Dear CFO International Family, I am writing one week after returning home to California from Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, where your International Board of Trustees just held our annual meeting. We gathered first in Taiwan, and participated in the East Asia Regional Camp in Taipei. Taiwan CFO hosted us beautifully, and international leaders met with… Read more »
Switzerland and Philippines
On the recent passing of Lucile Anderson, Jerry Elmer sent this photo he took of Lucile and Del in Switzerland. Jerry attended the 1985 CFO International Camp in Switzerland along with the Andersons, and has wonderful memories. Looks like a great picnic! Were you there too? Leave a comment and tell us:) Lucile was loved by… Read more »
11th International Camp & April Newsletter
It’s time to register for International Camp! Okay, you have some time before 2017, but here’s the registration form, and we’d love to start planning for you. Here’s our latest newsletter, too, so you can keep up on what’s happening in CFO around the globe. Please pray about going farther out in 2017! April 2015 Newsletter… Read more »
Sharing Stories: Australia
Do you have a story from CFO that you can share? We’d like to encourage each other with stories from camps all over the world, and we invite you to write yours. Send pictures if you can. Sue Fairley, our President, is starting us off: “You never know when God will bring something unexpected to… Read more »
Refresher Call Coming!
Join us for training in CFO Creatives. Let’s take a fresh look at a part of the camp program that has it all – space to listen to God and opportunity to exercise our beautiful creative powers. Do you love Creatives time? Do you practice it at home? Is this a struggle for you? Are you… Read more »
God’s Reach at Christmas
In this season we celebrate Emmanuel, God with Us – Heaven coming to Earth. Camps Farthest Out is all about God’s Kingdom coming to Earth, as Jesus announced and as Jesus taught us to pray. I know that I live in a different world since beginning to see things this way, and I want to share something… Read more »
Taiwan 2015 – Can you come?
The CFO International Board will meet in the Philippines in May 2015, and we plan to attend the East Asia Regional Camp in Taiwan right before. You are invited! The registration brochure is below. China CFO is four years old now, and it will be good to meet some CFOers from that area at the Taiwan camp…. Read more »
Silence, Simplicity, Sequence
Elizabeth Hewitt has gone to be with the Lord. She was a beloved participant in CFO International, described to me as a person of great light. As an active member of the CFOI Board in past years, Elizabeth served as Prayer Committee Chair. In 2000, she was instrumental in the development of the 8th… Read more »
Deluged
Many of us have been praying for CFOers in Kashmir because of flooding there. I invite you to continue praying! Below is a letter from Grace Paljor of Kashmir, written to Johnson Thomas, our CFOI President-Elect. You saw Grace on the front page of the September CFOI Newsletter. She and her family are staying in… Read more »
Gloria Knapstad Celebration of Life
You are invited to join in celebration of the life of Gloria Knapstad, a tremendous contributor to Camps Farthest Out International, as well as God’s Kingdom in many settings. Details of her Celebration Service are below, in case you can make it to California. Gloria is no longer bound by time or place, so join… Read more »
Kashmir CFO Revitalizing
Here is CFOI’s latest newsletter, highlighting Kashmir (Northern India) and other CFO work around the world. Please click here to read the September Newsletter and pray with us for more growth in Jesus’ kingdom of peace among us. Thanks!
CFO Seed Continues to Grow
Dear CFO Family around the world, Here is a testimony to God’s work and “going farther out” that came to the CFOI office last week. Enjoy the connections, and pray for God’s kingdom to grow through this camp in Russia! Hello and greetings in Jesus’ name, I came to Christ at age 15, in 1974,… Read more »
60 years of CFO in Sri Lanka
CFO Sri Lanka invites the world to celebrate their 60th Anniversary. The first CFO meetings were held in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) in March 1954, and Glenn Clark writes much about those days in On Wings of Prayer, Chapter 17. Please read it – you will be encouraged! On August 9th there will be a… Read more »
Kenya Youth CFO Training
Kenya Youth CFO Training Coming August 17-19, 2014 Our new CFOI Training Chairman, Richard Chemwa Simiyu, will be leading a Youth Training Camp in his home country of Kenya. Training is conducted from the CFO International Training Guidelines, so that CFO youth are prepared to serve well on Council Rings and lead program parts in their home camps…. Read more »
Ye Are The Light of The World
Are you the light of the world? Are you emptied of self so that you can shine? Are we bringing the Kingdom of Jesus as we are called to do? Can our prayer groups and camps shine brighter, as well as our individual lives? For the expansion of The Prayer Movement Farthest Out, here’s some encouragement… Read more »
Happy 100th!
Aunty Stepha is one of Sri Lanka CFO’s original members, and she celebrated her 100th birthday this year, with lots of love and memories. Here are some words from Soundari Alexander, a leader in Sri Lanka CFO, and then some classic photos. Join us in celebrating! “Aunty Stepha was at the first CFO meeting when… Read more »
Thy Will Be Done in Ukraine
Recently I shared with you a letter from a CFO leader in Ukraine, a country under severe stress with revolutionary changes. Oksana says that she believes that the time of war is ending, and the response of churches is to pray common prayers and rely on God. Today I saw a video posted by a… Read more »
Ukraine Still Needs Our Prayers
CFOI Regional Vice President for Europe is keeping in close contact with CFO leaders in Ukraine. She is planning a visit later this year, and continued CFO training is planned, even though a camp will not be held this summer because of the volatile situation there. But there is hope for peace coming. Here is… Read more »
April Newsletter is Here
Dear Partners in the Belt of Prayer, Here is the CFOI April Newsletter, just a click away. We hope that you will celebrate God’s work with us and join us in prayer for the concerns shared here. Then maybe you will write a comment so we can all be more connected. If the link doesn’t… Read more »
Eloise English Goes Home
Eloise English was a CFOI Board member, and perhaps a friend to you. She went home to eternity last month, and her memorial service will be on her 94th birthday, April 1st. Here are some words about Eloise, shared by Tanya Cothran, a current CFOI Board member: “I only met Eloise a few times in… Read more »