Home email correction

In the last newsletter (mail version) that went out with our NEW HOME email address there was a typo!!!  The new address for our home email is JJuhala6@gmail.com  The newsletter left out the "6" at the end.

Please note that if you are trying to send something to our home.  My work email is still the same.

Thanks!!!

ebay GIVING - Creative Giving Opportunities-

Support Royal Family KIDS and Jeff Juhala, through ebay!

Are you an ebay seller, or would you like to support RFK through creative giving? We really appreciate people who give us monthly or annual donations, it's what keeps our doors open, but we know not everyone can do that.  Some people are looking for other ways to help support our cause, and ebay may be the ticket for you.  

If you have valuable items that you or someone else can sell on ebay, you can click a donate button to give to Royal Family.  The donate button is not on the standard selling page, you must click on the “switch to advanced tool” that will allow you to give a percentage or all of the sale proceeds to a charity (see photos below).  I have recently started listing some items on ebay and giving half the proceeds back to my own fundraising account here at RFK.  

For a detailed list of how to start an ebay account, see the link below or email me and I'll send it to you.

There are several steps toward getting started on ebay, but like most things, once you are up and running, it’s easy from there on.

Most people also set up a PayPal account for ease of transferring money back and forth.

Getting started on ebay.

http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/howtosell/sellingbasics.html

You can always call me for more info: 714-270-4999

More on ebay giving at:

Here are links to the "how-to" pages from ebay/MissionFish.

http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=50794

  

This one explains how it all works from start to finish.

http://www.missionfish.org/fundraise/receive/us_receive-donations.html

How to find Royal Family on the selling page?

When you start listing your item to be sold, you’ll want to click at the top of the selling page on the blue line titled “Switch to advanced tool”.

Look for “ebay Giving Works” and then click “Or, select another nonprofit you love”

Type in “Royal Family KIDS” and then hit the select button for RFK Santa Ana.

Select your % amount to donate and keep moving forward with the process.

If you give, please let me know so we can be looking for your donation to make sure it goes to my account.  Thanks you!

Call with questions, Jeff 714-270-4999 

Summer Camp Photos from 2012

Here are a few photos I took this summer while working or visiting 6 different camps.
Campers faces are not shown to protect their identity as Wards of the State.

 The Drum circle is a popular activity for many camps to expose kids to music and artistic expresion.

 Birthday bags beining prepared for the "Everyones Birthday Party.

 Campers trying on their Camp t-shirt on Monday morning.

 Campers arriving off the bus to start camp.

 Camper playing with Hot Wheels, sometimes the simple things are so enjoyable to kids.

 Painting at the Activity Center.

 Pie Throw at the birthday party.  A BIG hit with the campers!!!

 Girls getting a lesson in Sand Castle Art

 Jeff at the Tea Party Table.  Many camps have a Tea Party where the girls get all dressed up, get treated like Royalty and have Tea and Crumpets with the Ladies and Grandmas.

 Shirt Art at the Activity Center.

 Purple hair at the Birthday Party.

Counselor and Staff cell phones being recharged in the break room.

Tahoe Time

What a great Vacation!  My brother Jerry and his wife Linda blessed us with a condo along side their own at their time share in So. Lake Tahoe.  It was a great chance for our 4 kids to hang out with his 4 kids and my sisters son Jake for the week, lots of cousin time.   Thanks Jerry and Linda- What a week!!

Trips included- the beach, Virginia City, Emerald Bay, Truckee River Rafting, Railroad Museum, shopping and lots of time watching the Olympics.

Out family then came home down HWY 395 and stopped by the abandoned mining town of Bodie.  A rain storm blew through but we managed.  What a neat old town to see how life was in a town like that the late 1890's.

Then we stopped by the Alabama Hills outside of Lonepine and did some rock climbing where many Western movies have been filmed.

Great vacation for everyone.

Our kids and Cousin Jake.

Beautiful wife, beautiful lake.

We stayed one night at Zephyr Point camp ground right on Lake Tahoe.  Hoping to start at camp there.

All the cousins playing Miniature Golf.

Jessica and Janae in the Kayak

Truckee River Rafting!!

Judy- no comment needed!

Jon - oh boy!

One of my new donors!!!

Virginia City view

Bodie museum waiting for the rain to pass by.

Bodie church

Most everything is closed up, we spent the day looking inside windows.  Still a cool place to visit.

Jon was impressed with the"2 holer" outhouse.

Alabama Hills- rough rugged and beautiful, great place for climbing around.

Looking down on Jon and the van.

Knowledge to Wisdom

Knowledge - Understanding – Discernment – Wisdom

The book of Proverbs often mentions these four words. I think I know what they mean but there seems to be a lot of crossover in their definitions.  I found this example of “knowledge and wisdom” and I added my own for “understanding and discernment.” Maybe it will help you as much as it helps me.  Jeff Juhala

Knowledge – Knowing that a tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable.

Understanding – Knowing WHY a tomato is a fruit and not a         vegetable.*

Discernment – Knowing when to pick a tomato.

Wisdom – Knowing that a tomato is a fruit, but it doesn’t belong in a fruit salad.

Wisdom may be the application of knowledge, understanding and discernment.

*A fruit is a seed-bearing structure derived from the flower.

A "vegetable" is any edible, non-seed-bearing part of a plant. 

J. Elliott  http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bot00/bot00283.htm

WISDOM

Wisdom has always intrigued me. It seems you can acquire wisdom no matter how smart you are and since I’ve always known I wasn’t a “Rhoads Scholar” I figured wisdom was my chance to maximize what smarts I do have. 

I recently read these scriptures on wisdom and I thought I'd write down my thoughts (see my comments below).

Wisdom

James 3:13-17 (NIV)

13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.

15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.

17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

V. 13 Wisdom in your life should be evidenced by: a good life, by humble good deeds.

V. 14 Bitter envy and selfish ambition kill the growth of wisdom. “Ambition” itself is not the problem, but selfish ambition which is another call to verse 13 asking for “deeds done in humility.” Don’t “deny the truth” of your bitter envy or your selfish ambition. We all tend to dismiss our own faults or emotions and justify them. Verse 14 is telling us that if we are selfishly ambitious, own up to it, change and turn your ambitions from "selfish" to an ambition "outside of yourself."

V. 15 This other wisdom is obviously not from heaven and not going to lead to the deeds creating the “good life” or “deeds done in humility” as mentioned in vs 13. How many times have we fooled ourselves into thinking we were using heavenly wisdom and we were actually relying on earthly wisdom of bitterness and selfish ambition from vs14. This other wisdom is pretty bad, “earthly, unspiritual, demonic.” Really “demonic” that’s some serious language, any imposter to heavenly wisdom is a serious problem!

V. 16 says it straight out--envy and selfish ambition equals disorder and evil practice. I can see these playing out in a person’s life. If they are harboring envy for someone it causes them to do things and practice things that they would never have otherwise done. It is played out on our news programs on a regular basis. 

V. 17 A great list of things that come from heavenly wisdom…peace-loving, considerate, submissive, mercy, good fruit, impartial and sincere but it all starts with heavenly wisdom being “pure.” Wisdom being pure? Wisdom that is undefiled and unpolluted from this world and even ourselves. The same type of wisdom that God called on when He created the foundations of the earth before we were even around. 

By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place (Proverbs 3:19)

Wisdom = good things for our lives.

Sharing information with supporters, family and friends who are helping us to plant the seeds of hope into the lives of children who have been abused.  Updates on the Royal Family and on the Juhala Family.  Enjoy.

Chile Here We Come - Jan 2013!!!

Our first camp in Chile started in 2008 with the help of Dr. Becca Johnson.  Since then Chile has added several additional camps. 

Last year Dr. Johnson asked us if we could come to Chile and put on a Train-the-Trainer camp to train the local people there to run their own training center so local Chileans would not have to travel to America just for the training.  

Glenn Garvin, RFK VP of Camps, and I are making plans to travel to Chile in January of 2013 to hold this Train-the Trainer camp.  We’ll have interpreters there, but we are also looking through our Royal Family network for people with camp knowledge and Spanish language skills.

The local Chileans will take care of us once we are there, but we will have to cover the costs of getting there and back. 

We are excited about setting up a training center somewhere in South America and we hope to start something that can take the model of Royal Family to many countries there. 

We are saddened by the number of children around the world who are living with abuse, abandonment and neglect, but we are thrilled to be a small part of bringing the "Royal Treatment" to some of those children and making an eternal difference in their lives.

The costs of the travel and basic amenities will be around $1500 - $2000 dollars per person.  If you would like to help support this opportunity for the Train-the-Trained camp in Chile, please hold us up in your prayers, and if you'd like to financially contribute, you can send a donation to:  

Royal Family KIDS, C/O Chile 2013, 3000 W MacArthur Blvd. Ste 412 Santa Ana CA 92704.

This is a great opportunity we can’t pass up.  Thanks for any part you may share with us.

Great Thoughts on Life

The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.

Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.

Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.

Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.

Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.

Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.

Give the world the best you have anyway.
Jesus Did It Anyway

The Paradoxical Commandments for Christians
Kent M. Keith
Published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons

Eight reasons why the church must be involved in solving the orphan problem.

By Rick Warren at the Christian Orphan Alliance 2012. 

(My notes as I wrote them down quickly).

      1.     The church has the greatest participation; more people attend church in America on one Sunday than all sporting events combined.
2.     The church has the widest distribution; churches are everywhere.  They are often the first building up in a village and are more likely to be the only building or organization in many villages.
3.     The church has the longest track record; for over 2000 years the church has been around, making things happen.
4.     The church has the fastest expansion rate of any organization
5.     The church has the highest motivation; to love God and love others.
6.     The church has the strongest authorization; God’s command to take care of the widows and orphans
7.     The church has the simplest administration; to use your gifts and the talent you have.
8.     The church has the greatest conclusion; we know how it all ends.

Summer Camps here we come!

This summer I’ll be at a new Director’s Training Camp in Lenexa Kansas, then return home to attend a half week of training at the Costa Mesa Camp in CA, then go right into the Huntington Beach CA camp as a volunteer with my daughter Jessica.  That’s 20 days of camp (or travel) in 24 days.   Ya got’a love camp!

It’s not all vacation time.  When you’re the trainer and responsible for the people, the material, and the outcome, it’s work mixed with great times and great people.  Here we go!

Training Creations

As Director of Training, part of my job is to create or provide NEW training materials or methods for all of our existing camps and clubs to use for training every year.  

No matter what job you have, people want good training.  In order to help our volunteer Camp and Club Directors save time and effort, we create things that can be used by all camps and clubs.


This year we rolled out or updated 101 Counselor / Staff Training Manual.  It took a committee of 6 people a year to update the manual and get it ready with new materials and ideas.


We created a box of 100 Ice Breaker Cards to use as a way to "get to know everyone" at training.  The questions are typical ice breaker questions with a sprinkling of "biblical and camp" questions as well.

Finally, we created a "Bag of Values", wristbands for the camps and clubs.  These are the common wristbands you see around these days in our three values colors along with a value printed on each wristband.  Not only can these be used as easy give-a-ways, but we encourage our volunteers to find people living out one of these values at camp or club, and then give away one of their wrist bands to that person as encouragement.

Jessica, Jonathan and I had a great day with about 30 people shooting in the desert.

Child Molester Caught in the Act!

HERO Dale Urquat looked over his fence and saw a man allegedly sexually abusing a child. He helped restrain the man until police came.

We need more heros like Dale Urquat!!!

A Tennessee man has been applauded for thinking quickly and putting himself on the line to help catch a suspected child molester.

Dale Urquat says he looked through his fence and saw a man, identified by police as Robert Bumpus, molesting a girl in his car parked in an alley, according to WAFF.

First, Urquat called two people to help, then he hopped in his car and drove to block Bumpus in the Lawrenceburg alley last Tuesday, WKSR reported.

Bumpus tried to escape, colliding his car with Urquat's vehicle. The suspect got out of the car and tried to run away, but was captured by Urquat. A fight broke out and Bumpus brandished a razor, but Urquat got the blade away from him.

Police charged Bumpus with sexual assault and Urquat plans to testify in court.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/16/dale-urquat-helps-catch-child-molester_n_1429467.html?1334607793&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl5%7Csec3_lnk2%26pLid%3D152489

Reagans take on Easter

"I still can't help wondering how we can explain away what to me is the greatest miracle of all and which is recorded in history. No one denies there was such a man, that he lived and that he was put to death by crucifixion.

Where ... is the miracle I spoke of? Well consider this and let your imagination translate the story into our own time -- possibly to your own home town. A young man whose father is a carpenter grows up working in his father's shop. One day he puts down his tools and walks out of his father's shop.

He starts preaching on street corners and in the nearby countryside, walking from place to place, preaching all the while, even though he is not an ordained minister. He never gets farther than an area perhaps 100 miles wide at the most. He does this for three years.

Then he is arrested, tried and convicted. There is no court of appeal, so he is executed at age 33 along with two common thieves. Those in charge of his execution roll dice to see who gets his clothing -- the only possessions he has. His family cannot afford a burial place for him so he is interred in a borrowed tomb.

End of story? No, this uneducated, property-less young man has, for 2,000 years, had a greater effect on the world than all the rulers, kings, emperors; all the conquerors, generals and admirals, all the scholars, scientists and philosophers who have ever lived -- all of them put together. How do we explain that -- unless He really was what He said He was?"

President Ronald Reagan

Hello All,

We just finished our banquet March 8th, with a full day of training on Friday the 9th.

At the banquet we showed a new video called Samantha's Story. It’s very powerful! If you have 5:15 please check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=PmdP3MijY8w

Also, a New Promo video (1:51) at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToLgeBAnwds&feature=relmfu

Thanks for all you do.

Creative Giving Opportunities

When you ask people for money, some people say yes, some say no, and some people get CREATIVE. I have several people, or groups, who have donated money over the years that are creative in their giving. Below is a list of some of those people or groups who have helped make a difference for the kids we work with. I will try to highlight a few of them in my newsletters in the future. I also have a new method of giving through ebay that I’ll mention in the next newsletter.

God’s Garden Group – Bible Study of women who meet and occasionally take an offering. They have been able to bless us with some of the dollars donated through their group.

Contra Costa Electric Golf Tournament - This is my former employer of 15 years, and they hold an annual golf tournament for clients, employees and vendors. Each year they give part of the proceeds to RFK for local campers and for starting new camps.

Just Ask - Renee Conn works for Contra Costa Electric (CCE) and helps with the Golf Tournament each year. She and I have been talking about camp for years, and she has always wanted to help in a significant way. One year while working at the golf tournament, she decided that since only the vendors pay to play in the tournament, she would “just ask” the other non-paying players if they would like to donate to the camp. The first year she collected cash donations of $700.00, and last year she collected over $1,000.00. Renee always had a heart for the camp, but she wasn’t sure how she could help. She got creative, and when her desire to help intersected with her time at the sign-in table, she simply asked and she was able to make a significant difference for the kids we serve. Thanks Renee!

Giving through Wills and Trusts – When Matthew Hart was putting his business plan together, he decided to distinguish his business from others by giving 10% of all fees earned to charity. Matthew has selected two local, two regional, and two National charities. The client chooses one of the charities after the service is provided. Matthew's article is featured in the April 2012 newsletter. www.MatthewHartLaw.com Thanks Matthew!

Losing for the KIDS – Dave Mennens is Project Manager at CCE and occasionally challenges other employees to a bowling tournament. They bet each other about who will win, but instead of the loser paying the winner, Dave said, “we have enough money, how about the loser makes a donation to RFK and help the kids who don’t have enough money”. Now there is some creative giving right there, when people lose, the kids still win. Thanks Dave!

Refi for Charity - Don Mclain recently helped us refinance our home. Don is encouraging his clients that when they save money by refinancing their homes, to take the first month's savings and donate it to a charity. This is a real creative way to donate without really losing any regular income. dmclain@coasthills.net Thanks Don!

Car Donations
Last year, I had two cars donated to charity and we received the proceeds. One came from my brother, Jerry, and another from Pac Integrations Inc, a local business. Thanks to both!

Buzzer Beater - Perfect Season 10-0

Jonathan’s fourth year playing basketball at Fountain Valley rec. resulted in a perfect season 10-0. Jon played well through the season and I caught him on video with a game winning 3 pointer on the last game of the season. Wow, what a game!!!

Here's a link to the buzzer beater three point shot by Jon. The shot is right at the beginning of the clip, Jon's team is in red. The other team then attempts one last shot. I'm the camera man and I got just a little excited. Proud Dad moment!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/65179634/Juhala-Bball-Final-Shot%20copy.mp4

You might have to copy and paste the link into your browser.

KID Facts

Here’s some of our totals for Camp and Club from 2011