Camp Aurora drills new well

THUNDER BAY, Ont. – Have you ever wondered how deep the well in Sychar was the day Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman? It was called Jacob’s well. There Jesus rested from His journey and spoke to the woman. This story is a rich example of love, truth, redemption, and acceptance of a social outcast—a message we also share with one another as we speak of the Gospel and grace of God, our loving Father.

Sharing this message is the main mission of Aurora Lutheran Bible Camp, where what is needed is not only the living water that Jesus speaks of to the Samaritan woman, but also earthly running, filtered water from a well. “Jesus said to her, ‘Give Me a drink…’ Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, “give Me a drink,” you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water’” (John 4:7b, 4:10).

Aurora is located minutes away from Thunder Bay on beautiful Warnica Lake. Over the past two years, the Board of Directors has been raising funds to drill a new well to meet the water consumption needs for the camp’s summer programs.

On June 18, 2025, Aurora celebrated its 70th anniversary with a barbecue and fellowship with more than 80 people in attendance. Thanks be to God, the freewill offering supplied the remaining funds needed to pay for the first portion of the 600-foot well (the deepest well in northern Ontario), which was twice the cost of the original estimated price. Organizers thank everyone who contributed to this project with their prayers and finances. The next phase of the project is to connect the new, drilled well to the existing water system.

Aurora thanks all those who have supported and donated their time, finances, and talents to the to the mission of the camp over seven decades. In the past 70 years of ministry, Camp Aurora has shared the Gospel with thousands of His children, and it hopes to teach another thousand or more in the years to come. Fundraising is ongoing, so readers are asked to please keep the camp mission in their prayers.

“Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him, will never thirst again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:13-14).

Lynda Wdowiak

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