Pilgrims Rest Part 2

Monday morning we skipped the meeting and many kind people helped unload the rest of our cabin from the roof or went in the cabin with waiters or mud boots. The water was 8" above the floor, it was kind of strange nearly swimming in the cabin we were just living in a day before.

We told people they could leave if they wanted to. But most of the people said they wouldn't leave if we wouldn't cancel the meetings, even if we couldn't do all the activities. Everyone was so wonderfully gracious, and the week turned out well after all. One of the ladies said to me, "What better way to start off a week than to have trials that bring unity and growth in all our lives, that's what we've been praying for".   

This is our tent monday morning. If you look closely, you can see an orange boat to the right of the tent, that is where they were loading our stuff from the roof.

Unloading. We ended up staying in a cabin a few hundred yards from here.

Relays.

 Father and Daughter.

 We were introduced to a new game called Spike Ball, it was a big hit with our family and may others.

Above is my Dad's brother playing for the first time. He came to camp for a day and spoke on Love & Respect. It was our first time having a live speaker, we really enjoyed it. Can't wait till next year when we'll have a live speaker the whole week!

 Brandon blow-drying the wet charcoal to his face.

This may look strange, but it's fun. We played Mission Imposible and put charcoal all over our faces.

 Brent, Daniel, Brandon, Stephen, and Shay.

The place of meeting.

Campfire.

We always have a time of singing and testimonies of how the Lord has worked in peoples lives through the week. It's a really nice time to hear about how the Lord has used camp to grow His people.



Pilgrims Rest-family camp 2012

Day 1

 It's always a blessing to start the week off with baptisms, this year there were 8.

 Many of our baptisms end up in the rain for some reason.

 Watching the baptisms.

 With all the rain there was a little river running through what was supposed to be a dry tent:) So we had the bright idea to fill the river with sand and redirect the water.

 There's always fun to be had rain or shine.

 And what now? Maybe the water will stop rising soon:)

We rescheduled all of the meetings to the building we hold our worship services at, it worked out pretty well, but I like being able to stay in one place for the whole week.

Some people had to be taken in by truck to their cabins or get soaked.

Just in case you've never been to family camp, I think you should know that flooding this time of year at this camp is extremely rare, and not likely to happen again for many years:)

After the evening meeting we came back to the campground and realized that the only way to get to our cabins, was by boat; thankfully we had plenty of them.
So all those on the water emptied their cabins by boat that night, it was quite the adventure; a memory that will last forever. It was so neat to see everyone working together and helping each other.
 We ended up staying at our house for the night and went back in the morning. Everyone else stayed in another cabin.