This summer held both my favorite weeks and most difficult weeks that I had ever faced. The first week, I was assigned to the Explorers camp (ages 8-9). It soon became clear that I had the cabin missing father figures. One mother told me that a camper had lost his father that year and been bullied at school. Another mother …..
My journey with Camp Hebron started in a blink of an eye when I met Ralph Swartzentruber at a college camp fair. He was standing by a display that had an actual running waterfall! Up to that point I had no idea of how my summer would work out but during the next class I leaned over to my friend Kevin and said, “Let’s go and serve at Camp Hebron next summer”, and so we did. That was the summer of 1987. What started in a blink lasted four summers and turned into…..
One of my favorite weeks of the summer was Ultimate Adventure Camp. When I found out I was assigned to this camp, I was so excited to be a part of all the amazing day trips that the high schoolers would experience. However, once again, the Lord had different plans as the rainy weather and flooding prevented us from participating in any of our scheduled events. As staff we would meet together each morning not knowing what our day would hold,….
