall! We definitely will have more time to work on it as our camp and retreat season is finished!

     Thank You all once again for your prayers and financial support! God Bless you and we hope to see many of you in the near future! 

 

In Christ,

 

 

                                                                             

Cambrin Collins