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ministering ne of the highlights for

across America the camp team was to see

God’s awesome creation in

nathan the western region of the

burggraff country, especially at some of

the camps such as the Wilds

of the Rockies in Colorado.

John and Angela Keifer,

Kristal Whitelam, Bethany

Akins, Pue Sysoumang, Mike

Morgan, Thomas Bates,

David Barfield.

hile some students worked at home or went on mis­

sions trips, the camp team and the ensemble spent their k m liftin g their new found

climbing skills to use, Pue
summer traveling and ministering through words and ac­

Sysoumang and Mrs. Keifer

tions. Led by John and Angela Keifer, the camp team trav­ scale a mountain during the

eled over 14,000 miles throughout the Western states, in­ team’s week at Red Cliff Bible

Camp. Though the team was
cluding Montana, Colorado, and Arizona. Though travel­
extremely busy at the camps,

ing was hard, “The aspect of the trip that was most difficult they had time for adventure.

for me was simply being away from home and living out of a

suitcase for ten weeks,” Bethany Akins said. The team mem­ on’t mess with the en­

bers fulfilled the camps’ different needs, from counseling to semble girls! Though they act

sweet and innocent on stage,
construction to maintenance.

the ladies on the ensemble

The ensemble, led by various administrators, trav­ are “a force to be reckoned

eled over 10,000 miles ministering in the Northeast. At with” offstage. At a home in

New Hampshire, they
times, the team held three concerts in a day, realizing quickly

showed their tough side with

that they needed to completely rely on God for strength. a host family’s gun collection.

Their theme verse, Philippians 2:3b states, “...let each es­

teem other better than themselves.” Kristina Wiggins said,

“The perfect application of our theme verse was the minis­

try of my teammates while I was sick. For two weeks the

guys carried my luggage and the girls took care of me.”

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