Ed Hoagland and the Highlands Camps in Mexico

Our camp season for the summer of 2010 has come to a close. This year we added two more camps from last and because of that God allowed us to present the message of Jesus Christ to more young people than ever before. Even though we did not reach the high goals we had set for this summer’s camps, we have learned from many mistakes and know that the fruit that we reaped was because of God’s involvement in transforming the lives of people, many who had never heard the gospel before. We wish to thank all those who gave a special offering and prayed for this project, your support made it possible for us to do these camps for the last 5 1/2 weeks. Here are the results from camp #11:
Campers – 661
Salvations – 280
Baptisms – 73
Bible College – 21

And the totals for all 11 camps are:
Campers – 5,941
Salvations – 1,875
Baptisms – 575
Bible College – 133

Now begins the real work. All the churches will follow-up on everyone of these campers and the goal is to get them plugged into a local congregation. Jesus didn’t call us to make converts; He called us to make disciples. We’re asking you to pray that this year will be the best ever in our follow-up program. This Saturday we have asked for all campers to attend a special meeting at our main church in México City. We have asked them to bring their friends. Many of the campers who accepted Christ are very excited about their new life and they want to share it with others. We would love to see 3,000 people or more show up. Pray for that meeting. It will be out in our parking lot, and it will be standing room only. And then on Monday we’ll begin our Vacation Bible School for the elementary children. Our goal is to have over 200 children attend. We’re already planning for next year’s camps. There are still many millions of souls in our city who need to be transformed by the message of Jesus Christ. And these camps have been a very effective tool in fulfilling this mission. We hope and pray that you’ll help us again as we seek to saturate one of the world’s largest cities with the gospel. You’ve sent us here to share the good news with this community, and we’ve given our lives to reach these people, so no matter how long it takes; we’ll keep pressing on until it’s done. God bless.
In His Service,
Ed & Annita Hoagland, Your missionaries in México City