Alumni Dave Cameron
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Daniel,
I hope this will be helpful in the way of service.For many years around the month of November the leaders and young boys would meet on a Saturday morning and go to the homes of people in our church that were unable to rake the leaves off their lawns. We usually had about six homes that we would take care of and the boys saw this as an opportunity to do something for others without anything in return They enjoyed the opportunity of helping others. Then in 2012, hurricane Sandy hit our area with fierce winds and destroyed many homes. We asked if anyone could take time and meet at the church to form teams. We had approximately 40 people that wanted to help out. The devastation was on the south shore of Long Island and it would take almost an hour to get there. So many people were affected by this horrendous storm. The homes were flooded and sheetrock had to be removed from the walls and carted away. The teams met many times to go there. I would knock on the doors of the homes to let them know we wanted to help in any way we could. Some of the owners broke down and cried because of all the damage and then there were cries of thankfulness that someone cared for them enough to help out. This is where I saw leadership and service. The young boys that were with us, worked as hard as they could to help. The youngest was around six years old. I can’t tell you what a blessing it was for me to see these young boys giving all they had to help these people. I received a letter from one woman that had seen these boys in action and what an amazing sight to see them helping her.
You never know when we might have another calamity but the one thing I do know is with prayer and the Lord leading us, we know we can do anything through Him who gives us strength. Those young boys were amazing and many got to see them in action. What a blessing it is to see what God can do when we unify to help others.
One of the other services was before Memorial Day, we would go to help place flags on the grave sites of veterans and place flags by the tombstones. After we were done I would share with them what an honor it was to serve our country and by placing the flags they had a better understanding of knowing these veterans had been a part of keeping our country safe and that many had died so that we could live.
John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends
Dave Cameron
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Tom,
Thank you so much for putting this encouraging video together. The verses go hand in hand and teach us to trust in Him. God bless and I hope many will see this video
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Will be praying for this year using the materials from CSB. One of the precious moments I remember was walking through the hallways at church and looking in the classrooms observing the leader giving the young men a message from the leadership books. The boys were so attentive. I asked one father/leader if he would like to be involved leading a class and he said yes. The following week he tried to give the class.
I could see that he was reading directly from the book and the boys were less focused. I asked him to study the message before giving it so he could look at the boys while giving the lesson. The following week he told me it was like night and day. When the young men see that you have the lesson memorized, you are able to make eye to eye contact. The books are filled with godly messages.
When boys learn from these messages, the parents will see what they are learning through their actions at home. When this happens, others will be interested in becoming part of this ministry. I have seen this over the years where mothers have come to me thanking the church for having this ministry available for their boys to learn more about Jesus.
Last month I received a call from two of the boys that achieved the Herald of Christ. They were calling to invite me out for dinner. It was a blessed time. We talked about their schooling and also memories of being in Brigade. One of the things they both remembered was a lesson where three boys were blind folded and given instructions to put up a tent under the direction of someone who could see. Well we got a lot of laughs out of watching the three boys trying to put the tent up. Along with that were the many lessons they learned from dedicated leaders who were there for them every week. They remembered the commitment of each man. We might not see this until years later but my point is focus on what the Lord is having you do right now. Know that the men that are there right now are the men the Lord has given to Blacksburg. Each one of these leaders is precious and I know Blacksburg is going to grow in wisdom and strength. You are in my prayers each and everyone of you. Be prepared and share that wisdom with the boys that the Lord has placed in your class. One day you will look back and be thankful for the opportunity to be in this ministry. I did.
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