Activities~~

Greetins from Summer Camp! The first photo is taken inside our Nature Den. We have been putting the Den together for over a year, and are still adding new stuff in there! We have several stuffed animals, you know, the Used To Be Alive kind....there is a racoon peeking out from a tree, a fox, a couple birds, and so on. We also have a couple snakes (live) and water turtles for the kids to enjoy! They can hold the snake if they want to! The Den also gets used for our outdoor education program during the school year. This year it was added to the rotation for the FV kids to enjoy!

The second photo is actually in FV taken during an activity they do with the campers called the Slack Line. As you can see, they walk on the line aided by two staff members to balance them. Simple activity that the kids seem to enjoy a lot!

Happy Friday!

Sock Hop?

I snapped a couple pic's of the kids playing "sniper" on Monday to share with you! This game involves socks full of flower and a lot of being sneaky! Kids really enjoy it! For a full camp this week, things are going remarkably smooth. Here's looking toward Thursday!

Slide Show!!

Hungry Bear

Sometimes summer staff get to work with me in the Hungry Bear snack shop too! We tend to have a lot of fun in there, and they love working it! Gotta love those striped aprons huh! It is better than getting shake all over yourself!

Tonight is Thursday.....as always, pray for Thursdays!

Dinner Time~~

Here is a shot of inside the dining hall at dinner tonight. Kids eat with their teepee group and their counselors at the picnic type benches. I went down for dinner tonight and our cook was a little wigged out. It seems for the first time in three summers, he ran out of green vegetables! That never happens! I guess we have a group of healthy campers this week!

Here is Lily Ann waiting outside the nurses trailer with a camper who wasn't feeling to well. It is not always fun and games, sometimes kids need a little extra lovin' and carin' to get through the week. I think sometimes they get homesick and that feeling gets them transferred to Doc Mom who loves on them and sends them back to fun!

Close Staff!

This is Clint Eastwood and Annie Oakley! Clint has been here three summers now and it is Annie's first. Both are super neat kids! Clint always has a smile on his face and is so willing to help out. He is never down, always up and fun! Annie has been a sweet addition this year as well. She is a gentle and kind girl who really does great with the kids. Those big smiles you see are genuine, I see them a lot!

FV #3 starts today. This week we have about 50 campers, another small week. It is also the last week we have space in FV for campers! Yay God! I think there are a few spots for only boys here, or only girls there, but we are nicely full! We also do two youth camps up in Main Camp. This is the part of camp where there are no tee pee's, just cabins and stuff. No western theme there! In fact the theme in Main Camp is Gladiator! Lots of team sports and competitions there! Way fun for high schoolers and junior highers.

I wanted to tell you that your prayers have been helping so much! The staff this year is close. Now, our others staffs have been close, but each year brings its own challenges and drama. I am happy to report that there has been extremely minimal drama this summer! They all enjoy spending their off time together and going into town on the weekends to shop, eat out, hangout at the square and so on! They are neat kids! I am removing a couple names form the staff list this week as a couple kids have gone home. Service staff contract for 3-5 weeks, so those names will change or drop periodically through the summer. If you no longer see a name you did before, it just means their contract has ended! I think we may have new staff coming in in a few weeks as well. There is another set of training at the end of June for July staff members. I update the list so you don't send notes to those who are not longer here. Feel free to keep praying for them though! I have seen a few notes come in and I thank you! It is so awesome for the kids to get these notes, you guys rock! Take care~~~~

Coyote Jack~~~

Some of you remember Coyote Jack, my dad! He usually comes out at least once a summer to visit, and thoroughly enjoys his character in FV. The returning staff love him as well! I had two girls tell me the other night that my dad was "so cool!". I know right! Dad has always been a Good Guy, but has turned to the dark side this year! He loves hanging out down there with the campers as well as staff!

Camp is going well this week. There are only 36 campers, so it fairly easy to contain them! The counselors are enjoying the kids. Always remember to pray for Thursdays!

This is Pancho Villa with his sweetie, Miss Scarlet. The wedding (in real life) is set for November! Pray for them as the summer can put iteresting strains on a relationship. These kids are top quality! They are so cute together....Pancho is also a summer intern at camp. I love this guy, infact I already have his wedding gift picked out! (another great story!)

This week I will attempt to get some photos of the staff doing activities with the campers during the day. They only wear the costumes at night during "town time". I think it will be fun for you to see some of the other things they do! Until then, send a note, say a prayer! Thanks----

Week #2

Okay, so I know I didn't update much last week. My apologies! It was a super busy one for me. Anyway, So much to report! Last week there were 5 salvations! Woo hoo! Also, primary camp had 2! Yay! The staff had a great weekend off and it was much deserved. Some hung out here at camp, some went home to be with their families, and some stayed with friends. The first weekend they get to leave is always like a mass exedus here! I happened to be driving INTO camp as they were all leaving at about 2:30, and man, the dust on the road out was tremendous! I meant it when I said mass exedus! Over the weekend, we had a couple kids sleep over at our house, about 15 of them watchd movies here at night, and I think there were kids here off an on all day Saturday. At one point there were about 12 of them sprawled on my living room floor playing Apples to Apples! Whew.......good thing I love these kids!

So insert Bad Guy #1----Pancho Villa! He is one of the leadership staff, and he has gone to the Dark Side, as it were! Remember the Orlando Bloom story that I have yet to recount to you? Well this is the guy! Anyway, as the theme goes, the Bad Guy's seem to keep getting away with mean stuff, and the good guys can't stop em'! But as we all know, Good wins in the end! Stay tuned. Pancho is (in real life) getting married this fall!