RYLA week at Lone Tree.

It's Saturday, and the RYLA kids are gone.  Here are some of the highlights from this week:

 

- Eating four ears of roasted corn at Sunday's Open House.  (Preston wins.  He had five.)  Then, eating corn again for dinner on Monday night, then watching Mexico Missions get corn on Wednesday.

 

- Watching as about a third of our staff fell victim to strep throat (and hearing about their shots).

 

- Belaying Hadley, a two-hundred and some pound RYLA boy, on the outdoor wall, him falling about four times only three feet from the ground, and me flying into the air.  (It's okay - I was anchored.)

 

- Watching Austin, the self-proclaimed nerd of Hadley's group, make it to the top of the outdoor wall in the final minutes of that activity's hour (after none of the other people in his group could do it).

 

 

All in all, it was an exhausting week.  Here are some prayer requests:

- Group unity and a sense of community among everyone.  That we can work together as a unified body.

- Focus, that we could pay attention to the things that matter.

- Health (physical, mental, and emotional).  That no one else gets strep throat or pnemonia or bronchitis or anything else that might be going around.  Also, that no one gets mauled by a mountain lion.

- Energy and stamina for the rest of the summer, that we can actually do our jobs.

- For the campers, that they would be open to hearing the Jesus-parts of camp and willing to open up to the staff.

 

This week: a church group (I forget their name).  Maybe another post next week, pending on internet availability.  :O)