My Best Volunteer Ever

One of my favorite parts of being involved with New Life Youth Camp is the quality, the diversity, and the commitment of the volunteers that make it happen every year. I get to see many different people from different walks of life using their unique talents, gifts, and personalities to honor God by serving less fortunate kids. It’s rewarding, refreshing, and encouraging to see it happen each summer.

Over the years, I’ve met many wonderful volunteers – people who traveled from Michigan to help with Camp; people who have given up two weeks of their summer every summer since before I got here; people who have given money, time, and lots of sweat so they could love kids at New Life Youth Camp. But, I have to admit, I have one favorite.

This volunteer has been at Camp every summer I have. This volunteer has been a counselor, a childcare leader, a Bible teacher, and an assistant director. She has done laundry, cleaned bathrooms, and helped with nametags and other office work. She has also lived in a roach-infested trailer that had frogs, snake skins, and mice; and it also had holes in the floor through which you could see the ground – just so I could be a better, more available Camp Director.
Last year, she put up with living in an RV without air conditioning part of the summer, using incomplete bathrooms part of the summer, cooking in the barn part of the summer, and was absolutely thrilled to be at Camp the entire summer.

I hope I’m doing a good job of communicating what a special volunteer she is. I’m sure you all know by now, and it’s nothing against all of the other wonderful volunteers we’ve gotten to work with over the years, but Cammie, my wife, has to be my best volunteer ever. Since we have started February, the month of Valentine’s, I wanted to take one blog and honor her.

Happy Valentine’s Day, Cammie!