(Picnic dinner at Akaka Falls - after VBS)
I talked to Marcia last night and the week of VBS had gone well. They had about 90 children. Marcia was in charge of crafts for all the age groups. The first day had a bit of a learning curve as she realized how very little K-Ist graders can do. “Mom”, she said, “some kids can’t even bend a pipe cleaner in half” . The dragonflies (made with round wooden clothespins) were the favorite.
This morning they are headed up the mountain to prepare for camp which starts next Monday.
They will be using a camp that is also used by the Girl Scouts and is empty most of the time. So they have to clean the 4 cabins (which the girls will use) and the lodge. The guys will be setting up big canvas tents, lay down wood planks for the floor and setting up cots for the boys’ lodging. They have a lot of work to do, but she sounded excited. Marcia talked to a local girl who had been a counselor up at the camp a previous summer and she suggested buying a big storage tub from Wal Mart to keep her clothes in. (to keep the critters off, J) So the girls went to Wal Mart.
(Marcia's cabin)
They have more prep to do for the camp program too. They will have two teams, each made up of 2 girl cabins and 2 guy cabins. One is the Black Diamond Climbers (Marcia is on this one) and the other is the North Face Mountaineers. They have been preparing songs as a staff choir; Marcia is the pianist. Some songs they are being accompanied by a guitar, and then she will sing.
She is not sure if she will have cell phone coverage up on the mountain, but if I hear from her, I will pass on the news.
She thanks you all for praying.
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