"The Spirit of Ministry is the Spirit of Heaven, and with every effort to develop and encourage it, Angels will cooperate."
- E.G.W. Ministry of Healing 401

 June 15, 2003

You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Isaiah 55:12

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Dear Sisters,

Howdy! Are you celebrating Father's Day in your family today? We might each want to start the day with a special time with our Father God who will never break promises, disappoint, deprive, neglect, or abuse us. He so loves us that He sent us Jesus to show us the way to that perfect Family Reunion in Heaven.

If you have a man or a son who is interested in what resources there are to support responsible, caring fatherhood on the Web, you might want to refer him to the National Fatherhood Project at http://www.fatherhoodproject.org/

CAMP MEETINGS are being planned and prepared for again. Elder Ken Wiebe, the President of the ManSask Conference, shared some interesting information about Camp Meetings in the latest edition of the Prairie Horizons. The first camp meetings started among the Presbyterians in Kentucky in the early 1800s. James and Ellen White participated in the Millerite camp meetings of 184-1844, and the official Seventh-day Adventist camp meetings began in 1868. Canada's first camp meeting was in Quebec in 1886, and the first one in the West, was on the banks of the Red River near Winnipeg in July of 1897.

I was raised Catholic. My first SDA Camp Meeting in 1993 was a thrilling experience and I gave my heart to the Lord when the final night's speaker Dick Duerksen made an altar call. Actually, I yelled out my intention, and that can be heard on the cassette tape of that evening's talk. I remember turning up for at least 7 days in a row to do a health seminar with Hans Diehl. It was a grand and spiritually uplifting time.

Last year we took my daughter-friend and her three children with us. Ed went home and left us there to fend together. The children had a fabulous time, but I, big chicken, chose to sleep in the car when I heard rumours of a wandering bear, a cougar's yowl, a ferocious male raccoon that hung out at the washroom building, and spiders, etc. This year I have rented us a tent trailer. It has soft sides, but somehow the idea of being on wheels is more secure-making for me? I'm sure it will be more comfortable than the car!

When I was at B.C.'s Camp Hope meeting a couple of years ago I was impressed by their Women's Ministries tent and displays. Does anyone else's WM do something like this at Camp Meeting?

Megan has included the calendar dates for Canadian camp meetings on our site. You will find out about what speakers are expected by going to your individual Conference sites.

Here are a few tips from FWs about insect bite precautions at Camp Meeting:

• In a recent issue of Nutrition & Healing e-letter, Dr. Jonathan V. Wright tells us that with repeated applications of an orange-oil spray, ants, other creeping critters, and even some houseplant pests will stay away. Some of the little buggers even die when directly sprayed with it. And, not only is orange oil generally environmentally safe, it smells good, too. You can buy orange-oil spray in natural-food stores and some regular grocery stores. It is usually labeled as a "grease cutter" or "air freshener." (The labels say nothing at all about using it as bug repellant or "bugicide.")

• Use Bounce Fabric Softener Sheets...Best thing ever used in Louisiana..just wipe on & go...Great for Babies!

• Bob, a fisherman, takes one vitaimin B-1 tablet a day April through October . He said it works. He was right. The odor the tablet gives out through your skin (YOU can not smell it) repels mosquitos,black flies, no seeum's, and gnats. It does not work on stinging insects. Hasn't had a mosquito bite in 33 years. Try it. Every one he has talked into trying it works on them. Vitimin B-1( Thiamine Hydrochloride 100 mg.)

• Kenn said NPR reports that if you eat bananas, the mosquitos like you, something about the banana oil as your body processes it. (Maybe they need the potassium too- lol) Stop eating bananas for the summer and the mosquitos will be much less interested.

• This is going to floor you, but one of the best repellents someone found (who is in the woods every day), is Vick's Vaporub.

• Plant marigolds around the yard, the flowers give off a smell that bugs do not like, so plant some in that garden also to help ward off bugs without using insecticides.

• "Tough guy" Marines who spend a great deal of time "camping out" say that the very best mosquito repellant you can use is Avon Skin-So-Soft bath oil mixed about half and half with alcohol.

• Mix your own:
  20 drops Eucalyptus oil
  20 drops Cedarwood oil
  10 drops Tea Tree oil
  10 drops Geranium oil
  2 oz. carrier oil ( such as Jojoba )
  Mix together in a 4 oz. container. Apply to skin as needed avoiding the eye area. Keep out of reach of children. Test on a small area of skin for sensitivities . Experiment with different percentages of essential oil.

• From Sharon: One of the best natural insect repellants that I've discovered is made from the clear real vanilla (not the grocery store vanilla extract which is mostly alcohol). This is the pure vanilla that is sold in Mexico. It's cheap there if you know of someone that lives there or in the US close to the border. If not, health food stores usually carry it or can order it for you. I use it half vanilla and half water and find that it works great for mosquitoes and ticks, don't know about other insects.

• When all else fails--get a frog!
  
  
  

Have a great day everybody! Check out our "new look" on-site. Megan is a genius!