God is good...all the time

We have had some great news this week on several fronts. First, we are now at 25% of support for our summer ministry to Camp of the Woods! We are so thankful for the churches and individuals who are partnering with us for this exciting summer ministry.

Second, we have had an official offer on our home that we own in Fayetteville, NC! After we left the military we maintained our house there as rental property. Early this spring we knew that we would have to sell this house so that we could focus our attention on our summer ministry, and later full time deputation. After being listed for only 45 days we have an official offer and contract with a closing date of April 30. Even in the days of economic downturn and a lackluster real estate market, our God has supplied our needs! This is another confirmation in our hearts and minds that our ministry at COTW is a God thing!

Please continue to pray for the Johnnie and Becky Bates who are on site at COTW. They have a lot of stuff to get accomplished before the summer camping season begins. A lot of planning is going on right now for the summer Bible camps as well as the missions camps. We still have space available during our two missions camps June 13-19 and June 20-26. These are two weeks that Youth groups from the US come up to the camp and assist us with projects around the camp while at the same time they are challenged for world missions. As far as cross cultural missions trips are concerned, you get a lot of bang for your buck. Please pray that more youth groups would schedule trips to COTW during this time.

We would also ask for your prayers on our behalf as we raise our financial support. We are very grateful for reaching 25%. At the same time we still need 75% more so that we can reach our goal of $8,000. Would you consider investing in this ministry opportunity? If interested you can donate online at http://www.northsidebaptistchurch.net. Simply follow the link at the top of the page to "Online Giving" and enter "Hollins Missions Fund" in the notes section of the missions giving. Any amount that you could invest would be awesome and greatly appreciated!

Stay tuned for more updates!