Hijinks

This week was full of fun at Camp Barakel.  Mike Baker and I were moving more of the animal mounts around and that just seems to lead to jokes.  The story behind all this is that a man that loved camp passed away last year and left us about 8 mounts that we wanted to incorporate in several buildings.  The shuffling moved quite a bit around in the West Side Chapel with a couple changes in the East Side Chapel as well.  The most notable change was the addition of two white tail deer into the great room of Crosscut Lodge.  They fit in really well with the rustic look of the walls and saws.

The new addition to this massive bumper.

The snow here is the issue lately.  The programers spent a lot of time moving snow to the hill and it was just the trick through this long, warm week.  The result was one of the fastest weekends of tubing that I've seen here.  The icy runs developed some bumps that kids were catching some air from.  I thought I was going to fall off several times when I tried it out.  Now the hill is coming up against a long week that could scorch it.  We're hoping to save it, but there are a lot of other things that campers will be able to enjoy this week no matter the weather.

This might be the best the hill looks all week.  We'll see.

It's not all about hi jinks here, this was weekend number five for winter camp and now we're over half way done.  Now we have a Couples Retreat and then several youth retreats in the next weekends.  I'm looking forward to seeing a lot more friends come up, but more importantly there are over a thousand campers still planning to come this Winter.  Every single one will have the opportunity to hear the Gospel.

So join us in praying for the campers that are coming.  Also keep in mind our staff, especially during the cold and flu season.