4 days til the campers come!

Hard to believe it's been 3 weeks since we got here! It's been great getting to know all the staff here, I can now say that I have all their names down, all 80 or so of them. We have a few more days of staff training left, then the kids show up on Saturday. I have been filling the role of nurse and camp store manager. It's been busy, a lot of copying and filing in the health center, and a lot of counting inventory in the store. I am feeling a little inadequate in the health center. Most of the staff coming in are ankle and knee pain, rashes, and other random stuff. Mostly my answer is - here's some Motrin and ice. Not exactly my area of expertise. I have been to the health center in town with one guy's injury, the Nurse Practitioner there is super nice, so that's great. Josh is very busy with...everything. He's always busy with something. He's having a great time getting to know the guys. He loves to step into their lives, applying what he has learned in school, and being the man that he has grown into in the last few months. He just got back from the staff hike, which they had a blast. All was safe on the trail, praise the Lord. That's all I have for now- the library closes in a few minutes. I don't have any pics either- I'm not sure yet how the library feels about me uploading the pictures onto their computer. We love you all and miss you! Thank you for your prayers!

at camp

Work weekend is over. Josh worked on the 'gazebo', which is really a large log garage/storage shed. It was begun last fall, this year the rafters were completed and it's ready for the roof now. I did lots of work in the health center, getting ready for the summer. I also did the inventory for the camp store.

We moved into our cabin for the summer, the Lookout. It is right on the waterfront of beautiful Lake Whitaker. It's about as big as our apartment, but a gajillion times more beautiful and way cooler! Here's a picture of the living room, and a picture of the lake as I'm sitting on the front porch- my view every morning.

I am sitting in the livingroom as the director, Josh, and the 3 section chiefs plan staff training at the director's house in Albany. We'll return to camp on Sunday when the entire staff arrives and the summer fun begins! The campers arrive in another three weeks. Pray for safety as staff training begins, relationships, and growth. We are excited to get to know all the guys and invest in their lives. We are getting to know the 15 guys that are here already since work weekend, there are about 65 more coming. That's a lot of names to remember!