Friends came to visit

Our friends Ben and Jade came to visit.  It was their first visit to Eagle Lake Camp.  We had a great time catching up, grilling, hiking and eating ice cream.  We hope you come back soon!!

 

Maggie, Emma, Tozer and Jade

People we want you to meet.

Dan found out this spring that Max Clark, a past counselor, was coming to work with him this summer.  Dan has been so excited for Max to be with us.  Max is a great worker and is eager to learn from Dan.  Besides cracking each other up these past few weeks...they have gotten a lot done.  This is Dan and Max...Max is showing off his knife that "is bigger than Dan's."

Next is Alicia Franks.  Alicia was in my bible study last year and was asked to come back the next two years to be a PC (program coordinator).  Basically...her and Miranda the other girl PC are over the girl counselors.  It is a HUGE honor to be asked to be a PC and Alicia is very good at her job here.  This is Alicia.

Finally five of my six bible study girls.  I have been so blessed to have these girls in my care for the summer.  This past week we studied Caleb and I was so moved at how deep these girls went with this study.  They taught me a lot.  Please pray for us as we study God's word and grow closer as a group.  The only one missing is Abbey.  I will get her picture us soon.  In the first picture from left to right....Laurie, Becki, Jessica and Micha (day camp counselor).  The second picture is Rachel (horse camp counselor).

Best letter ever

Dan received the cutest letter from his niece Bailey (Kevin and Geo Linna's oldest daughter).  She melts our heart!  We placed this letter on the board outside the dinning hall for all to read.  The letter came with $14. 

Our camp bear-dog treed his first bear of the summer.

Dan and Lynn got a tip that bear tracks had been spotted.  Blue, Lynn's dog, found the tracks and chased the bear up a tree.  Dan and Lynn shot flare guns to get the bear out of the tree and Dan hit the bear in the bum with a 20 gauge shot gun.  The bear went running off into the woods.  The camp and the kids are safe for another night.

Camp starts tomorrow!

Two months of getting the camp ready and now we are here on the eve of another camp season.  Tomorrow afternoon between noon and 3 the campers will start to come.  The camp grounds look great the decorations are done and hopefully we will have soft, willing hearts that are ready to hear how much they are loved by God. 

Dan is busy with all sorts of jobs.  His list gets longer everyday.   One of his latest jobs was cutting down a tree that had fallen over one of the hiking trails.  Here are some pictures of that.  He got to take two counselors with him and taught them some chainsaw skills. 

Dan, Collin, and Kyle will be spending 3 1/2 days a week working together. Here they made quick work of a 200 yr old blue spruce.

Prayer request:  Tomorrow morning we meet with our bible study groups that Dan and I will be leading this summer.  Please pray for connections to be made and that we would have fruitful discussions that would be kingdom building.

Busy week

Grandma and Grandpa were here for two weeks helping us move up to camp and help Beth with the kids.  Grandpa did many projects and actually got in a lot of fishing this trip.  He is pictured below adding an addition to our front deck so that there is a place for all of our outdoor stuff.  It looks way neater!  Thanks Dad.  They left on Tuesday afternoon and on Wednesday afternoon our friends the Padillas came on their way home from Utah to Tennessee.  We met the Victor and Natasha three years ago during our fundraising classes with the Navs.  They stayed for two and a half days and it was great catching up with them.  They came with their three kids; Angel, Joey and Corban.  They brought their niece Nevaeh with them also.  The weather was absolutely perfect for them.  We got to visit them in Tennessee this last fall on our way to MN for the winter.

Here are some pictures from this past week.

Emma and Grandma