Monday, October 11, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Here is a testimonial from one of the sons that was on our father/son trip:
Dear Peak 7 crew.
This is Cameron Barclay (Greg Barclay’s son (fire boy)) and I just wanted to email you guys to tell you how much fun the rafting trip was and what a blast I had rafting with my dad and making a few friends and just learning about God and how to become a man. I want to thank Nichole and the rest of the girls for the great food and their help with everything. I also want to thank Ron, Ryan, and Austin for the way they were like friends not just river guides. I had the best week that I can remember. Going through all the rapids and then stopping for lunch, fishing, and talking to Ron about all of his adventures, and Ryan and his jokes and sense of humor, and Austin for his great leadership and how every one there walked with God. It really gave me hope to know that I’m not the only person with problems. When I left it was sad because it felt like I was leaving a family, every one was like a father there. I just want to thank you for making this one of the best weeks of my life with my family and the crew there. Thanks again! I am hopping that I can go on another peak 7 adventure soon.
Cameron Barclay
Friday, July 9, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
What, why us??? – continued (some more truly incredible news)
Alright, so the saga continues. We had our year-end board meeting and were looking at next year’s budget. Part of the concern for 2010 is that we would be basically loosing about 100K in support. 50K from the Angel donor (the grant ended in 09) and another 50K from the boys home (they closed down at the end of 09). The board meeting ended and we were tasked with figuring out how we were going to make up that 100K.
Right before Christmas I received a call from Kelly (one of the executers of the organization that gave us the 50K and the van. She said that they had one more vehicle left, a truck and asked if we could use it. It is in incredible condition with a hitch, canopy, extended bed and seating for 6. It is perfect for our climbing program. So, I told her that we could certainly us it.
A week later I let Kelly know that the paperwork for the truck was finalized and she could pull it off their insurance. At the end of our conversation, she told me that they had some additional funds that they were distributing to all of the organizations that they already gave to and that she was telling me this to let me know that we would be receiving another check from them. I did not know what to say. We had already been so blessed by them that there was not really anything that I could say or do that would express our gratefulness. Well, a couple days later the check arrived in the mail and believe it or not it was for $99,800. That is $200 short of our need for this year. Being a part of this ministry and seeing God work in amazing ways has been such a blessing to me. He continues to pour fourth goodness upon His ministry, Peak 7.
Ryan Kerrigan
Right before Christmas I received a call from Kelly (one of the executers of the organization that gave us the 50K and the van. She said that they had one more vehicle left, a truck and asked if we could use it. It is in incredible condition with a hitch, canopy, extended bed and seating for 6. It is perfect for our climbing program. So, I told her that we could certainly us it.
A week later I let Kelly know that the paperwork for the truck was finalized and she could pull it off their insurance. At the end of our conversation, she told me that they had some additional funds that they were distributing to all of the organizations that they already gave to and that she was telling me this to let me know that we would be receiving another check from them. I did not know what to say. We had already been so blessed by them that there was not really anything that I could say or do that would express our gratefulness. Well, a couple days later the check arrived in the mail and believe it or not it was for $99,800. That is $200 short of our need for this year. Being a part of this ministry and seeing God work in amazing ways has been such a blessing to me. He continues to pour fourth goodness upon His ministry, Peak 7.
Ryan Kerrigan
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Answered Prayer
In September we asked you to pray for us as far as getting permits. As of September we have sent permit applications in but have not received any permits guaranteeing us a certain location. We were calling the National Forests around Washington with little reply. Most places were already full or had put all new permit applications on hold while they did environmental surveys. As of now we have potentially 3 different locations.
Yesterday I got a call from Mike the head ranger in charge of all forest permits in Washington and Oregon. He heard that we were having trouble getting permits from the Special Uses Program Manager in Washington, D.C. which Jon and I met at the America Outdoors Conference. Mike said he was a Christian and looked at our website and wanted to help us. He told us to send him a list of places we wanted to go and he would get us in contact with the right people with his referral.
It is amazing to see how God has continued to provide as we trust Him.
Austin Dannen
Yesterday I got a call from Mike the head ranger in charge of all forest permits in Washington and Oregon. He heard that we were having trouble getting permits from the Special Uses Program Manager in Washington, D.C. which Jon and I met at the America Outdoors Conference. Mike said he was a Christian and looked at our website and wanted to help us. He told us to send him a list of places we wanted to go and he would get us in contact with the right people with his referral.
It is amazing to see how God has continued to provide as we trust Him.
Austin Dannen
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