July 28, 2012

• Quick summer glance thus far

  Boy, has summer flown by!!  Christopher is at orchestra camp and Jennifer, Bethany, and I are still at Camp Good News.  We had a great week with about sixty 10-12 year old girls last week and are looking forward to the teen girls coming tomorrow! Between all the cameras that are around here, thousands of pictures have been taken.  At the end of summer, I’ll hopefully post a few of them, but in the meantime, visit

  http://campgoodnewsnc.wordpress.com/

   to get a TINY glimpse of what’s going on here. Some of the girls here are updating the blog on a regular basis with pictures and short snippets of what we’re doing and learning.  During chapel times, we are learning about the life of Daniel, what it means to be a Christian (and to be persecuted), and martyrs of the New Testament and beyond.  It’s been so good and there have been over 20 salvations. Praise the Lord! The most important thing is that the Gospel is being shared very clearly during chapel in the mornings and evenings as well as during the day when the counselors get a chance to have some one-on-one or small group time. Lots of questions from the girls have been asked, and many good conversations have followed. I could write a book on what I’ve learned, what the girls are learning, what we’re doing, etc…..but I’m not going to.  Just visit the blog site for a synopsis. of Camp Good News. 

  We appreciate the prayers as well. The enemy will go to great measures to distract us and make things difficult.

  Since I have internet for a short period of time before another week of camp starts, I wanted to get some summer pictures on here. These are from early July.  Seems like forever ago since we’ve been up at camp for weeks, but it’s really only been a month.  Hoping to get 5 Day Clubs on here next. 

  

  Basketball with some friends.  We girls did a good job considering the boys were so good.  When we played guys vs. girls, the guys only used their left hand.  That made it so much more even.   It actually worked well.

  

  Knock-out

  

  The guys taught us and gave us tips about basketball.  We were good “students” and had lots of fun playing!

  

  Ultimate Frisbee!

  

  Our friend Lana came over and made us a Vietnamese dinner.  It was interesting yet very good.  We put a strange variety of food in a rice tortilla (that was clear…which was weird at first, but we got over it.  haha!). There was beef, eggs, pears, apples, peppers, blueberries, shrimp, crab, hot sauce, tomatoes, peanut butter, and more. Not the obvious combination, right? But it actually tasted really good.

  

  Our sweet friend, Lana

  

  Christopher was able to have some guy friends over for soccer and swimming.  The little guys still love to sell lemonade. 

  

  Chick-fil-A’s ‘Cow Appreciation Day’ fell on a day we were teaching 5 Day Clubs, so a bunch of us met for breakfast before our clubs.  If you dressed up like a cow, you got a FREE COMBO!  Amazing! So we did that and then headed to our clubs.

  

  After our Bible clubs were done, we met again at Chick-fil-A for lunch. 

  

  Then we went again for dinner.  Crazy, I know.  But we did it.  And we had a blast. 

  

  LOVED the cow Missy and two guys made.  She looked so cute in the middle of them.

  

  Mom has done a great job keeping our yard looking nice.  She loves having people over, so she always makes sure things look nice.

  

   

  

  Missy was being used as the pool toy.  LOL!!

  

  Missy was in total control.  It was so funny to watch.  The big kids had so much fun with her.  Meanwhile, Marianna and her friends were having a ball on the diving board.

  

  Our angels

  

  A few weeks back, one of our trees got hit by lightning.  Part of it ended up in the road.  Dad decided to cut the rest of it down, so it ended up being a big job.

    

  So thankful for neighbors and friends who came to help haul the limbs into the firepit in our backyard.

  

   

  Enjoy the rest of the summer!!  It’s gone by fast, but there is still summer left! 

   

   

   

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