Looking forward — What's to Come

It's hard to believe that the summer of SWO'12 is drawing to a close. We have seven camp weeks in the dust with three more in front of us. The entire summer seems like a blur, and we pray that we have been faithful about our Father's business.

As summer wraps up, we are immediately propelled into our ever-growing Retreat Season and straight into fund raising for our annual Honduras mission trip. Every December, Snowbird's entire full-time staff heads to Orphanage Emmanuel in Guaimaca, Honduras to minister to more than 600 children who have been orphaned by a number of circumstances. We have been ministering at this same orphanage annually for nearly a decade.

It is an honor to love on the children, play games with them in their yards and pour the Gospel into their lives. It also is an honor to show the children what it looks like to live in Biblical community as our staff works together to minister to these children and their leaders.

I humbly ask that you consider partnering with us this year. We are always in desperate need of financial help to get to Honduras. Fortunately this year, our cost per person is only $850 ($1700 for the Ragon family).

God called me (Brittany) to an ongoing relationship with Orphanage Emmanuel when I first visited there in 2006 — long before I knew of Snowbird. I served during the summer of 2007 as  short-term volunteer. It wasn't until 2009 that John began work with Snowbird and the two of us, together, committed to long-term ministry. This commitment was prior to our knowledge of Snowbird's annual trips. It has been a huge blessing to see the Lord fulfill His calling in our lives through Snowbird's ongoing partnership with Emmanuel.

We couldn't fulfill this call each year without your help. We ask that you consider sending a check to Snowbird Outfitters, 75 Mae Johnson Way, Andrews, NC 28901 with "Ragon — Honduras" in the memo. And pray for us, for our team of 65 and for the children there. Pray for our words, our playtime, our flexibility and our endurance. We want to run the race well and glorify our Creator God.

We live our lives for sake of pouring out the Gospel to students who come to our doorstep week after week. But Nov. 29-Dec. 6, we want to be the ones to take the Gospel to someone else's doorstep. We would love for you to be a part of our journey.

You may also consider supporting us with an ongoing monthly donation. We would welcome the help. Snowbird graciously offers us a minimal salary to help with our daily needs with the encouragement to partner it with additional support from believers. We would love for you to be a part of the ministry God is doing at Snowbird on a long-term basis. Email me (brittany@swoutfitters.com) or John (john@swoutfitters.com) to learn more about what this might look like.

Thanks for love us!

Brittany Ragon
www.swoutfitters.com