the green spot blog

Hello all readers of the camp dash evergreen blog. It is april first, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, the tank is clean (and 'Finding Nemo' is being quoted) spring is right around the corner and it is time for this blog to be updated. Given the lack of foolish people that read this blog there will be no attempts to fool any one you. My name is Luke. I just started here at camp. Just started for this year, that is. I've been coming here on and off for a few years now. Many changes have happened (as you are probably well aware) and the job that I was originally hired for technically no longer exists. Thus I cannot give you an acurate job title and I'm not allowed to just make one up. So far my job duties have been to update this blog and learn myself about many of the new things that I havn't done before. Since I dont know much else about my job- I figure ill tell you what i do know and if there's one thing I know it's about my self... Here is a re...

Hey Everyone, Stevyn here! Once again, things around camp are changing. One of the things we are most excited for is our new challenge course. It's in the process of being built as I am writing, and will be ready by the summer for all of you to use!! As the title indicates, spring is indeed upon us which means many things - warmer weather, busier schedules, and the sighting of animals like deer, squirrels and birds. Another exciting part of spring at camp evergreen is the birth of foals. Although we don't have any yet, we are looking forward to the arrival of three babies in the near future! Sunny, one of the mares expecting a foal. Daisey, Julia's mare, is also going to have a foal soon. Ruby, our third mare expected to foal out soon. We're also getting excited as we look forward to, and have begun to plan for the summer. Things are already starting to buzz around here with excitement and anticipation of the week you will be here!! Spring staff will be arriving...

the count-down has begun. alyssa and i were talking this week and revived the count-down tradition. so here it is! excited yet? theme for summer 2008: colossians 1:17 He is before all things and in Him all things hold together.

Hey there, its Julia. Apparently I get to be the first one to update since Jenni's intros. So far this year, we have had two of our retreats. We had the Rise'n' Shine Jr High retreat, and the Ladies retreat. This past week has been a week of band camps. Two groups from Ecole Airdie have been out here to visit with us. As I sat around, I was remembering what it was like for me as a Jr High band student. When you are in jr high, you think that even though your are just learning how to play, you are still the best player in the band, and to you, your band sounds amazing. When you get down to it though, the band is still just a beginner band and your are not going to sound like the symphony orchestra by the time your concert rolls around. Something interesting about a band is how all the instruments in a section have to work together to create good harmony, and also how the sections have to work together to have all the parts and balanced sound. Being a trumpet player m...

so i want to introduce you to some people because they'll be updating the green spot once in a while. julia... is 5' 4" and plays the trumpet. she owns a horse named daisy (and can't wait for daisy's baby horse to be born around march 27th). julia likes mountains, speaks spanish, and has never worn the big yellow apron when doing dishes. stevyn... is 6' 6'' and has to duck to avoid hitting the ceiling of some parking garages. he's really good at playing the guitar. stevyn has ridden a bike backwards, and can walk on his hands. he has not, however, ridden a horse backwards. kristy... is 5' 5"ish... and a toothpick! she's also cold all the time, so we call her the Icestickle. she is equal part rock climber and cowgirl. kristy hates mushrooms, and would really like ken to make pizza today. she has one brother and a cat named tigger. sugar... is about 5' 9". he has worked at camp evergreen since 1997. his real name is jason, he lik...

remember when it was thirty degrees... above zero? and camp was packed with a hundred little evergreeners? remember when... ...dorothy and all her friends from the land of OZ showed up to banquet on friday? ...the amazing race came to camp evergreen and SARDINES was on the menu? ...peanut butter and jam made an appearance (we had to explain to PB that we're a nut free camp)? ... you thought your cabin leaders were totally, absolutely, COMPLETELY crazy? (you were right) can't wait to see you all again! (maybe at rise'n shine - the jr. high retreat in january! check out the website for details). but until then... lovin' snowball fights and hot chocolate. j-bee

kristy and julia and i spent yesterday helping out at a Habitat for Humanity house - painting closets, ceilings, the furnace room, and each other. the furnace room was the most brilliant pastel purple i have ever seen! thought you might like some of our pictures. we've been doing a lot of classroom stuff with the Pillar team, so it was really good to go and get our hands dirty because "faith by itself, if it is not accompanies by action, is dead" (james 2:17). we can't really say that we love Jesus if we're not out there loving people. so today - act out your love for Jesus by loving somebody around you. maybe that means doing the dishes for your mom and dad. or encouraging a friend who's down. or giving some of your money to an organization like the Mustard Seed that's trying to help people who are cold and hungry in your area. or volunteering to help out in a sunday school class. but somehow, someway - get involved somewhere. and i think you'll have...