Lake Champion photo highlights

Quetta and I harnessed and ready for our ride on the "zip line."  Joy stayed at the lake and cheered us on.

Splash down in the lake at the end of the zip line!  What fun!

The "blob" is in the distance.  One camper jumps onto the inflated object, crawls to the end, another camper jumps from the platform and if you look closely you can see what happens next.  More fun!

Kim and Quetta during a few minuets of free time.  I really enjoyed getting to know these two sisters better and working along side of them. 

Camp during free time.

The childcare volunteers of the "ladybug pod."  We spent it all.

My week at Lake Champion, NY was unlike any other week of my life!  Each day the childcare volunteers were encouraged to "spend it all."  We did.  I was especially impressed with the camp leadership, a group of humble, servants who love Jesus and want to give others the opportunity to meet Him.  I was impressed with the large group of young adult "work crew" volunteers.  They cooked and served food, cleaned bathrooms, helped campers on the ropes course and in the pool and stopped to play with babies.  They were polite, helpful servants.  I NEVER heard any of them complain, even when the intestinal virus traveled through our cabin area requiring our bathrooms to need extra cleaning.  They loved Jesus and worked to give others the opportunity to meet Him.  I was impressed with the other volunteers in the "ladybug pod," the group I was privileged to lead.  We worked well together, worked hard, cried a little and laughed lots. 

The best part of the week was all the hours spent with our group of eight "ladybugs."  I won't post photos of them since I did not get permission from their parents to do so.  Just imagine a group of precious almost-two-year olds with large dark eyes and faces that light up in huge smiles.  Imagine warm hugs and boundless energy.  There were 160 children under the age of three in camp last week.  What a treat!

On the last day of camp, all of the campers and volunteers were invited to the final meeting where we heard the testimony of the many young ladies who had met Jesus that week.  Young Lives is a fruitful, worthwhile ministry.  They are worth the investment of a week of my time and a few hundred dollars.  I was blessed to be there.