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| Exploring anemones at the Sealife Center in Seward |
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| Evie & Taylor watch the sea lion swim |
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| Visiting Grammie's- Norah and her Uncle Max make a mess! |
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| Playing in the mud at Hicks Creek |
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| The view from the creek bottom |
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| Our friend Iso helped Evie and Norah make their own boat for the boat race |
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| Dropping the boats in the water |
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| View from Victory's airstrip |
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| Justin & I prepare to teach the campers our life session on how to do dating in a Biblical way |
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| Showing off our huge, abundant rhubarb leaves! |
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| We have harvested twice and probably have around 12 lbs in the freezer. I need to try canning! |
We ended week 3 of camp and then set off to Seward with the summer staff for a mid-summer staff break! We stayed at a church in Seward for 2 nights and the staff were free to rest, walk around town, and do some exciting activities like kayaking and white water rafting. It was hopefully a refreshing time for everyone, and then it was time to head back to camp for a few more days off and to pitch in on some work projects around camp. The girls and I used that time to go to Kenai to visit family and spend the 4th of July. It was restful for us as well! Week 4 of camp went well with only a few mishaps and injuries. A black bear was shooed away from the pack trip campsite, so pray that he doesn't get any ideas from the tempting horse and food smells and that he stays away!
It was awesome to be able to sit in prayer group on Sunday night and listen to a counselor tell how she felt that her week went terribly and how she continually clashed with her campers- only to see them completely changed at the end of the week and have them thank her for being a great counselor!
We are currently in week 5 of camp, and this week we have our one week of wilderness camp happening as well. Wilderness campers stay in unheated cabins about a half mile from the main Victory campus, and do several different hikes and activities that have to do with the outdoors. Several staff are having to shift roles and cover for the staff members doing wilderness camp, so there may be some stretching going on as people are pushed out of their comfort zones and try new things this week.
Some ways you can pray for us this week:
-That those who are sick or hurt will be able to recover and heal quickly, and that the rest of the staff will take their rest and stay well (most summer staff work 80+ hours a week)
-For continued unity with the staff. I feel like this part of the summer has gone incredibly well and that everyone has worked together wonderfully, so this is also a praise! Pray that it continues
