camp

It is sunday evening, I wasn't able to get through to my family on the phone tonight.  It was a good day.  Jennifer and her husband Jason Parker came over and Marilyn was with us when we had devotions and prayer time.  Darin Cox was our speaker and we arranged our food so we could be with them in the service.  The service closed with a commissioning service for staff, first for counselors, as they went to Paula, Jay and Naomi and those three prayed for the counselors,  afterwards, the five of us who are there all summer we called to the front, and they prayed for us, in our roles at camp.  It is an awesome feeling of responsibility that we have as we officially started camp for this summer.

I took a long nap and when I came to the kitchen, campers were already there.  Tia and bobbi are there this week.  I know many of the campers from other years.  The children this week are 12-13.  Jeff Kappelle is the speaker, his children are here with him, or atleast some of them.  Halley is helping in the kitchen and she is a wonderful help.  Ellen Dick, Maria Deckert and Wilda Brown are here in the kitchen this week.  (For some of you this won't be significant.)

We spent some time talking about menu's for the coming week.  Right now we have only beef, but I think some pork is coming this week.

Janet called this evening and we talked for a while.  She had some sewing questions and I think now she knows how to find this blog.

 I trust that all is well for all of you, Brenna how was your trip?  I hear that Munich/Cando/Starkweather baseball was playing for state champ.  I wonder how that turned out?

camp Friday

It is Friday,  we are trying to get things organized, and we made some changes in the kitchen.  Actually Karen Hooge stayed with me last night and she helped me this morning as well as Jennifer and Marilyn.  I have been mostly trying things in the new kitchen equipment.  Ifind most things are working well, but I tried something tonight that I won't do again.  Mac and cheese can't be held in the proofing heater oven.  So it i a learning process.

Julie I saw your mural, I recognize some of the pictures that you used to make the people.  I like the concept, and It is easy to see our mistakes, but I like what you did inspite of how you feel. 

Jack, I hope that each new tomorrow is a brighter day, one where you can live with the things that don't go the way you want them to go, I am praying for you.

Darin continued to speak about chasing good, and tonight he referred to dealing with our spiritual blinders.  What is our vision in life, atleast the vision that we see today?

Goodnight

Camp

This is the first full day of camp.  I didn't have anyone to help in the kitchen til later in the day.  I have appreciated the youth that have come in the kitchen to help me.  Jennifer parker and Marilyn Soggie are with me for the weekend.  It is a weekend of trying out the new equipment and figuring how to use equipment effectively.  The proofer/heater is going to be a really great help.  At noon, I put each part of the dinner in it and held it at the right temp til noon and we could set the food out.  It was great for the pizza, because once we had it baked, we could hold it til it was time to serve it.  Julie we made your bars and they are a hit, we tripled the recipe for a very large cookie sheet.  They loved it.
I guess mostly it is a time to get the kitchen organized more effectively.
Darin Cox is the speaker, and he came and started tonight.  He has a 15 year old niece who is helping with their children, this happens to be amy's weekend at the Cando hospital.  Darin is a counselor at the human service center in DL  I first met him during Celebration 99, when we worked together on some projects for that event.
He is speaking to the youth who will be counselors this summer, and how they can be effective with the children they are responsible to,  He said character is wh you are when no one is looking.  He had three thoughts expect the nexpected, being willing to confront our own hyprocracy, and pursing purity.  we are to ask our selves is there anything that has a blinder on my eyes.
So this what I leave each of you in my family with for this day.
 Pray for Chris, the young man from Calif. whose step father was in an accident, his mother says they are o.k. at home, byt grandma thinks he should come home.

camp

Today, I left for camp, it is always hard the first time, there are so many things to remember, and to remember and to do before I go.  I wanted to leave things in order for Jack and Julie.  I talked with Lacey before she left for the pig farm, I feel that God has brought her to us for this brief time, to be encouragers,  I know Jack it is so frustrating with the sewer system, but in the end, God has been with us and it will be for the best.  Julie, I looked to see if you had posted a photo, and I will keep watching.
When I got to Devils lake I went to Country Bank and told Kathy the things I am learning as I work at budgetting our finances, she told me about unline bill paying, I think that is the next step. 
At Walmart I kept seeing people that I knew.  So it took me a while to get camp.  We have a large group for staff camp and they are very special young people, they are good eaters,too.  We have a completely new kitchen, one of these weeks I will take some video footage and try to fix it so you can see what the kitchen looks like.  This is a good time for me to try the new equipment, (a stove and proofer) 
We had a worship time and as I stood there, I was in awe that God would allow me to serve him in this way, I thank each one of your for supporting me in this ministry.