I thank my God upon every remembrance of you. Philippians 1:3
It is with many memories and tears that we say good bye to Camp on the Boulder, and to all of you who made our ministry here so special.
Our family arrived at Camp in the spring of 2000 with a one month old baby, an almost 7-year old son and 10-year old daughter, and a vision for serving Jesus in the mountains.
Today our baby (Kevin) is 11 years old and volunteers at the camp store. Our older son Jacob is 18 and serving as cook and on maintenance. Our daughter Kallie is 21 and will graduate from MSU next spring. All of our kids have helped us serve Jesus in every department at camp, growing up in this beautiful valley.
So when God called this spring with another job, it was difficult to say “yes.” It breaks our hearts to leave the awesome mountains and rushing Boulder River.
We will miss the additions made possible by loving volunteers…the prayer chapel, outdoor chapel, mini golf, disc golf, archery, craft cabin, ropes course…
It’s hard to say good-bye to the place where we lost three babies and several pets, and were evacuated from half a dozen fires. God showed Himself faithful in all of these trials.
But most of all, we will miss you, the people who make Camp on the Boulder special…the ministry team, prayer friends, volunteers, Nomads, guests and campers. Thank you for being part of our lives these twelve summers.
We will be relocating to the Big Timber area where Kent will maintain a property management company, while completing his masters degree in entomology. Jenny will continue to home school our kids and write for her Tea Cupp Prayers ministry. We will also be welcoming a new baby into our family this fall.
In closing we’d like to share a song with you. Kent grew up attending a country Methodist Church in Iowa, where each Sunday the congregation blessed each other with this hymn… “God be with you ’til we meet again; by His counsels guide uphold you; with His sheep securely fold you; God be with you ’til we meet again.” And so we leave you with this blessing.
Camp on the Boulder will always remain in our hearts and prayers.
Because of Jesus,
Kent & Jenny Chittenden