Johnston Family
Why, you ask, does our family support Fortune Lake as a Tenacious 200 member? After all, we live in Florida and there are 121 ELCA affiliated camps and retreat centers to support.
Well, first off, you have to experience camp. Experience joy and laughter together. A safe place of grace. Conversations over meals and in the shade of the afternoon or even in the sauna. Sharing and learning that happens. Intentional community that happens as we gather at camp–holy set apart places, as the community embodies the love of Jesus–in fun and play, as well as in bible study, skits, and silly & serious songs.
Why do we support Fortune Lake? I will admit that it took us a long time to get around to it. We support Fortune Lake because for 8 years it was the camp that the church I pastored sent kids to. For those 8 years it was a place where I went and was able to find a place of peace and time to re-set and renew. We support Fortune Lake because it is important to our family that camping remain strong in the Upper Peninsula and Northern Wisconsin. We know that Fortune Lake is small but mighty and our support is needed and necessary.
Maybe it is time for you too to consider joining the tenacious 200? Your support helps bring to life a vital ministry of the work we do together as God’s hands and feet in the world. A place of grace in which the love of Jesus is embodied, rest in God’s love is had, and joy in God’s love is sent out to spread to the world far and wide.
Thank you, Johnston family, for your generous monthly support of Fortune Lake through the T200!
