For ten years I was the president of Forest Home, which is a great camp in southern California. I loved this week because the summer staff would come in to be trained, prepared, and spiritually fed. There was always a sense of great anticipation that decisions would be made for Christ and the gospel would be presented in a powerful way.

People would be focused on making the best experience possible for campers. A tremendous amount of work needed to be done – food preparation, menus, media, introductions, and all kinds of details. It was a very, very full week. But then Sunday would come, and the campers would arrive. About 1,400 campers would show up the first week, and there was a sense of satisfaction that God was going to do His work, that we had done all we could do and now it was in God’s hands, and we gave it to Him.

American Missionary Fellowship will run about fifty camps this summer, and the same thing happens at each of them. Our missionaries work hard to make the preparations. The staff is gathered; they’re trained. Speakers make ready their messages, and musicians practice their tunes to help in worship. And then God moves. That’s what I love about the summer.

I’m praying for a great harvest of righteousness this summer.