August 12, 2009

Today Jeanne, Abby and I arrived in Oshkosh, WI, for the NAD/World Pathfinder Camporee. We attended the evening program, which is featuring the story of Esther with the theme, Courage to Stand. Over 36,000 Pathfinders are in attendance, making this the largest SDA gathering in the world. At tonight’s program, opening prayer was conducted by 4 Pathfinders, one from Columbia Union Conference, one from Pau Pau New Guinea, one from the country of Columbia, and one from the North Pacific Union. At the end of the program and the spiritual message, the stage was filled with the Pathfinders who came forward for prayer, to commit their life to Christ, or to request baptism. I saw just a few friends of PA Conference, and have included their pictures below.
James and Jonathan Goff
Emily Carlson
Elder Don Schneider
Ed and Wendy Eberhart

Tomorrow I will be serving as a volunteer Chaplain on call, and I will see more of our PA Pathfinders and post a few pictures on the next blog.