This weekend was bustling with excitement as families came for Memorial Day Family Camp.  It is always fun to see families together…from fathers and sons fishing, kids laughing at Hairy (the puppet) in session, to Hayrides and campfires.  I enjoyed helping with a voyager’s breakfast (paddling out to a campsite early in the morning to make breakfast over the fire and hang out together), as well as time in the nursery, and scooping plenty of ice-cream in Main Street Cafe.  Larry was busy maintaining program areas and introducing new ones. 

Perhaps one of the most meaningful aspects of the weekend was the dedication of the Mountain Boarding Program yesterday afternoon.  Caleb, who had been a long-time camper and snowboard instructor and who planning to counsel here this summer, was involved in a very serious snowboarding accident in March.  As many of you know, with no brain activity detected, he did not survive.  Camp was a huge part of Caleb’s life, but more than that his relationship with Jesus was paramount.  A memorial fund was established to underwrite the new Mountain Boarding Program this summer along with the camper scholarship fund. Yesterday the program was kicked off by remembering Caleb as his siblings were the first to go down the hill.  We pray God will use this program to bring people closer to Himself.  The key verse for this summer’s mountain board program, is Caleb’s favorite: “I strive to set the Lord continually before me; because when He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” -Psalm 16:8