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Invest

            As I get older, the idea of investments means more to me. I remember when I started working as a Baptist Student Union Director back in 1992.  I call it BSU because that is what it was back then. I was told that I needed to start working on my retirement immediately.  To do that, I would have to decide how to invest a portion of money set aside for that purpose. This experience taught me the importance of investing.

            LeFlore Baptist Association has an incredible opportunity to invest in a major undertaking for kingdom work.  At our annual meeting back in September, messengers voted unanimously to support the remodeling and enclosure of the tabernacle at KBA, allowing for year-round events and ministries in a facility that can be heated and cooled. Let’s face it; times are changing and to continue to reach the young and the old, we must make some changes, too. Most of us seasoned folks grew up without air conditioning and could find a way to sit through tabernacle services with a fan in hand, but younger folks today make decisions to attend events that are a bit more comfortable. To be honest, even us older folks find it hard to sit in metal chairs in a packed tabernacle when July temperatures top 100 degrees. Those little fans don’t seem to work as well as they once did.

KBA has seen thousands of young people surrender their lives to Christ and to His ministry. I remember receiving my own call to ministry under those towering pines, and I know many of you also have memories of how your life was touched and shaped by God in that place.  For the camp to continue to reach the young people of our area, we need to make an investment in the kingdom of God and their future.

I ask that we each prayerfully seek God’s guidance in what He would have us give to see this mission accomplished. The overall goal for the project is $900,000, which will be collected among the five associations.  I know the amount is large, and that we aren’t rich people, but we serve a God who is able. Our best years don’t have to be the years behind us. The future can look bright when we invest in God’s kingdom by touching future generations.

Bentley Hill