Nice To Be Recognized

Last weekend SMMM was recognized at the Appalachian Regional Conference of the Association of North American Missions (http://www.anamissions.org/) with the presentation of ANAM's The Great Commission Award. This award is given annually to an organization or individual for “outstanding, widely recognized contribution to the cause of Christ – especially in North America.” Doug Clark, ANAM's Executive Director, stated the award was given in recognition of SMMM’s seventy five years of ministry in Appalachia.

While SMMM didn't set out in 1932 to win awards like this one, it is nice to have your peers appreciate what the Lord has accomplished through this ministry. Recently I had a note from an individual whose children attended camp in the 1980s expressing the positive influence Camp Nathanael had on them and that "only eternity will reveal all that has been accomplished." That's the "award" I'm looking forward to. But won't it be exciting to lay that one at Jesus' feet.

That's what's happening along the banks of Troublesome Creek until next time.