Would you believe it ?!? Has it been that long since my last entry ?
welllll... since it still works... I will try to write more often...

We want to thank those that prayed for the camp's van... we repaired it (a long time ago) and we used it last summer for campers and staff, and it still works ... On top of the injection pump, we had to replace the whole computer (ouch!)

About our other blog entry... with the grass...
We bought a lawn mower and already cut the grass that we planted last spring. There is more work then we thought with keeping a sports field in shape! We still run into small rocks that we have to collect and because it did not rained much this spring, we had to water it many times.

What's new? well... here's one...
A ropes course!

Please pray God will see us through with this project. We think many will benefit from this collection of activities designed to make the campers work better with each other, to demonstrate their trust in others through a series of sequenced actions. I am sure some of you know what we are talking about, because you had this kind of "exercises" for team building, maybe with people from your work, your church, or your camp

I found a "smart" definition for you:
Ropes course programs can be designed to meet a number of educational, developmental, and recreational goals. It consists of a series of cables, ropes, and obstacles strung between trees or poles, 1 to 2 feet above the ground, to test the physical strength, stamina, agility, balance, and flexibility, and invite participants to confront such emotional issues as the fear of falling, the fear of failure, and the fear of losing control. Risk is managed by group members who assume critical spotting roles. Examples include: Swinging Balance Beam, Triangle Traverse, Tire Swings, and Mohawk Walk.


What's the same? Camps are the same and yet... each one is different then any before! This year we are going to have more youth then kids, with 8 groups coming from different parts of Romania


Please pray for the camps!

A number of construction projects are still unfinished... God is doing some work in my heart about this... but I don't want to talk about it, otherwise I am never going to finish this entry in this. Please pray God will help us with construction...

Our family is doing well, I just thought I should mention that the kids are getting excited about the summer, and they want to assume more roles, all from a good heart and with a good perspective. Thank God with us for such kids!

that's it for now...

the next time we will blog it will be about construction and people from wisconsin.. with pictures... so... less boring for readers

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Hallelujah!!

We worked hard to clear the rocks from the soccer field, after we leveled the dirt that we brought. The purpose was to plant the much needed grass seeds.

   

      The 70 dollars second hand electric rake   came in REALLY handy!

 

  I remebered I learned a thing or two from our welder at the camp (brother Tudor), and I built this "cylinder" to compact the dirt. It's an air tank from an old train. We filled it with water and built a handle to it. Worked really well.

We managed to plant most of the grass... after that...  the rain came down... God thing!

We asked God to make our grass grow, and I was reminded of that verse in 1 Corinthians 3:8 where it says:

  So neither he who plants, nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

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