Andrew Vincent

Peru in Review – Day 2

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  We’re home! Thanks for all of your prayers. Due to the hectic camp schedule, we were not able to live-blog our mission trip. However, we’d still love for you to hear the story of Peru Camp 2013. Keep up with us the next few weeks as we reflect back on God’s faithfulness during our … Read more

Given out. Left in. Not of. Sent to.

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“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” (John … Read more

Cross. Culture. Camp.

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  Would you take a moment to pray for this group?   (Top row, from left: Andrew Vincent, Zack Owens, Dylan Varner, Brandon Renfroe, Austin Marascalco            Bottom row, from left: Jamie Kitch, Emily Sluis, SaraCaroline Kimball, Anna Kristen Mitchell, Mary Claire Jussely, Emily Wheat)   Who A group of Twin Lakes Directors and Counselors, Peru … Read more

Re-tuned by Grace (Jonah – part 2)

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On a warm August morning, sometime in elementary school, I decided to run away from home. Having spent a week of summer vacation at my grandmother’s house, I was awash with discontent upon re-entering life in the real world. I kicked the screen out of my bedroom window, packed a backpack of clothes, and grabbed … Read more

What is the Mission of God? (Jonah – Part 1)

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This summer, we walked through the book of Jonah with our campers and staff. Each day, we saw more of the grace of God in the life of a rebel heart. He accomplished His mission through an unwilling prophet. We can see how God is about the work of turning our hearts back towards Him … Read more

Into the Petri Dish: Should Christians Retreat?

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Should Christians retreat? Is it appropriate for Christians to get away, to cloister? __________________________________ Before entering the world of Christian camping, I was a student of Biology. Before bonfires, I spent time with Bunsen burners. Before morning devotionals on the lawn were messy dissections in the lab. Due to the copious amounts of time I … Read more

How did you grow?

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A simple question was posed to our 2012 summer staff at the end of camp: In what ways did you grow this summer? Their answers are powerful, revealing the ways God worked this summer. Read what they wrote below and be encouraged. Christian summer camp – another means by which God grows His church.   … Read more

Tune my Heart to sing Thy Grace: 2012 in Review

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“Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly… Let me learn by paradox that the way down is the way up, that to be low is to be high, that the broken heart is the healed heart, that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit, that the repenting soul is the victorious soul…”   –    Valley of … Read more