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Summer Camp Memories
Camp was a Wow-Experience for sure! With your help, 28 campers ages 7 to 17 registered with The Children’s Ranch for five-days, four-nights at Broken Arrow campgrounds in Sunsites, Arizona. With other children from various locations, about ninety campers in all kept busy with organized games, bible studies, food, crafts, archery, hiking, scripture memorization, swimming and prayer, prayer, prayer. What a joy to watch children on their knees praying together; praying alone; some whispering to the Lord; others quietly weeping away their pain.
My highlight of the week was the restoration of a broken pre-teen friendship. Two12-year-old friends, let’s call them Billy and Tommy, had been like brothers in the same neighborhood. Last winter their friendship deteriorated into antagonism, name-calling, literal rock throwing, and a general hateful disposition one toward another. The mothers, of course, were not pleased and each pointed to the son of the other woman as the true instigator in this upheaval.
One night at chapel as children prayed quietly before the Lord, I took Billy by the hand and Tommy by the other hand. With tears of truth gleaming in my eyes, I looked first at one, then the other and said, “You two love the same Jesus; you love the same Lord. Billy, you should be willing to die for Tommy; and Tommy you should be willing to die for Billy. Please for the Name of Jesus, please get along, will you?” I walked away leaving the two of them who – at my request – awkwardly hugged one another, but as I headed off I wondered if the hug was only for my benefit. Would any of this make a difference later?
What a joy the next morning to see the two of them sitting together in the dining hall for breakfast. They asked me to join them. As “Tommy and Billy” laughed and carried on, I grabbed the camera for a picture. They put their heads near one another and frowned! “Can’t you two act like you like one another for the picture?” I chuckled. After the click of the camera, they went back to their boyish giggling.
2 Cor. 5:18 And all things [are] of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation ….”
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What a view - a beautiful setting for camp!
Off for a hike among the rocks...
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Archery is always a favorite!
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More fun outdoors!
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Ready for Volleyball
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This kid's got a nose for fun!
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A good game, but look at the sky!
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When's lunch?
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The lunch line is moving...be patient!
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Indoor games: Defending the fort
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Is rolling crepe paper a new skill set?
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Camp - a great place for making friends...
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and havin' good fun!
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Gathering around the campfire
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What are they burning?
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We're not sure...
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but we all had a great time!
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Making music |
Y'all come back next year!
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