A RAD week plus
Hello to all---I am home....a little tired but truly blessed.
We had a BUSY week, but the Lord sent some sowers which freed me up at times to run some errands (bead and produce and mail ) for the camp, but I still cooked all the meals and made desserts, breads and pre-prep between times. The girls washed dishes, did laundry and took the trash out about a mile to the dumpster (in an old converted el camino).
We did have a little quiet time late at nite to sit by the lake on the second deck and look at the beautiful scenery. (a couple of times)....when I would leave about 6:30 in the morning to walk to the kitchen, the sunrise over the lake was breathtaking!!! The water glistened pink and the trees being silhouetted witht he lake as the backdrop gave me time to thank and praise the Lord for the beauty for my eyes, and such a beautiful setting for the families from all over the country!!
On Thursday nite, it was quite an interesting time. The freezer (huge walkin) had broken, and the repairman (a new one because th old company had gone out of business) came, and in the middle of dinner had to return because it still was not cooling. Then just, as everything was wrapping up from dinner (dirty dishes and pots and pans staked up everywhere on counters and leftovers to be dealt with and things put away, the electricity went out!! Oh, yes, there had just come a BAD thunderstorm, and most had not seen such an occourance where they lived. You must remember that some of thes kids are REALLY fearful when things change, so we had couple of criers, too!! We got a temporary generator going, but because it was not large enough to sustain all the cam NOR OUR PUM FOR WATER, we still could only wait---we had a bare minimum of emergency lites. We had however, cleared the dining room and the leaders for the group had heated chocolate and given the parent s a time of fellowship with fruit, pretzels, cake, marshmallows, and anything you could dip in the chocolate to be enjoyed. We also drained the water tak drawing hot water for soem foot soaks, and it seemed to relax the group!! Also, all the leaders took the children to the gym for fun and games and turned on car headlights to soothe them. Of course we sacrificed the electricity to run the chocolate fountain!!! I forgot tomention that earlier int he day, the dumpster had been overflowing and we had to hold back onthe garbage until someone couldmake a run to the dump, so we had that to deal with. Oh yes, the freezer repairman (the company was named MR.COOL---went away witha nice meal---brisket, green bean casserole, twice baked potatoes, and fresly baked rolls (had to bak rolls and sub rolls as the dough unthawed!!)....plus I made five gallons of SWEET TEA! (YUM)
The power returned about 8:30 or 9 and we all pitched in and washed all the dishes and cleaned up all but the parents area (we got invited to eat chocolate with them, but we tokk ours after they were gone and we were finished with cleanup)......WHAT A MEMORY!!
We made some friends with a couple from Georgia - Christians-they adopted an autistic child when they were newly married, and he has other problems, but a SWEETIE!! He gave us hugs all the time and ALWAYS wanted to come ane help us in the kitchen...he wiped all the dining room tables doen for us one day! He has a younger brother (Will is 10-Carter is 1 1/2 and
a "normal" child)---BTW I use that term loosely, as siblings were there and only knew that they were either on the red team(RAD or blue team (normal)..never knew the diff!! Anyway, Will asked us to email him copies of the pictures with him. He sang in the talent show on Friday night "Come and God with Me to my Father's House".....need I say I boo hooed the WHOLE time and the girls got so bad they had to go out and recompose before Will got back to us!!They are sweet family that love the LOrd. Will goes to "Buddies" in Awana at his church and they church has a respite every second Tuesday to watch the children so Mom and Day get three hours alone. WHAT A HUGE BLESSING!!
We fell in love with many of the kids and I have permission to write a twelve ear old who had had many problems along with her brain injury....she grabbed my heart ...Pray for me as I minister to her and love Byanca. She has nine siblings....some are adopted...I think she is till in the system somehow.. She is the only girl.
My heart has been soo fulll....I do not want to bore you with my whole week....I missed bloggin and being in your daily lives... I do pray for you, though.
Til next time.......be blessed!!
We had a BUSY week, but the Lord sent some sowers which freed me up at times to run some errands (bead and produce and mail ) for the camp, but I still cooked all the meals and made desserts, breads and pre-prep between times. The girls washed dishes, did laundry and took the trash out about a mile to the dumpster (in an old converted el camino).
We did have a little quiet time late at nite to sit by the lake on the second deck and look at the beautiful scenery. (a couple of times)....when I would leave about 6:30 in the morning to walk to the kitchen, the sunrise over the lake was breathtaking!!! The water glistened pink and the trees being silhouetted witht he lake as the backdrop gave me time to thank and praise the Lord for the beauty for my eyes, and such a beautiful setting for the families from all over the country!!
On Thursday nite, it was quite an interesting time. The freezer (huge walkin) had broken, and the repairman (a new one because th old company had gone out of business) came, and in the middle of dinner had to return because it still was not cooling. Then just, as everything was wrapping up from dinner (dirty dishes and pots and pans staked up everywhere on counters and leftovers to be dealt with and things put away, the electricity went out!! Oh, yes, there had just come a BAD thunderstorm, and most had not seen such an occourance where they lived. You must remember that some of thes kids are REALLY fearful when things change, so we had couple of criers, too!! We got a temporary generator going, but because it was not large enough to sustain all the cam NOR OUR PUM FOR WATER, we still could only wait---we had a bare minimum of emergency lites. We had however, cleared the dining room and the leaders for the group had heated chocolate and given the parent s a time of fellowship with fruit, pretzels, cake, marshmallows, and anything you could dip in the chocolate to be enjoyed. We also drained the water tak drawing hot water for soem foot soaks, and it seemed to relax the group!! Also, all the leaders took the children to the gym for fun and games and turned on car headlights to soothe them. Of course we sacrificed the electricity to run the chocolate fountain!!! I forgot tomention that earlier int he day, the dumpster had been overflowing and we had to hold back onthe garbage until someone couldmake a run to the dump, so we had that to deal with. Oh yes, the freezer repairman (the company was named MR.COOL---went away witha nice meal---brisket, green bean casserole, twice baked potatoes, and fresly baked rolls (had to bak rolls and sub rolls as the dough unthawed!!)....plus I made five gallons of SWEET TEA! (YUM)
The power returned about 8:30 or 9 and we all pitched in and washed all the dishes and cleaned up all but the parents area (we got invited to eat chocolate with them, but we tokk ours after they were gone and we were finished with cleanup)......WHAT A MEMORY!!
We made some friends with a couple from Georgia - Christians-they adopted an autistic child when they were newly married, and he has other problems, but a SWEETIE!! He gave us hugs all the time and ALWAYS wanted to come ane help us in the kitchen...he wiped all the dining room tables doen for us one day! He has a younger brother (Will is 10-Carter is 1 1/2 and
a "normal" child)---BTW I use that term loosely, as siblings were there and only knew that they were either on the red team(RAD or blue team (normal)..never knew the diff!! Anyway, Will asked us to email him copies of the pictures with him. He sang in the talent show on Friday night "Come and God with Me to my Father's House".....need I say I boo hooed the WHOLE time and the girls got so bad they had to go out and recompose before Will got back to us!!They are sweet family that love the LOrd. Will goes to "Buddies" in Awana at his church and they church has a respite every second Tuesday to watch the children so Mom and Day get three hours alone. WHAT A HUGE BLESSING!!
We fell in love with many of the kids and I have permission to write a twelve ear old who had had many problems along with her brain injury....she grabbed my heart ...Pray for me as I minister to her and love Byanca. She has nine siblings....some are adopted...I think she is till in the system somehow.. She is the only girl.
My heart has been soo fulll....I do not want to bore you with my whole week....I missed bloggin and being in your daily lives... I do pray for you, though.
Til next time.......be blessed!!
posted by Memories for a Lifetime at
1:42 PM
3 Comments:
Sounds like a wonderful week!!!! What a blessing!
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marshan, at 3:20 PM
WOW! I was wondering what type of week at camp it was. Ithought perhaps a couple's retreat or pastors and their wives, or homeschoolers, I see I was off a tad. I am so happy you were able to be a blessing to so many! And of course through that, you all were blessed as well as you testified to!
What a week of memories - sounds like maybe what Satan meant for bad, turned out to be good, fellowship and bonding ensued??
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Unknown, at 8:24 PM
WOW! You had quite the weeks! Missed you around the blog!
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Rita Loca, at 10:13 AM
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