A Letter from Camp

Kid's Camp Staff and Crew 2012

Dear Friends,

I’m sending this update from the first summer camp I have been to in years! I am at Hill Country Camp near a town called Kerrville, Texas, and I’m on the rec staff for this year’s Christian Kid’s Camp put on by the United Assemblies of God.

As you all know, when I arrived in the U.S., it was a bit of a mad dash to get ready for the next stop on my never-ending summer adventures. I traded my trusty pack for a duffle bag and my sleeping bag for a full set of sheets and a pillow...

Midday this past Wednesday, I arrived in Houston where the Fee family picked me up at the airport. I met their daughter Victoria several years ago and she was the one who convinced me to try out working at the Kid’s Camp. I talked to the director Mrs. Tammy and got signed up to be on the three-week staff with the recreation team. So after a few days of staying with the Fees and resting, we all packed up and drove across the state from Houston to Kerrville and got settled into camp.

We’ll all be here for the next three weeks and have very luxurious living quarters. In my staff cabin we have a private bathroom, washing machine and dryer, satellite television, and a small kitchen. I can’t remember ever going to a camp where anyone had central air conditioning, but even the kids’ dorms have it. Well, in the Texas backcountry heat, I suppose it’s quite nice.

So, we’re not roughing it out here, to say the least, but we are certainly staying busy!

Kid’s camp just started on Monday and I am working hard to catch up on the experience and learn the ropes. The three week rec staff is headed by Shaenelle, a career missionary in her twenties with a few years of experience handling the rec team here at camp. She has an easy-go-lucky attitude and a very go-with-the-flow way of running the activities and making sure that everything gets done. She’s fun to work for and a generally cool person. Already, we’ve been singing songs and being silly and painting our faces, and the kids are excited every time we come out.

Of course, the most important part for all of us is that we’re putting on a kid’s camp to help them get connected with Jesus Christ. The kids have fun and we try to keep them excited and energized. But more than anything, the goal is, I suppose, bringing the kids to start getting into really spiritually understanding God’s love. I pray above all things that that is the result.

I have to get going because I am lifeguarding the swimming area of the little lake (pond?) here at camp. Have to make sure that everyone is playing and staying safe!

I’m Jonathon, and this is my life.

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