UPDATE REGARDING COVID-19

From the Family Missions Company Program Director

I pray that this message finds you and your family safe and healthy. Through prayer and discernment, we have put our time and efforts into launching Faith Camp online! So many Camps are cancelling all together this year. We considered that option, but ultimately, Family Missions Company is dedicated to spreading the Gospel! Faith Camp, like our missionaries in the field, is experiencing a new and unexpected hurdle. But this challenge will not stop us from bringing young people to an encounter with Jesus.

I am so appreciative of all of the hard work and prayer that has been put into Faith Camp 2020. Since quarantine began, our FC staff has been quick to adjust to the restrictions. The staff made phone calls, email appeals, recruited via social media (in place of classroom/youth group visits), and began fundraising in addition to the usual behemoth task of launching Faith Camp. Thank you Staff and Staffterns for all of your hard work.

I also want to thank all parents who called to offer help and to those who continued to sign their children up for camp during quarantine in hopes that we would be able to offer Faith Camp in person. I’m humbled by your desire to see young people deepen or start their journey with Jesus and by your trust in FMC to help with that journey.

As previously mentioned, Family Missions Company (FMC) is dedicated to bringing the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Our missionaries embrace poverty to serve the poor in 12 countries as we strive to be the hands and feet of Jesus for those in need. The money raised from Faith Camp helps us with this primary goal.

The cost of Faith Camp 2020 will be set at $200, or pay what you can. If you have already paid your Faith Camp registration fee to Family Missions Company, we ask that you consider leaving any additional monies over this $200 with us as a donation to help cover the real cost of this virtual Faith Camp, provide us with a nest egg for next year’s camp, and, God willing, assist FMC’s efforts to serve the poor and minister to Acadiana and around the world. That work continues even now, and with growing complexity, as our missionaries stand shoulder to shoulder with the poor in this time of uncertainty related to Covid-19. The poor are especially vulnerable at this time with a lack of medical care and new restrictions on travel, limited income, food, and supplies. Our missionaries are on the front lines caring for their corporal and spiritual needs. If you are able to make this donation, you do not need to take any action – our bookkeeping staff will make the adjustment to your original fee payment and will send out any donation receipts the week following camp. If, however, your current circumstances place you in need of a full or partial refund, please don’t hesitate to reach out, and we will be honored to serve you in that way. Thank you for considering the option to donate your Camp Registration Fee for the work of Jesus’ Great Commission.

If the Lord has moved your heart to donate further, you can do so here.

Friday Meet, Greet, and GO!

We want to see you in person! On Friday July 10th we want you to come to Stillwater. If weather and government regulations allow, we want to meet you in person, have some fun, and pray with you. Moving forward with this part of camp will require quite a bit of preparation and obedience to the guidelines in addition to our typical operating procedures. I think that we can implement these health, safety, and hygiene standards and still maintain the soul and Spirit of the last day Faith Camp. The times and what to bring will be communicated with you as the date gets closer.

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