Campsite Improvements------ Jay Abraham

In 1973 I had the privilege to come to Beyond and climb Mt. Frankenstein with my campaigner group. I was 16. It was a life-changing experience that I will never forget. Thirty-three years later I was blessed to come back with my 16 year old son and his campaigner group to climb Mt. Albert. It was equally amazing. As Jim Caldwell, our guide back in 1973, refers to Beyond “it is a thin place in the world to hear and see God”.

The Lord placed on my heart that this is a place that needs to be around for a long time to come so that it may touch many more lives. After coming down off of Mt. Albert and listening to Rob Duyker’s heart and vision for how to make that happen, we began to mobilize a team of folks to help move forward on the implementation of a master plan for base camp. (To see the Master Plan click here.)

Last summer a team came to base camp with plans to rebuild one of the campsite structures. After a rewarding week of hard work, seeing the finished structure was only a glimpse of the blessings we each left with. Sitting around the campfire each night and sharing our lives was amazing. It was healing, encouraging, tender, blessed, bonding, and holy. I don’t think any one of us could explain what happened; not only within the group, but also as individuals. It is what happens when God intervenes. We came to build a structure and God meant it to build us up in Him.

Out of that group there are already 3-4 follow-on groups that hope to come up next summer -- bringing expectations to not only help transform a camp but have the Lord meet them and help transform them along the way. If you would like to be a part of this journey, please consider joining us. There are a limited number of base camp building projects that we hope to complete over the next few summers.

If you are interested in helping with any of these click here to contact us.