Lustre News

Beacon Bible Camp had 70 students (45 girls and 25 guys) for Junior High Camp July 23-28. Speakers were Brad Spalding and Dan Hovestal of Oak Hills Christian College in Bemidji, Minn. Their messages were on "seeing the world clearly, judging the world accurately and retaking areas as needed. Brad Spalding works with the camp program at Oak Hills Christian College and Dan Hovestal and his wife are parents of eight, including five foster children.

Melissa Marasco led the girls' Bible Studies and Dan Marasco directed the camp and led the guys' studies. The girls' study was on fear, coming from the life of Kind David "who lived in the fear of God" and of King Saul "who lived in fear of man." The fellows studied six qualities in David's life that made him "a man after God's own heart." "David's pursuit of God and a relationship with Him led him to fear God in the right way, to repentance when face-to-face with failure, to worship with all his heart and yielded a path of faithfulness."

Brooke Holtzritcher led the sports program and Amy Fast, Kathleen Damboise, Gretchen Schiller, Sarah Marasco and helpers Macie Fast and Nancy Schiller cooked. Joel Hilkemann was Camp manager. Thank you to all the volunteers including counselors. July will see the projects begun on the camp by the board.

The TCH Construction of Glasgow is continuing its work on Wallstreet laying fiberoptics. It has been interesting to watch and we are thankful they are able to work despite frequent rains that have come.

Hay is being baled and crops are green. The coolness has helped with quelling grasshoppers, but they are found.

Daniel Marasco, Justin Schiller and Joshua Marasco were baptized, declaring their faith with testimonies, on Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. on June 30. They were baptized by their fathers in the pool at the home of Bob Schiller. It was followed by a church picnic at the home of Norman and Tamara Teichroew.

Nolan and Michelle Teichroew moved on Monday, July 1 from Lustre to Saco where they will be farming with their daughter, McKenzie and her husband Alex. We will miss them.

Courtney, Anna and Curt have been an integral part of the community. Anna is spending six weeks volunteering at the Trails End Ranch in Ekalaka this summer, working with horses and campers.

Thursday is the Fourth of July and families are gathering to celebrate with fireworks, picnics and thankfulness for the freedom we still enjoy. Please do not take it for granted, and be standing together for God, Our Country and our families. We have been able to listen online to radio stations such as Pensacola's rejoice.org and hear patriotic music on a streaming platform called "Seasons" which has "music for picnics and patriotism." The band music reminds me of the parades in Wolf Point with summer band members and the marches we performed at concerts or during the Stampede parade. What a privilege to learn the music drawn from our country's history, and be reminded of freedom's cost and greatness.