Dear Friends & Family,

Hello again from Camp Oak Hills! This will be my tenth summer serving as missionary staff here. I decided to take a much-needed step back this year and am only doing one job. I will be serving as the Health Office Director this year. I decided the Head Lifeguard position was out-of-reach this summer, due to a couple of angry shoulders and exhaustion from a taxing school year. Great peace followed this decision. And then, following hard on the heels of that decision, also came a jury summons for the entire two months of June and July – our entire camping season! Sometimes you just have to laugh. I’m not exactly sure what the summer will look like. I guess I will have to call in every day to see whether I’m needed or not. It is my hope that I will at least be able to be the overnight nurse at camp and do morning and night meds for campers, but I guess I shouldn’t make any promises.

Paul is not going to be serving on staff at camp this year. He is busy training with the Army Reserves. He was promoted to Major in March and is enjoying his new medical unit in Ohio very much. He is spending several weeks training in California and drilling in Ohio for the first part of our summer. He will also be teaching an online summer class at NTC. So, he’s not quite as free as he was last summer, but it’s all good stuff.

School has been going very well for me. I am still pulling a 4.0 in all my classes, and learning lots! I am gearing up for my last year of school and the internships that will go along with that before my graduation next spring.

The kids are doing well too. We decided homeschooling was too much and put Christopher in a small private school in September. He has done exceptionally well there. He is planning to work at camp again this summer as the Waterfront Assistant and will hopefully be learning some new skills as well. And Jordan has been working at the Grand Canyon since March with a ministry called ACMNP and will be coming home with Paul at the end of June. The job she left here in Bemidji is holding her position for her; we’re hoping our little world traveler will stick around for a while!

I will be meeting Paul in Sedona in late May for a vacation (just the two of us! Sort of…) between two of his trainings. We will visit his family in Phoenix, see Jordan in the Grand Canyon, and spend a couple days with my parents on the other side of the state. I will hit the ground running when I get back to Bemidji, as training for camp leadership staff starts the day I return. I plan to be teaching CPR/AED/First Aid again and also doing waterfront orientation and training. So even though I won’t be the head lifeguard this year, I will still be involved at the waterfront, jury duty permitting.

I hope you’ll prayerfully consider supporting me this summer as I work hard to keep our staff and campers safe and healthy. My position will involve a combination of a paid salary and raised support. This enables the camp to remain financially accessible to as many campers as possible. My support goal is to raise $5,000 by August 1^st.

Would you please consider making a financial gift towards this goal? In addition, would you commit to praying for me regularly during this summer as I work to maintain a safe and healthy environment for campers and staff? If you are able to be involved, please return the enclosed response card or give online at campoakhills.org. If giving online, please enter my name in the “Summer Staff Support” section. (All donations are tax deductible.)

I appreciate your time in considering this, your friendship, and your support.

Blessings,

Launa Schlador

launabug@gmail.com

218-600-6204

How Can You Pray for the Schladors This Summer?

·      Praise God for the opportunity for the two of us to vacation in Sedona together this spring! Please pray for safety and good health and that our visit with Jordan and other family members would be an encouragement.

·      Praise God for Paul’s promotion to Major and the opportunity to receive more training. Please pray for his boldness in ministering to soldiers and the chaplains under him. Pray for safety for his many travels and in his training. Pray for us as we are apart for several weeks this summer (again!).

·      Please pray that jury duty won’t keep me from being present at camp when I’m needed there. I have heard from others who have been summoned that they’re usually not needed. It would be a real bummer if I got assigned to a big gnarly case and had to be sequestered or something.

·      Please pray that God would provide the staff needed for camp this summer. We are still short for a few key positions. It seems that God always surprises us and sends us exactly who we need!

·      Please pray for times of refreshing for me this summer before I hit the books again in the fall. Also pray for my internship opportunities to fall into place according to God’s will.

·      Please pray that I will finish my last year of school well. Pray that post-graduation housing would fall into place, since we can’t stay in student housing forever (there has not been a lot of movement on the property or house plans).