Teddy and Noelle Purdie

Noelle is a 2010 graduate and Teddy a 2011 graduate of the School of Discipleship. They were married in April 2018. Teddy has been on staff since September of 2014 and works in the Program Department as the Activities Director. His job includes maintaining current programming activities, handling the Boys Wilderness Camps, paintball, assisting with retreats and events, leading student work crews, and researching and implementing new ideas. Noelle has been on staff since September of 2011 and is our Guest Services Manager. Her responsibilities include organizing volunteers and overseeing the cleaning and upkeep of the facilities.. Teddy and Noelle have three children, Hannah (5) and Ruby (3) and Justin (1.5).

The Purdie’s Post

June 2025

Hello everyone! We pray your winter and spring have been productive and a season of growth and encouragement.

Our spring has been filled with various retreats and events and now we are quickly approaching our summer camp season. Thankfully, we have been able hire most of the summer staff needed and have lots of volunteers coming to work in various departments. We are still looking for a few more guy and girl counselors. If you know of a young guy or lady who loves the Lord and would be an asset to our camp counselor staff, please direct them our way!

Our School of Discipleship students just finished up the academic part of their year and are into their summer positions. Our guys, Isaac and Josiah, will both be serving in the horse barn this summer.

Teddy has been working on various repair and maintenance projects around camp to be ready for the summer, as well as hiring staff for Boys’ Wilderness and planning fun and challenging activities for those that attend.

I am overseeing the housekeeping department currently as we look to bring on a new housekeeper. This summer I also plan to help out with registration on Sundays, mentor 1 or 2 young lady counselors and anything else that the kids and I can help out with around camp.

Our family is doing well and keeping pretty busy. In January, Teddy accepted the position at our church as interim youth pastor as our church looks for a new Youth Pastor. However, he will take a break from that for July and August as he will be fully immersed in summer camp.

Hannah just finished Kindergarten and has done amazing with learning to read and spell and the beginnings of math. She is looking forward to starting 1st grade in the fall but very excited for summer break! 🙂

Ruby has enjoyed doing a little bit of school alongside Hannah some days and is eager to be able to write words. She is my little helper when it comes to playing with Justin while I do school with Hannah. She is pretty social and will often pick someone at each retreat to get to know and eat meals with. (they are most often “grandparent/aunt like figures”) She is bold and not afraid to ask people questions.

Justin is so very active and brave/fearless/unaware of certain dangers. 🙂 He is learning to ride his balance bike and looks for tractors everywhere! He would rather go with Daddy than stay with mom. In the last couple of months his vocabulary has taken off and he is saying so many words! (at least words that we can understand 🙂)

It is amazing and awesome to me to be experiencing how God created boys and girls with naturally different interests. Our most exciting news/update is that we are expecting baby number 4 in August!!!!!!!! My pregnancy has been great with no sickness or issues and the kids love feeling the baby move. The girls have differing opinions on what gender the baby is but they say they will be excited no matter what.

Teddy has been able to do some tree work on the side this spring and recently we enjoyed a day trip to “help” on a job. The kids enjoyed watching but really enjoyed playing on the trunk once the tree was down.

Thank you for your prayers. We look forward to updating you all on the work that God is going to do this summer.

If you are ever in the area or need a place to go for a few days, let us know, we’d love to have you for a visit!

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Love,
Teddy, Noelle, Hannah, Ruby & Justin

Help Wanted

Praises

• We were gifted a new-to-us vehicle to better accommodate our growing family
• Our first year of homeschooling went so well and we are looking forward to continuing to grow and learn (although excited about summer break)
• A healthy and safe pregnancy with baby #4 so far

Prayer Requests

• For a full time Housekeeper/Guest services manager for The Ranch
• For strength and health for our staff and summer staff during this busy season
• For a safe delivery of baby number 4!