2026 Summer update
As we look back at this past summer of serving and leading worship at six weeks of youth camps, our hearts are filled with gratitude for all that God has done! It has been an incredible summer as we have witnessed God move in the hearts and lives of nearly 1,000 students! Seeing countless students renew their faith in Christ and hundreds saying YES for the first time is something that will never get old!
Every place we have gone, every camp we have served at, we have seen God move in unique ways—bringing comfort to those who are hurting, drawing hearts closer to Him, and reminding us that there is no Jr. Holy Spirit, but it is the same Holy Spirit for adults as there is for students. He is calling forth a generation that is hungry and desperate for Him.
At just one of the camps, over the course of the entire summer, 611 campers decided to renew their faith with Christ and 192 other campers said YES for the first time!
Even though it was physically exhausting—getting up early every morning to eat breakfast before all the students so we could do a quick run-through of the songs for the morning session/chapel, participating with the students in all the activities during the day, trying to find a window of time during the day to break away to run through the songs for the evening session, leading worship at the evening session/chapel, and then participating in activities after chapel that would go late into the night—it was also so energizing and life-giving!
It is one of the mysteries of God how He can take something that is so physically and mentally draining and yet, at the end of the day, make you feel spiritually and physically energized!
Thank you!
We want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has kept us in your prayers over the summer as we served at six weeks of youth camps! It is kind of the cliché thing to say, but it is so true—we could not have made it through without your prayers! It is because of YOUR prayers and support of Zellmer Family Ministry that, together, lives were changed this summer. Because of your investment in the Kingdom of God, many students gave their lives to Christ this summer, while many others felt the call of God—not only to be the next generation of pastors, worship leaders, and missionaries when they grow up, but to be leaders now, today, in their homes and schools, leading the charge to be bold for Christ and unashamed of the Gospel.
prayer needs
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That God would continue His work in the hearts and lives of the students we ministered to this summer.
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Protection and strengthening of our family unity.
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For provision supporting every need as we live by faith.
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Transportation. While God continues to provide—as he did through the donation of a used vehicle from a truly amazing donor—we are constantly dealing with vehicle issues due to the load and strain of pulling our large heavy trailer. Since we are always on the road pulling all of our equipment, we are continuing to ask for God's provision of a reliable vehicle that can fit our whole family and equipped to pull our heavy trailer everywhere God leads us.
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NXTGEN Nebraska YTH Camp
Lexington, NE
Camp Rivercrest
Fremont, NE
Camp Fire
Linwood, NE
World Changers Conference
Omaha, NE
