CBM National Intern – Cleaning Out

By CBM National intern, Stephanie Schwan -  It's blog time again! I've been blessed to be working at Camp Ta-Pa-Win-Go in Tennessee for my final rotation as a CBM National Intern! The staff here is awesome and great to work with. This is the time of year when the weather is turning cold and the leaves are falling. Summer has passed, most of the rental groups have gone home, and Skoolzoutt and Released Time Bible Classes are in full swing. This is the time of year for sorting out, paring down, and figuring out what we really need and what we don't. We've been ...

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CBM National Intern – Here Come the Suds

By CBM National intern, Timmy Martens -  My best friend somehow believes I actually enjoy doing dishes. I don’t know where he got that from; maybe it’s because one of the first things I did when I got to Ponderosa Bible Camp for my rotation with CBM’s National Internship Program was to start preparing the kitchen for the summertime. Of course, that meant lots of scrubbing and elbow grease. It was fulfilling work, but I can hardly say that I enjoyed it….okay, maybe I enjoyed it a little bit. I mean, if I had to pick between shoveling mulch and doing ...

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God is good

By CBM National Intern, Tori Ford God is good. He knows my heart. He hears my prayers, my questions, thoughts, and worries. He provides just what is needed at just the right time. He gives His peace and replaces my doubts with the truth of who He is. God is good.   Throughout this internship, God has been consistently working in me and in my life and I praise Him for it. I can look back at the last 8 ½ months and see several different circumstances where I know with certainty that God was with me in that moment and teaching me little bits of His ...

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CBM Intern – Victory at Last

By CBM National  Intern, David Davison In my six summers of camp ministry, cooking through the ranks of the kitchen, I have been told countless times that Camp Victory in Samson, Alabama (https://www.campvictoryal.org/) would be a wonderful place for me to grow in my organizational skills, and that it would also be a fantastic opportunity for me to work with Barb Shearer, who has been cooking there for over 30 years! For my second rotation with the CBM National Internship, I was assigned to Camp Victory for the months of March and April, for a total of eight ...

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CBM Interns – Adventures at Amy’s

By CBM National Intern, Ada Hello friends and blog readers! We are having a rainy week in southern Alabama at Camp Victory (https://www.campvictoryal.org/) where I am interning for two months.  We are right in the middle of spring cleaning every nook and cranny to be ready for summer camp, which is just seven weeks away!!  It's been awesome to see everyone pitch in and help get the cleaning done.  It is an overwhelming task, but with all the staff and some kind volunteers, we are getting it done!      Amy cleaning the dishwasher.   I'd like ...

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