I’ll be off to camp in a week. Jenny, Sam, and I will be at Michiana Christian Service Camp in Niles, MI for Junior High 1 next week. We leave Sunday and will be back late on Friday night.
I love camp. It’s made a difference in my life, and I’ve seen it work on so many other people also.
Here’s some totally random thoughts on camp….
Rise and Shine
Run up the flag and doing devotions
Tetherball
Baptisms in the river and in the lake
Potlicking on the lodge side
Late night pranks
Raiding the fridge
Round Lake
Ralph
Marla
Jeff Curtis and I hammering Coop on the basketball court when he was about 17. It shut him up for at least a week. 
Building the campfire on the lodge side
Jim and Brian Borton
Kevin Odor
Mike Tuttle
Mahoning Valley Christian Service Camp
The Hollar boys
14,000+ feet in Colorado (which time?)
Pat Hartson, the ultimate Mean Dean
Hitting the peak with my dad (HEY DUCK!), and having the photos to prove it (Thanks Richard)
Backpacking through the tail end of a hurricane in New Hampshire
40+ miles on the AT while carrying most of Mom’s gear
Capture the Flag
Mark Hamilton turning green in Leadville – and I mean that literally
Day hikes at Wilderness camp, with Penultimate Mean Dean – Jeremy “Red” Westbrook
Preaching vespers under the cliff
Bryan and Kate and Amanda and Tab and Dale and Darren (RIP) and Matt and Cade and Hillary and Maia and Jeremiah and Ed and Curtis and Angie and Jaime and Amy and Tab and Mark and Brian and Coop and Rob and ……………………………………………
Randy hitting on the faculty member (somebody with last name of Ferguson) who was about twice his age and married to a guy about 3 times his size lolololol
Leading worship with Micah Carrick when everything just went right
22 inch bass
Waking mom up at 5:30 AM to ask if she had some rope for our anchor (one of the biggest mistakes of my life)
I could go on forever, but I’ve got to get some more work done today. We’re on vacation the week after camp, so I’ll be on hiatus for a couple of weeks at least….
9:52am
Good stuff Nater! I have several of the same memories! What good times!
I love camp too!!!
1:15pm
How can you not love Ralph!?! I miss my Rould Lakin’ days…good times!
9:52am
Hey Meggan, what’s up! I love and miss RLCA too… how’s everything in Westerville these days?
1:58pm
Glad you had a good week of camp in MI…things in Westerville are great. The summer has been very busy but aren’t they all?!? We’re getting geared up for a big event that we’re doing with World Vision in September. It’s called Step Into Africa. It should be pretty amazing. Here’s the link to check it out. http://www.worldvisionexperience.org/
I think they have an exhibit in Michigan but I’m not sure where yet. Tell Jenny I said hello…we sure do miss you guys! Hope the rest of the fam is well!
8:23am
Looks to me like the Michigan Exhibit might be only two blocks away from me! Fair Haven Ministries is a mega-church that is in our little corner of West Michigan. How small is this world…….
1:15pm
sorry…Round!
9:31pm
Hey Nater,
great comments and I share many of those same memories with you because i was with you. Love you and the blgs–also great one on the kings.
Love,
Dad