Week 3 and 4

I think I’ve mostly recovered from six weeks of ministry at Camp. Though they were wonderful, they were also exhausting, and it’s been hard to put the effort into the blog that I should have.

Week 3

Week 3 is the week we have 5th and 6th grade kids at Camp. This year, we also had two of our high school students move into the Retreat Center to help as counselor/jr counselor, and then help with clean-up each evening. In other words, these two MYC students got to do a mission trip.

The week started off roughly for my family because one of the kids got a very bad case of lice. We don’t know when or how – and to be honest, I can’t understand how only one of the kids got it – but Cammie was able to work through that in a couple of days. Of course, those were some very long days – haircuts, shampoos, laundry, Camp, and more. Then, Maria was stepped on by a horse on Thursday, which was the day before her birthday! AND this happened to be one of the hottest weeks of Camp I can remember. We had one day where the heat index was between 110 and 113!

We did see some ministry happening that week, too, though. The main things I got to see were happening with the two MYC High School Students. I wish each one of you could have heard and seen the meetings we had in the evenings to discuss what was on their minds. God was doing neat things in their lives and at Camp.

Week 4 – Teen Camp.

After three weeks of Camp, we invited 13 teens from MYC to join us in the Retreat Center for 3 nights and 4 days. James Galewski lead a challenge course each day for them. Mr. Jerry spent a couple of hours teaching them about horses and letting them ride. Mike Sentel and Mike Boals came out to Camp to do some fun archery stuff with us. Their was Bible time, swim time, board game time, and more, and we finished up with a trip on Thursday to the Buffalo River to canoe for the day.

We had some rough days during teen Camp as we tried to help some of the kids learn to love their neighbors. Sometimes, people can do things that are not very nice. Have you noticed? Wendi, especially, had a rough time trying to get girls to treat each other nicely. Wish I had a wonderful, sweet, happy ending for you on this one. Maybe if you check back in a couple of years.

Well, I’ll try to tell you a little about the last two weeks of Camp in a post soon. I have a couple of good stories to tell—one about a different girl with lice (this one’s going to break your heart), and one about my daughter’s twin. See you then!