Short Order Update - 2012-09-10

We are so excited to let you know... God has led us to join the team at Camp David of the Ozarks full time! This is the ministry we served with this summer, and after an invitation from the Director, God's approval, the blessing of our commissioning church in WV and our home church here in MO, we are convinced this is where God now wants us to serve.

Praise the Lord for His timing! We will use the next weeks and months to give testimony to what God has done in the past 9 months and more to prepare us to serve at Camp David of the Ozarks.

This is a support-based position, so we ask you to pray that God will quickly provide the monthly support we need to get involved with CDO full time. For now, Bruce will seek part time work as we begin to re-establish contacts who will fill the financial need.

Please pray with us as we want nothing more than to enhance the beautiful ministry that is already taking place at CDO.

If you would like to be involved with us financially, please send your gifts to:

Camp David of the Ozarks

11335 Private Drive 5316

Rolla, MO 65402

Include a note that the gift is for Bruce Cook support and you will receive a tax deduction receipt. We will receive the full gift for our support. None of it will go to the general ministry fund.

Thank you so much for being faithful in supporting us with gifts of prayer and finances all these years,

Bruce

Staff Ministries Director

Camp David of the Ozarks

573.364.2786

Michelle (my lovely best friend), Bryan (22), Nate (20), Caleb (16), Kaitie (13), Seth (10)

Cook's Short Order Update - Exciting News!!

Genesis 1:30 "'And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground - everything that has the breath of life in it - I give every green plant for food.' It was so." God has created such a beautiful system and in all this, HE upholds it all by the word of His power.

We are so excited to bring you this update!

Bruce got to baptize Seth and Kaitie in the Current River during a church baptism! How cool is that?!?! Check out the pictures and video.

We have started school and it's going well, very well, actually. Maybe, after 13 years we are finally getting it.

The drought this summer proved to be a blessing, at least on our small piece of land at the farm house. We didn't have much time to do yard maintenance all summer. Our last time mowing was the end of May. Then we got the mower and weed eater repaired in time for the remnants of Hurricane Isaac this last week. Green grass once again.

Please pray with us as we wait on God's direction. Sometimes God just says, "Wait." Sometimes He says it in a way that frustrates us, like He doesn't care that we are having to wait. But we know that's not true because God cares about the things that concern us. This is one of those times for us. Please pray that we will grow patient. This seems to be what God is seeking in us.

With much love and appreciation,

Bruce

for Michelle (my lovely best friend), Bryan (21), Nate (20), Caleb (16), Kaitie (13), Seth (10)