Overcoming Your Fears

Martin is one of our Student Leaders who for the past few years has put together a boys camp for the students. He has done this on his own; by that I mean no one has asked him to do it, NOR has he asked for help with ideas! He says the Lord gives him the ideas and he runs with it. I believe him, because what he is doing in the lives of the youth in his own town is amazing. They all look up to him; someone who before was made fun of, now is respected. God has done and continues to do some amazing things through Martin.

This year's theme was "Venciendo Tus Temores" ("Overcoming Your Fears") as the camp flag below reads with the verse Deuteronomy 28:5-8 cited on it.

Pastor Gollo and I went out on Saturday to see how things were going and I was again impressed with Martin's abilities. Some of the things Martin has put together may not seem very modern :), but it is definitely GENUINE and straight from his surroundings. There was someone else I've read about who used his surroundings to reach the people he was preaching to :).

Here is Martin sharing the rules to a game they were about to start...

This is the main section of the camp with their sleeping area in the middle...

Here's a look inside...

This year's kitchen has a serving area in front...

Here's a closer look inside the kitchen; notice the grill...

This is where the guys were washing dishes when we arrived, the tar papered shack in the back is what many bathrooms look like here, it was not a bathroom, but a changing area.

The bathroom was outside the camp in a distance...

This is where they all met for devotions, bible studies, and other meetings...

Notice the homemade pulpit Martin put together...

There's always time for volleyball...

Here's the group...

Again, Martin has done a great job reaching out to the guys in his community and in the youth group! You can click here to see last year's boys camp.

Martin is hoping to be able to go back to Oaxaca this September for the second year of Bible School. The past few years he's had a desire to go, but because of either finances or unavailable classes, he's not been able to. I've had him as one of our leaders for four years and he is a gem! If you would like to help Martin finish the Bible school, let me know how you would like to help by emailing me at steve@alternativemissions.com. He needs a total of $2,000 usdollars for the year.