...we had two story nights in two weeks. The first was in Edmonton, at Sunrise Community Church and the second was in Calgary, at Dalhousie Community Church. The goal was simple, to tell stories. Stories about how God is working at and through Camp Evergreen. A secondary goal was to have some good dessert together. Let me tell you there was some good dessert together! There was a young boys table that really liked dirt and worms!
At both nights we interviewed some campers and asked them several questions including how many years have you been a camper at Camp Evergreen and what advice would you give to someone coming to camp for the first time? Jesse proved to be our longest attending camper as he pulled seven different Camp Evergreen T-shirts from a backpack including the owl T-shirt from 2012. Some of the advice given to new campers was to bring a lot of bug spray and lots of socks!
We heard from recent and past staff. Stories about how God was working in their lives and their campers lives. One of the questions we asked was why do you keep coming back to camp to volunteer? Two themes emerged, one was the positive atmosphere. Its like coming home! The second theme was seeing growth in young peoples lives. Now don't get us wrong, we are all about campers - giving them the best week of their summer and seeing them come to know Jesus in a personal way. But as some of our former staff shared, we're also very much about our young staff. Training them, giving them leadership and life skills. Seeing God take hold of their lives and molding them into His image.
We concluded that God is at work at Camp Evergreen. Lives are being transformed by the power of Jesus. Whether its in our guests, campers or staff lives, God is working. We also concluded that we cannot, nor want to go down this road along. We need your help to accomplish what God is doing at Camp Evergreen. May God grant us strength, vision and unity as we move forward together.
Ranger (Bob)
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