As always it is amazing how fast three weeks goes by, but also how much retired couples (retired sounds much better than old) can accomplish. Another amazing thing is how GOD brings the needed couples and projects together.
When campers arrive at camp they like to give them a little welcome gift. This year the plan is to give a key chain, a little piece of the camp, not something from China purchases on Amazon. They had a plan to cut short pieces of old climbing rope (climbing rope used for adventures at Camp Big horn), glue a Camp Bighorn sticker to it, fold it around a key ring, sew the pieces together then melt the fraid ends off. They needed 1,000 of them. This was the perfect project for Ann and Lorna, it was a challenge and they completed it on the last day.
Tom and I finished painting the six rooms, each with 4 or 5 bunk beds to work around, a task that the regular staff would not have time to do. The lighter color sure made the rooms more welcoming for the campers. Our last project we were Weed Eater Operators. We are leaving Camp Bighorn looking really nice for their incoming campers.
When we arrived we were welcomed into the Camp Bighorn family. We enjoyed interacting with the staff as we would randomly see them, when they would stop to see how progress was going, the times we ate with them, and when they stopped by our campsite. Three of the staff shared their stories during our devotion time. What a joy to hear their stories and how God had brought them here. Philippians 1:6
This is not the typical camp, as the staff raise their own support, more like missionaries do. They have a heart for God, for kids and they know how God changes lives at Camp Bighorn.
We will be leaving a part of our hearts here as we leave, but hope to return. We worked hard, but the blessing to be part of the Camp Bighorn family for three weeks outweighed all the aches and pains.
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It was indeed a great 3 weeks! Lots of great memories!