Helena 2012 Wednesday Camp
Day 3
The machine is oiled and running smoothly. The end of the line is in sight! The Blessings Committee turned out 238 bag
lunches today and had them delivered by 10:45. Rylee's help this morning was a primary reason we finished early (see pic)
It was meant to be a catch up day for our team. We made our way out to The Welles' for a
promised return visit and when we left, it was time for lunch. With camp concluding at 2PM, not much time
was left as we were to be at The Chamber of Commerce by 3PM. Bob and I then went by Ace Hardware, picked
up a “bow” lock (dead bolt) for Miss Nora’s side door. Bob had arranged with Bill (local carpenter)
to install.
Sounds like an easy day – Done …………….No
where close. We finally conclude the
team evening wrap up meeting at 10:30.
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OK –
Back to the Edwardian -- I must ramble….This is our home away from home. We stay at an old Victorian Bed &
Breakfast in Helena hosted by Dana and Lynn Chadwick. You couldn’t find a
better place. Dana feeds us every
morning and it is essentially a “food channel” experience. We sort of take over his place and it’s like
home. The kids (and some adults) have a
warm, third floor apartment/dormitory arrangement. Each room and the house is eloquently decorated.
The 1 ½ hour Chamber visit provides views of Helena past and present. Since this visit was not mandatory, some of the hot tired campers remained behind for Cabot cheese and crackers while others shopped and some visited “Best Coke in Town”. Now it is 5PM and our swim group heads off to The Methodist Church for barbeque so they can be at adult swim by 6pm. This is an every night affair folks. Our swim group assures me that the rewards are well worth the effort. I promise to join them tonight (not in the water) to take pictures only.
Next the entire camp heads to Delta Fellowship Church for a “Spiritual” service celebrating the week and the ten years of the All Church Challenge. This program was provided by local teens that had aged out of camp and had developed strong Christian values, largely because of camp. It was a VERY moving experience as I will discuss later. “Our” camp was started 10 years ago and was run by Ben and Leonora Newell until this year. Mollie Palmer and Cat Bahn have done a beautiful job carrying on this year. CBF Arkansas made a 20 year pledge to Phillips County and has just completed its 10th. I proud to say Hayes Barton has participated all ten years with Bob and Carol Barksdale and Kate Hall being present for each of those years.
After a quick trip to The Sonic for ½
price milk shakes we return to The Edwardian for our 9PM group “wrap-up”. We were fortunately joined by our assigned
intern, Brooke, and three other camp interns. Kristen’s first question was, “Where did you see
God today”. Margaret almost immediately
answered and told how present God was in the youth that participated at Delta
earlier. After some thought, almost everyone
was in full agreement. And…. We were
lucky enough to have three of these kids in our presence. Ira concluded the program at Delta with a solo performance
that was unbelievable and that would have left Jeff Brooks envious. We concluded
with a group prayer and God’s work had been done.
Another Long Day Concluded
From the Delta
Dave
Dave
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