Today we’d like to introduce you to Becca Moehrig.
Hi, Becca. We’re so excited to have you on the platform. Before we get into questions about your work life, you can update our readers on your story and how you got to where you are today.
My story begins as a small-town Texas country girl. Raised on a dry land farm and ranch on the edge of the Palo Duro Canyon outside of Claude, Texas, I developed a deep appreciation of the land, the animals, and God’s beauty in creation. The majesty of a Texas Panhandle sunrise or sunset still takes my breath away. My childhood was filled with fierce ping pong games against my brothers, playing endlessly in creative make-believe with my sister, raising various animals, and doing more 4-H projects than one can imagine. These opportunities helped mold me into who I am today. My parents encouraged us to pursue our dreams, work hard, never compromise our integrity, and have Texas grit in whatever we pursue. Growing up in a Christian family, I, too, decided to follow Jesus in my life, and here I am today, seeking to serve and follow the Lord in the paths He directs. In 2001, I graduated from Tascosa High School in Amarillo. Then, I pursued a psychology degree at Baylor University due to my passion for understanding, serving, and working with people.
After graduating from Baylor in 2004, I worked in admissions and housing at UTSA, where I gained operational and marketing knowledge. While at UTSA, I was introduced to the mission and vision of Still Water Camps. Through Still Water Camps, I met my husband, Matt Moehrig. When I met Matt, I was helping make recruitment calls for kids to come to camp, and Matt came to help make phone calls as well. He shared that if a financial need was shared to scholarship the camper. I am a process, administrative, how-to thinker, and I asked him about his process, which was nonexistent but deeply intentional. Matt knew that creating more obstacles for people would keep the kids who truly needed camp from coming to camp. His answer was poignant, “I will be taken advantage of any day for a kid to hear about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” Wow, who is this man? He had my attention. We married in 2007 and now have the honor of raising our six children together. Life with Matt is always filled with adventure! He is a visionary with an unusually Kingdom-minded mindset. Matt thinks outside the box, and I joke that he is fulfilling my psychological need for a life-long case study. I am deeply grateful to be the mom of Mikayla, Brea, Aubrey, Lauralyn, Dane, and Cambrie. Each of our children is a true gift in my life.
Matt is the founder and executive director of Still Water Camps. 2001, the 501©3 was established, and the first year of camp began in 2002. Still, Water Camps share the life-changing truth of Jesus Christ through evangelistic and discipleship-focused initiatives. In 2007, I worked full-time with Still Water as the registrar, bookkeeper, and administrative assistant. The learning curve and multiple hats in the non-profit world are sometimes humorous. I remember laughing as I learned quick books. The only thing I had reconciled in my life was roommate disagreements during my time at Baylor when I served as a CL (Community Leader). I am no longer the bookkeeper for Still Water. Here we are twenty-four years into the life of the ministry, and I find my sweet spot specifically with our day camps (Champ Camps) and year-round discipleship program (NUEYO). As our family size increased, my role with Still Water decreased, but as our children get older, I can juggle more Still Water hours again, and it is super life-giving to me.
We all face challenges, but looking back, would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
As a child, I remember sitting around the dinner table as a family and praying for rain. When your livelihood depends upon the weather, you have an acute sense of reliance upon the Lord’s provision engrained in your childhood soul. Being married to the executive director and founder and employed by the same organization, I have seen the parallel of praying for rain. Obviously, in the non-profit world, you do not need physical water droplets from the sky, but the hearts of people to be softened to your mission and vision so that others give financially to support the work. Still Water Camps is committed to bringing campers with financial means and those who need financial means together to attend camp. Miraculously, the model continues to work, but not without an incredible mission cost, so we spend a lot of time raising funds so that those who wouldn’t get to go to camp can have a life-changing opportunity.
We were like a circus traveling around in camp trailers for years, and we did not own a camp facility. In 2015, we found the right property, but we needed to raise $500,000 within a certain period. I remember sharing with folks, and the goal seemed so high, but people gave. Knott Creek Falls was purchased, and the gift of having our facility became a reality. The Lord continues to provide. When Still Water first acquired the property, there was one toilet from a previous golf course and zero sleeping quarters. I am pleased to share that the 140-acre camp property outside of Harper, Texas, is completely paid off and can house about 120 people. Watching the Lord provide repeatedly has been an amazing and miraculous ride.
One particular challenging season for our family came in the summer of 2020. On July 18, at twenty-three weeks pregnant with our sixth child, my water broke early that morning, and doctors advised me to head straight to the medical center. While I was packing my hospital bag, I received the call that I was also COVID-19 positive. These were the days before at-home tests, of course. I spent the next ten days in an isolated room at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. My stay in the hospital lasted for 77 days. Those seventy-seven days were long. Yet, that was one of the most transformational seasons of my life. I know what it is like not to be able to hold your children for 28 days. I know what it is like not to be able to be there at your daughter’s 7th birthday when she is crying at school because she misses her mom. When the kids would visit, they were not allowed inside the hospital because of all the COVID protocols. When I am overwhelmed with motherhood, the mountains of laundry, the piles of dishes, and the monotony of the daily, I am reminded of the gift of being in it! Being with my family daily is a blessing!
During that season, my faith in the Lord was strengthened. Hundreds of people prayed for the life of our daughter and our family. Eventually, about halfway through my stay, the hospital visitor restrictions lightened, and I could have one guest at a time. Friends could come and bring me lunch and spend time with me. One friend even took four trips to the parking garage, hauling an electric keyboard so I could enjoy playing the piano. Friendship matters! My friends from Baylor and I have been praying together since 2002. I encourage anyone reading this to find friends to pray with.
We specifically asked for people to pray that our baby girl would weigh four pounds at birth, that she would stay in the womb until the 34-week mark, and that Matt would be able to be present at the hospital at the time of her birth as he travels some. I was induced on October 3, 2020, and our miracle girl Cambrie was born. She weighed in at a robust 4 pounds 2 oz and healthy. The Lord was good to our family for walking with us through the challenges of those 77 days and the 2 weeks of NICU stay afterward.
Thanks for sharing that. Please tell us more about your work.
I specifically oversee our six Champ Camps as our Champ Camp Coordinator. Our day camps provide an experience for elementary children. Folks in the community come together to serve, providing a Christ-centered program packed with fun, sports, competitions, and Biblical training. We strive to train each camp camper in mind, body, and soul. This year, we are working towards 800-day campers across the state, with four sessions in Boerne and two in the Coastal Bend region at Calallen and Portland.
This is our 11th year of Boerne Champ Camp. I am known as a tenacious recruiter. There is nothing like seeing someone use their gifts at camp. At the core of every human, they want to be involved with something bigger than themselves. Yes, camp can be exhausting with early mornings and the Texas heat, but the depth of fulfillment is priceless when investing in eternity.
I am known for always having kids with me. If I am without a kid, people look at me funny. As a mom of six, I love fostering the gifts of each of my children. This time of year, you will find me coaching basketball on Saturday and teaching a first-grade class at our local church on Sunday mornings. Matt and I are members at Currey Creek Church and believe in and support the local church. We love partnering with local churches and providing opportunities for people to serve through the ministry of Still Water. Whether on the court coaching, in the Sunday school classroom teaching, or on a phone call with another mom, I love encouraging people. Moments that fuel me include when that kid is playing basketball for the first season, scores when that mom steps out and gets involved and meets new friends, and when someone discovers a way to serve at camp and can’t hide that smile.
I love that the lines between work and personal life are very blurred. I love seeing how the Lord uses my life’s natural traffic patterns. If I meet you at a kindergarten class Christmas party, you might get recruited to coach basketball at Champ Camp for the next seven years. (true story). I love how God brings people together. The magic with Champ Camps, the day camps for elementary camp, is that the people in the community run the camp. From speakers, worship leaders, coaches, and even videographers, this group of people in the community helps with their gifts to make camp possible. The most fantastic thing about Champ Camp to me is the tremendous quantity of teenagers that volunteer. In Boerne this summer, we will have over 200 positions staffed by teenagers receiving absolutely zero pay. It blows me away, excites me, motivates me, and fuels the fire of the year-round discipleship to see this sacrifice from the youth in our community. When people serve, it changes their souls; when older kids rise and serve children, they find themselves fulfilled. There is nothing more I enjoy than recruiting someone, regardless of age or gender, to get involved with the ministry with their time, talent, or resources.
One of the things that sets me apart in this culture is the peace I have deep in my soul. I know who I believe in, and I know who I am. The Lord will sustain us through all the ups and downs of life. This world is not my home. My favorite passage of Scripture is Philippians 4:4-7. “Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all people. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” My days and hours are intentional, and I truly love being a mom and serving with Still Water. I encourage you to jump in whatever you are doing, be tenacious, and be all in! I know that the same God who paints the sunset provides for and loves me. I don’t believe in coincidences; however, “Godsidences” are real, so if you are reading this, what is your craft, and are you pursuing it with all your passion?
Do you have any memories from childhood that you can share with us?
When I was a freshman in high school, I found myself experiencing extreme hip pain. I had run cross country to be in tip-top shape for basketball tryouts. Make the varsity, I did, but I was never to touch the court at practice or a game that year as the pain came on strong. After a few doctor appointments, the diagnosis was hip dysplasia. That was a challenging year filled with physical hip pain, fear of what this would mean in the long term in my life, restricted from my passion for pursuing basketball, and, to top it off, my show steer died at the Fort Worth Stock Show hours before the show. You can’t make this up!
Well, my formidable grandfather had a therapy plan for me, and it was just what the doctor ordered. Grandpa found me a beautiful two-year-old gelding, a sorrel with a flax mane and tail with a broad white blaze down his face. I named him Cinnamon. Cinnamon was one of the most tender, gentle souls of a horse I have ever met, bred to be a cutting horse. You had better hold on and know what you were doing, or you could fly out of that saddle when he shifted gears.
Interestingly, Grandpa did not just give me the horse and let me ride. No, Cinnamon and I became his project. That summer, my 80-something-year-old, tough-as-nails Texas farmer/rancher grandfather took no breaks; he came down our dirt road every morning he could, ready to train Cinnamon. We went over drills on the ground over and over again for hours before I was ever allowed on horseback. I remember craving to be left free to do whatever I wanted in the big pasture that cut down towards the Palo Duro Canyon. Grandpa’s intentional training, demonstrating that hard work and discipline reap enormous dividends in the long run, impacts me today. With six kids and a ministry to run, there are daily disciplines needed that are not glamorous or fun. Twenty-five years later, I can still vividly hear Grandpa’s voice saying, “Becca, you be the boss.” Lessons of strength, discipline, reward, and diligence were intertwined in each session.
The relationship between a horse and a horseman is complex. A horse is filled with personality and life. Learning the importance of knowing your role has been transformative in my approach to family life, my role with Still Water, and my interactions with all people. My wise grandfather was just a few short years away from being completely disabled with Alzheimer’s disease, but those mornings of training were critical and sacred amidst the dusty lot for me, not just Cinnamon. Those memories are precious to me and helped form the wife, mother, friend, and employee I now am. I know who is holding the reins in my life. The Creator of the universe is writing my story, and I desire to be obedient and to steward any talent or blessing in my time on this side of heaven.
Pricing:
- Boerne Champ Camp is a day camp; 4 days @ $240
- Overnight Still Water Camps; 7 options this summer; each @ $660 for a 4 night camp
Contact Info:
- Website: stillwatercamps.org and knottcreekfalls.com
- Instagram: stillwatercamps
- Facebook: Still Water Camps
