Laura Bramlett has had a front-row seat at Engage Camp for the past four years, witnessing first-hand the impact it has on students.  

The missions camp combines biblical teaching, worship, evangelism, fun, and fellowship with hands-on ministry opportunities to help equip students to be engaged full-time in God's mission. 

“Every year I’ve watched as the Lord has stretched students and taken them out of their comfort zones while they share their faith or complete a mission project,” she said. “Engage has most of the elements of a typical summer camp, but missions is the number one focus. Every aspect of camp has a purpose and meaning. Even the organized recreation times teach the students about the world and why it’s important that we share Jesus with others.”  

Churches of all sizes are able to bring their students for a fun week of camp that focuses on making disciples who make disciples.  

Bramlett’s first experience with state missions goes back to when she was a teenager in Florida and got involved one summer with Girls in Action (GA)/Acteens Camp. It opened doors for her to go overseas on short-term trips, from Haiti and Belgium to West Africa. Bramlett also had the opportunity to serve through the International Mission Board Journeyman Program. While in New Orleans for seminary, she led GA and taught girls about state missions in Louisiana. When she eventually came to Arkansas, she got involved with the state convention as well as Arkansas Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU).  

Over the years, she has had the opportunity to travel and be involved with several state mission opportunities such as Family Missions Day at the Zoo, a missions discipleship event that gives families the opportunity to meet missionaries and learn about missions in Arkansas and around the world. The event highlights how “missions can be a part of your everyday life.”   

Through her involvement, Bramlett has seen and heard first-hand the impact of Dixie Jackson Arkansas Missions and the cooperative efforts of Arkansas Baptists. 

“There are so many different ways to be involved that Dixie Jackson Arkansas Missions offers,” she said.