We need counselors!!

We are still in need of male counselors for the summer camping season here at Camp of the Cross. Do you enjoy working with kids and sharing your faith with them? Would you enjoy living in a scenic natural setting by a lake? How about getting paid to play outside, go swimming, sing songs, worship God outdoors, be in skits and generally just have fun?! We even have a waterslide!!!!! (AND a replica of the Statue of Liberty made out of tin-foil!!)
Honestly, camp counselling can be a ton of work, but it is some of the most rewarding, fun work you'll ever do!! If you would consider being a camp counselor at Camp of the Cross, or if you know someone who would, post a reply, or e-mail me at freespirit_82@hotmail.com or check out the

• Camp Website

We especially need guys!!! (And we do take people for only a few weeks of the summer if you're interested but can't work the entire summer.) Give it some thought!

The roar of the sea

I stepped out my door into a roaring sound this morning. It took me a moment to realize it was the crash of waves from the lake. The wind is blowing like crazy. The ice melted last weekend and the lake is alive again!! I'd forgotten how much I love the lake until this morning. It's nice to be able to live and work in such a beautiful setting.
Now that the lake has thawed, the camp is coming alive too. The grass is growing greener and new volunteers are popping up everyday!

Fun and games

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."

Thus reads the inscription on the base of the Statue of Liberty. Torch held high, she has proudly stood in New York's harbor for years, greeting weary travellers. Thanks to our efforts at staff night last night there is a tin foil covered mass in the shape of Lady Liberty waiting to greet one of our weary travellers. A staff member here at camp returns from a trip to New York tonight. We spent our staff evening yesterday constructing the Statue of Liberty out of an old plant stand, a pool stick, newspaper, a pair of old coveralls, a sleeping bag, cardboard and lots and lots of tin foil. You could say we constructed her from "the wretched refuse of our teeming shores." It was fun and she is a thing of beauty.

"sigh..."

"For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation." - Rainer Maria Rilke

I saw this quote in the "Student Guide to Collegiate Challenge, Habitat for Humanity International" (

Collegiate Challenge

is one of the best spring break activities I can think of!!! I did it three of the five years of my college career and had a blast.)
Anyway, this quote is extremely relevant this week, not that I can discuss all the reasons why...I wish I could.