Raking on Camp

Dear everybody,

We love our beautiful Lican Ray Bible Camp. The property is covered with beautiful trees of all different species.

What results from having lots on trees on camp is lots of branches and leaves to rake up in the winter!

What a job! This time around we started a little earlier in the year since we are actually living on camp now. We've been at it with the kids for the past few weeks, working most afternoons after they get done with their schooling.


Yesterday, we had Teresa, a young lady from the El Tume church, call and ask if she could come to camp and work wherever needed. We never turn anyone down that wants to work!


She worked really hard and got the main part of camp cleaned of all leaves and branches.

Dan used the pitchfork to pick up the piles and throw them in the bed of the pickup.

Even Morgan helped!

Then we would drive to another part of camp to dump the leaves.

This was our kids' favorite part of the job! They helped push on the tarp to dump the leaves out and then got to jump in the piles.

We appreciate all who sacrifice of their time to come and work on camp.

The work is never ending but it is gratifying at the end of a day's work to see progress.

Liz

Where have we been?

Dear everybody,

It has been so long since I have posted on the blog that I don't really know where to begin. I am hoping in the next few days to make the time to update all of you who have been following the blog faithfully.

The latest thing on our agenda was a trip to the capital city of Santiago last week. Dan and I were asked by the admnistrator of Pirque Bible Camp to come and give some work shops on counseling to their prospective counselors and helpers.

We droppped the kids off with Uncle David and Auntie Kristi in Temuco, and drove up to the BIG city. What a difference from our little town of Lican Ray!

Pirque Bible Camp at the foot of the Andes Mountains

We enjoyed the beautiful day God gave us and ended up teaching in the great outdoors on camp Pirque. It was a very profitable time for both the counselors and for us.

We realized after the sessions with the counselors and also a session with the current administrator and his assistant that this part of our ministry was vital for the camps.

We need to be doing much more training and capacitating of camp staff.

Pray with us that we could organize and clear our schedules to make room for more training opportunities in the south, central and northern camps.

Liz