"While we were working at the camp to build picnic sites, a fire was started on the hillside nearby to clear out the underbrush. It was not controlled as intended, but soon raged out on control. Dry conditions and a steady breeze combined to send the flames licking through the jungle at an amazing rate. There was nothing that we could do to try to fight such a blaze. All we could do was continue to work and pray that God would see fit to protect the camp. At times the fire came within mere feet of where we were working. It consumed the forest on three sides of the camp. But other than a wind borne ember catching some wood chips in an obstacle course ablaze which was quickly extinguished, the camp was untouched. It was a clear sign of God's hand upon the camp and upon the work we were doing.

God worked in many other ways in our group. He revealed to us our pride in our own abilities and spirituality. He showed us that he is the same whether worshipped in Spanish or English. Our eyes were opened to God's work in our own lives and in the Church around the world. Perhaps one of the most unexpected but most powerful ways that the Lord worked was to use this intense experience to reveal some shortcomings in our group. We were convicted of our individual sins and failings but also our failure as a group to call each other on these things. We returned to Honey Rock with a renewed conviction to speak into each others' lives concerning areas in which we are falling short of what God calls us to.

Working with Lisa Anderson-Umana who is training Latin American church leaders to use camping for ministry reaffirmed for me my calling to train Christian leaders around the world in camp ministry."