We have just finished orientation week here at Victory and campers come tomorrow!! I am excited and I know the summer staff are beyond excited. Praise God, we got everyone we needed to fill the staff roles that were wanting. Of course we weren't surprised because God is so good like that. :) Today was the final day of the classes, certifications, and activities to help the staff get comfortable in their summer roles. This morning they had a time of prayer at each individual camp (Alpine, Ranch, Frontier, SALT, and Adventure Camp) as everyone surrounded the staff specific to that camp and prayed for them and their work this summer. I always love this part of kicking off the summer because it reminds everyone that without God, anything we tried to do to help or encourage the kids that attend here would fail.  |
| We are still in process of raising funds to go to Ireland! This is a room at Drewstown House which gives an example of the type of work that needs done there. We are eager to go and help! |
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| The outside view. How can you not be in awe of a 200-year old manor house?! |
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| There are lots of outside repairs that need done as well |
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| We visited Kenai once more before the camp season kicked off. We celebrated our 7th anniversary while we were there. I made Justin reenact his proposal to me. See what good actors we are? ;) |
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| In the middle of orientation here at camp we woke up one morning to SNOW! 6-8 inches, and it stuck around for a whole day in some spots! Our poor cat was probably wondering what we did with the summertime. YUCK. |
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| Many trees fell in the woods in this area because of the weight of the snow plus all the summer leaves. Others just bent in half like this one. |
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| Dressed in warm jammies because we had multiple power outages along with the snow! |
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| We hiked down to Hicks Creek with the counselors and other staff to do a campout and also to help get the wall tents set up and campsite cleaned and refreshed for summer. Hicks Creek is where Ranch Camp goes to camp out once a week. |
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| Evie decided it would be funny to throw creek mud in her own face. Strangely enough her mother didn't agree. |
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| Evie attended her first VBS/Music Camp this week. While big siblings were away a friend decided the younger girls should have a tea party! Here is Norah with all her friends. Evie's musical will be tomorrow morning at church. We are super excited to see her sing and do the choreography she's learned this week! Some ways you can be praying right now: -Pray for safety, health, and fun as campers come in tomorrow for the first week of camp! -The first week is always a learning week for new counselors. Pray that camp will run smoothly, that they will feel comfortable leading cabin devotions (for many this is their first time teaching to a group), and that they will make connections with their campers -Pray for Jacob, our food service director. He will be on his own running the kitchen for the next couple of weeks and it is a HUGE job! -We are also short handed at the front desk/reception this summer. Pray that God will either provide someone who can fill in, or that the job will go smoothly and not be overwhelming for our registrar, Elaine |
