Gear-Up Needs List - SUMMER 2017

We leave in a few *short* weeks for training camp in Wisconsin, to be followed by our mission trip to Costa Rica! Here is a list of our needs for this summer. 

If you would like to bless us with any of these items, please let us know... thank you!!

RPowell@reignministries.org

       ·  $240.00 (to cover our baggage fees to and from Costa Rica)

       ·  2-3 old laptops for our team to use overseas for emailing home (All we need is  for them to connect to Wi-fi.)

       ·  GigaTent Dream Catcher "SizeTwin" Play Tent (for Alice from Walmart.com)

       ·  Coleman® QuickBed® Twin-Size Airbed (for Alice from Academy.com)

       ·  Snoozeshade breathable playard canopy &netting sleep shade (for Mitch from Amazon.com) 

·  Keekaroo Cafe Booster (from Amazon.com)

·  Walmart gift cards (supplies for camp & CR)

       · Amazon gift cards (training camp supplies)

Gift cards, notes of encouragement or prayers, and support money can be sent to us from now through July 1 here: 

Royal Servants Training Camp
Rainer and Lindsey Powell
W4797 State Road 33
Pardeeville, WI 53954

Alice on our famous 'blue packs' over the last 3 years

(4 months- China, 16 months- Costa Rica, 2 years- Costa Rica)

Christmas, Mitch is 1, Youth Group retreat, and recruiting/trip to JC!

We have had a full and eventful last 6 weeks! Christmas 2016 was definitely one of my favorite in my life... with our children and their joy and teaching them about Jesus's arrival and our family traditions. January brought Mitch's first birthday! He is a sweet, serious, sensitive and giggling little boy. He was walking around everywhere and Alice loved celebrating his big day.

We took our Youth Group to Arkansas to a couple cabins on the White river for a Winter Retreat. It was a busy, fun and growing weekend! And, these past two weeks, while the kids and I went to Johnson City to spend time with Mimi and Poppy, Rainer traveled all around New England speaking at schools and churches about Royal Servants and recruiting students for our mission trips.

Choosing our Christmas tree

Decorating

The kids wearing our clothes from childhood

Christmas Eve service

Happy birthday Harper!

Christmas morning

Little drummer boy

Alice and her new roller skates

Ball pit

Driving through Christmas lights

Gingerbread house with Mimi

Walks around town

Family Christmas dinner

Rainer's birthday

Happy birthday JJ and Rainer!

Hey Dada

 

Polar Express train ride

With her golden ticket

Getting it punched by the conductor

Meeting Santa on the train

And they met Santa at the library

Crafts with Harper

Powell Christmas party

Papaw and Alice and Harper

Grizzly game with Youth Group

They didn't win, but it was still a great night!

Christmas fun

This was amazing. I discovered a note written by

my grandmother (Alice) inside the 150 year old

buffet I got from them. Didn't know it was made 

for an Alice Rebecca... our Alice's full name. (!)

Alice finding the "star from a far"

Our first visit to Santa

Lunch with Cali and Lilla

Mitch finds places to hide

Youth group Christmas party

Annual dinner in Greenwood

Sweet siblings

Youth group winter retreat.. we went spelunking!

A huge cave 15 floors underground

Lots of snow

Bonfire

And marshmellows

Leaders meeting in the car

Mitch's birthday party!

Pru and John

Happy birthday Mitch!

Loves his new toys

Visiting Bryan and Meredith

Bubbles!

Mimi!

Fun visit!

Lots of playgrounds

Poppy!

Rainer at a conference in NY

Meeting with Alumni Jon

Lots of ways to recruit for Royal Servants

Hank and Rainer traveled together for two weeks

and spoke at over 20 places

Rainer speaking at a school