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.