Lost canyon

This week we began our month at Lost Canyon. We have been waiting all year for this adventure. Our kids love being at camp. It is really the greatest experience any parent could want for their children. I decided to start this blog so that we could have a journal of our memories and share our experience with friends and family.

Scott's assignment for the month will be to guide and disciple the Summer Staff. They are the college age workers that volunteer for the month. There are 43 of them this month and 6 of them are our Young Life leaders from Albuquerque. This first week Scott has been busy from 7:30 a.m. until about midnight each day. We see him at mealtime and around camp a little at all the activities that he is helping with.

We moved into our house that we share with about nine other families last Friday. There are 18 kids from the age of 6 months to 9 years running around here. Cade has already made a best friend named Jon. Cade wants to do everything with Jon. For the most part they have been playing legos, riding scooters or bikes and playing frisbee golf. Cade has also enjoyed going around with daddy to visit the summer staff workers. Bryce has been hanging with Cade and a few other kids that he has gotten to know. He has been riding scooters, riding bikes, playing frisbee golf, picking up trash around camp and playing star wars. Brady pretty much hangs out with me. I have enjoyed all the families that we are here with. It is so wonderful getting to know other families that are Young Life families from all around the country. I love getting to know everyone. I am sure that by the end of the month together we will feel like family.

It is wonderful seeing all the high school kids having such a great time and learning about who Christ is. It is wonderful how everyone works together to make this happen. I love that my kids get to be a part of helping share Jesus even if it is just picking up garbage around the camp. I really want them to see that we are here to serve Jesus and not just to have fun. I know that they are enjoying being with all the kids their age as well as with all the college students that they get to spend time with. Amber spent the afternoon with Cade and Bryce the other day playing frisbee golf and taking them for ice cream. They loved it.

There is a group of campers here that are disabled campers. They call their group high rollers. Many are in wheel chairs or have developmental disablilites. I have enjoyed seeing the joy on their faces as they experience camp. It really does bring tears to your eyes. Last evening we spent an hour hanging out with them in the game room. Cade played ping pong and pool with some of them. It was great.