Summer Evangelistic Camp 2008

Thank the Lord for the incredible season of camps! Thanks also to the highly committed ministry team of Filipinos that worked so hard for four months conducting 44 camps!

Each three day camp seemed to be blessed by God with souls saved! We had a total of 57,017 campers who were invited to hear the life changing message of the Gospel! 24,054 were dealt with for salvation!

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Camp Leader Report: Jonjon Rovillos Brings 10,000 Young People!

One of the great joys of serving is watching someone who comes to Christ through your ministry develop into a great minister of the Gospel! Jonjon is such a man.

Jonjon came to one of our Christmas events just before we launched the Camp ministry, and became a believer. In less than 24 hours, Jonjon had won his brother to the Lord and his Christian walk has continued to move forward since then.

Today, Jonjon serves as a key member of our camp ministry team. He has developed a strategy that connects students, teachers, school administrators, and civic leaders to our camping ministry.

Through Jonjon's leadership, over 10,000 young people came to camp in 2008! Over 5,000 of them were dealt with for salvation! Praise the Lord for committed leaders. Jonjon holds a degree in Marine Technology, his goals were to be a captain of a ship, but God has Jonjon completing his Biblical Studies degree at BBCAsia. One principal told Jonjon, "Look out the window at all the young people you've taken to camp. You are a captain of a ship, and we are all passengers on your ship!"

Four Schools Send Entire Senior Class to Camp!

Public High Schools in Metro Manila have special "Recollection" times that High School seniors attend each year. Mostly this time is held by a local priest, who conducts mass, takes confession, in an effort to lock in the senior students to their past religion as they move to college.

During our Teachers Moral Value Camp 2007, we had a few principals come to Christ and approach us about this event. The principals wanted our ministry to take their entire senior class to camp in place of the Recollection time! We were blown away by the opportunity. This enabled our team to open up camps during the school year and reach more young people with the Gospel.

Within a couple of weeks of the first request, word spread. We received calls from other principals requesting us to include their students in the program. Over 7,000 senior students ended up coming to camp 2008. The camps were made up of 95% lost young people. In one camp of 1,055 campers, we had 803 come forward for salvation!

On a side note, as a result of this effort, we are planting 2 new churches with the newly saved young people from camp! God is good!

Camp By The Numbers

Total Campers Attending - 57,017

Total Dealt with for Salvation - 24,054

Total Baptized to Date - 5,653

Total Surrendered to Ministry - 1,684

Average Camp Attendance - 1,296

Average Saved Per Camp - 547

Percentage of Unbelievers per camp - 80%

Percentage of Young People Saved - 46%

Cost Per Camper - $23.00

Metro Manila Youth Statistics

Estimated number of Young People in Metro Manila - 5,000,000

Number of Young People that heard the Gospel at Camp - 57,017 or 1%

Number of Young People Still Reachable - 4,942,983 or 99%

Send A Lost Young Person To Cam p 2009!

You can make a difference in a person's life! Giving Hope, a Future , and Eternal

Life!

Every dollar given to this project will be matched by a foundation. In fact for every $1 given, a foundation will give $2!

For every donation of $8 the foundation will match $16 and a y

oung person can go to camp to hear the Gospel!

Your support through prayer and finances has enabled this ministry to grow! Thank you!

LET'S CHANGE THE WORLD!

Greg & LuAnn Lyons

To Partner Send Donations To:

BBFI, Greg Lyons - Camp 2009,

PO Box 191, Springfield, MO 65801