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A nice day yesterday full of work and organizing the summer camp office culminated in a pizza dinner in the home of Pastor Chris and Vickie. Their youngest daughter Lydia made 3 delicious pepperoni, cheese, and my personal favorite: pineapple pizzas for us. We stayed and laughed and talked far longer than we had planned, truly enjoying the opportunity to get to know them and their vision for Pinnacle more intimately.

The cabin we have is now in great shape. Mowed grass and carted away garbage have done wonders for the outside, while all the scrubbing has made the inside quite pleasant. A sleeper sofa was delivered today for the girls, who had been taking turns sleeping on the floor or older sofa that was originally in the cabin. All that to say, we are settling in well, after a slightly bumpy beginning. The girls and our dog Sam are enjoying a greater amount of liberty than is usually allotted to them since school is out and Mom and Dad are busy helping to get camp ready. The independence and activity has been good for them. Needless to say, we are all dropping off to sleep very quickly at bedtime!

Today we're off to purchase "camp clothes," that is to say: clothes from a second hand store that will likely be destroyed in the process of camping for a whole summer. Then we have an appointment with resident computer whiz, and "horse lady" (as my girls call her), Ellen Preckel. She has promised to give us an overview of the computer program "Camp Brain" so we can start working on scheduling. With so much to do, it's been too easy to let personal devotional time slide, but I'm determined to get that back on my schedule each morning. We're also excited to start attending the staff Bible study beginning tomorrow morning.

I'll add more as the summer progresses, but for now.... that's all, folks!