Catching Up

I just realized that it's been a full week since my last blog. Sorry for being such a slacker with this. It's not that there is nothing going on (because there has been a lot going on here), but just that I have been busy with all the happenings.

Pastor Jim Howard was our speaker last week.

He did some great drawings while telling the story of Pilgrim's Progress.

Here he's teaching the kids to sing "I met Jesus at the Crossroads".

I had an afternoon out of the kitchen and got to visit some of the skill builder classes.

Here is the craft class making tie-dye t-shirts.

They started with white shirts that said Yellowstone Alliance Adventures and ended up with some amazing new fashions.

Here's someone in the rock-climbing class. All the way up this girl was saying she was scared (and that the harness was giving her a big wedgie) but her teacher encouraged her and she made it to the top of the wall and rang the bell. YAY...good job!

The warmer weather finally arrived. We set up a very long slip-and-slide on a hill. Hard to tell who had more fun - the campers or the staff! A water balloon toss followed that.

Thursday was the campers' last night here. The counselors got them all settled into bed, and then the other staff got them back up for a PARTY! The dining room was decorated. There were snacks and games. A lot of the staff got dressed up. It was a late night but a great time!

Parents came on Friday to pick up their kids. Families are always invited to come for the week-end awards ceremony and then stay for a BBQ lunch on that last day. There were burgers, hot dogs, chips, brownies and watermelon. It's a special time for parents to hear stories from the week and for us to show our appreciation to them for trusting their kids to us!

There were 3 kids who made professions of faith this past week. Praise the Lord for that!

Please continue to pray for safety at the camp, and endurance for the staff.