Fish Camp!

Hi Friends!

I can't believe that my staff's first camp week has already come and gone. For our first camp week, my staff had a special Mountain TOP program called Fish Camp, which is a week for junior high youth instead of the other weeks that during the summer for high school students. Fish Camp is usually a smaller camp week (we had 43 campers this year) and the campers do a simpler projects like decking a porch rather than building an entire porch. I was so happy when I found out that we were going to have Fish Camp because I love the energy that the younger campers bring and I think it's a great way to start out our summer. 

Overall, I thought that the week went really well. Other than a bit of rain some days, there weren't any major hiccups with projects in the field and we were able to work with 18 families doing painting, yard work, and even a bit of construction. One of my favorite things about the week was seeing the campers progress throughout the week and gain confidence. It was so cool to see a girl who was so timid on the first day come back to camp on the third day so excited about her group and so happy. I think it's really incredible what a difference God can make in the campers (and the staff) in such a short time when we're all working towards living worthy as one community. 

Unfortunately, I don't have very many pictures of the week, but here are a few that I did manage to take:

Orientation Speech

My staff waiting for campers to arrive

Worship set-up on Wednesday night

Overall, Fish Camp was an amazing way to start my summer. It was really nice having a smaller community, so I could get to know all of our campers. It was especially special because many of the campers I had last year came back, so I got to see them again and reconnect. 

Right now, I'm in the middle of my second camp week, SP 3, which is going really well. It's been slightly crazy just because this is the biggest camp week Baker has ever had, but it's wonderful also. Hopefully I'll get a post up about SP 3 in the next week or so!

All the best,

-Stacy

Training 2014

Hello!

I wanted to share a few of my favorite snapshots of training from this summer. It was a long 10 days filled of lots of meetings, but it was also a wonderful time filled with meeting new friends and preparing to serve this summer. I'm so excited to be a director, and I can't wait to see all the amazing things that my staff will accomplish in the next 10 weeks!

The five directors waiting for the MCs to arrive on the first day of full-staff training

My Triad! From left to right: my field manager Ben, me, and my program manager Tyler.

My staff standing on the porch we built during staff reveal day.

My friend Shellee and I with every staff member who has either previously been one of our campers or been on staff with us. I think we had 27 out of the 37 summer staffers besides us. 

The two Baker staffs on our first day at Baker.

My staff for the summer! From left to right (and in descending height order): Ben, Tyler, Chad, Alex, Caitlin, Norma, Me, and Mallory.

I hope you enjoyed seeing some snapshots of my summer so far! Ever since training ended, we've been very busy working to get Baker Camp ready and open for campers. Right now I've been working on a lot of extra things that we only do once at the start of the summer like setting up the offices, writing speeches, and organizing/inventorying the canteen. Our first camp week (Fish Camp!) starts on Tuesday! Fish Camp is a program for junior high students, and I'm so excited for it because the littler kids always have so much energy and are so excited to be at camp. Please keep my staff in your prayers, and I'll let you know how it all goes!

All the best,

Stacy