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Glenn & Sue's News

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Mary Richardson From:

Glenn Ashcraft [[email protected]] on behalf of Glenn Ashcraft [[email protected]]

Sent:

Sunday, March 03, 2013 3:26 AM

To:

Valley Community

Subject: Glenn & Sue's News

March 2013

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Glenn & Sue's News

Family photo Dec. 2012

PRAISE ITEMS 1. The camp is open another year! 2. We enjoyed visiting our family in the U.S. 3. Dan & Joan Ashcraft, my brother and wife, retire this month from 37 years on the mission field!

Jose, age 81, died January 21, 2013. Jose was the father of Fernando, the camp maintenance man. As is common here, the funeral was held within 24 hours. We were

PRAYER ITEMS 1. Summer volunteer staff 2. Spain´s unemployment rate rose to 26% at the end of 2012, with 60% of those under age 25 unemployed. Pray that people will seek Christ. 3. The economic crisis is hitting camps across Spain too with fewer campers in most groups. 4. We are hosting a wedding in May. It´s a ton of work but should be a great time.

notified just three hours before the memorial service began and had a two hour drive to get there. I was going around the camp with the propane inspector when the call came so we quickly got ready and left. Jose rejected God most of his life, but then came to camp here at Springs of Life. It was a children's camp some of his grandchildren were attending. One evening Jose went to the meeting and when the invitation to trust Christ as his personal Savior and Lord was given, Jose gave his life to God, at a children's camp. Today Jose is rejoicing in heaven!

3/19/2013

Glenn & Sue's News

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Worship couple at camp retreat great Spanish flamenco music! Glenn and Sue Ashcraft Finca Los Chorrillos 29312 Vva. del Rosario (Málaga) Spain

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Antonio, and his wife Alicia (pictured above), were participants at

Avant Ministries 10000 N. Oak Trwy. Kansas City, MO 64155 816.734.8600

the annual Spanish Christian camp conference. We

Visit the camp webpage

The Orange Groves. Two of our kitchen staff and

loaded up our faithful old blue camp van and headed north of Sevilla to another camp called Los Naranjos, Fernando, mentioned above, also went. At the dinner table one evening someone asked Antonio how he met Alicia. They became friends while studying to become geologists. She invited him to a camp at Springs of Life. He thought this would certainly be a bunch of crazy people, those who believed in God and the Bible, those evangelicals. During that week of camp, Antonio gave his life to Jesus. Today he and Alicia, both vibrant

Malaga youth retreat this weekend

believers, are active in their local church and desiring to serve the Lord in any way they can. These are just two inspiring stories we've heard recently. May this year at camp bring many more to a saving knowledge of Jesus! With joy in Spain,

A rare sight - snow at camp

3/19/2013

Glenn and Sue