Rush Day Camp Week 2

We have just finished another week of RUSH, with about half the number of kids we had our first week, so it was quite a different camp, but everything went smoothly. Well almost everything!!! We all went swimming the last hour we were camping up north and William decided to run into Georgian Bay after the kids and he hit some sort of a hole and rolled over on his left ankle. He is on crutches for two weeks with pulled ligaments! Hopefully he'll be done getting hurt for a long time now!

All in all we had a great week with 9 kids. It was quiet and relaxed and we were able to get to know each one on a deeper lever because of the smaller numbers. Again here are some more pictures.

Just hangin'

Am I doing this right?

Mountain Biking

Fender (Will) and Squirt (Jenn)

My parents came down for the long weekend and we took a drive to the dry lift at Big Chute in Severn. It's pretty neat how it all works. Here are some pictures.

The old dry lift

Boats being lifted out of the water on the new one

The mechanics of it all!

Me and Dad

Me and Mom

RUSH Day Camp

This week we had three different Jr. High Camps running. The one Will and I were helping to lead was called Rush. Our days starts early with staff devotions and prayer time and the then the kids arrive around 9am. We then have some games, worship, speaking and small groups. After lunch our team, this week, went tree top trekking, mountain biking and over night camping at Awenda Provincial Park. The park was beautiful and hardly any bugs, it was a blast. We had 19 kids and 5 adults this week in our RUSH camp.

Here are some more pictures.

Will leading youth worship

Tree top trekking

Will's mountain bike boo boo
Will's metal pedal came in contact with his shin

OUCH!
No stitches needed thank goodness

Jr. Sr. High youth night

Every Wednesday the Jr and Sr High's go to someones house, from our church, and we do a pool party and BBQ. Here are some pics of last week's youth night.

At the Cottage

Our summer is in full swing now starting with a fun College and Career getaway at the Boden's cottage and as well 7 full weeks of kids day camp at the church.

We had a great weekend at the cottage with about 5 others. We went skiing, swimming, cliff jumping, tubing and well just relaxed and enjoyed the hot summer sunny days. Here are some pictures of our weekend.

Alicia and Kelly enjoying a swim

Cliff jumping

Will skiing

Will trying to float. Think you have enough noodles Will?

Mel Slalaming

Kelly on the tube just before she wiped out!

Ontario Bound

It has been just over a month ago that we landed in Barrie now and we love it here. We are living in town close to everything, including the water just downtown. We celebrated Canada a few days ago with a huge 15 minute display of awesome fireworks and then a long walk by the water waiting for traffic to go away. We got home a midnight!

William is doing well in his new position as Associate Pastor of Youth and Worship. He has his hands full, but he's staying above water. Learning names is a challenge for us both. Everyone knows us, but we don't know them! But slowly we are making the connections as time goes on.

I am doing my own Graphic Design business from home as well as helping out at the church with Day Camp this summer.

Time is flying by, but we've enjoyed the move and the people are very friendly and welcoming. We're getting to know the town pretty good. We love to take drives to places we've never been and just check out new areas. We're looking forward to maybe doing some camping again this summer if the weather stops being so rainy and overcast all the time.

On the Move

Well our time here in Caronport is quickly approaching it's end. William and I will be moving to Barrie, ON, where he will be working full time as Associate Pastor of Youth and Worship at Willow Creek Baptist Church and I will continue my own Graphic Design business from home.

We are looking forward to this weekend as William's and my parents and his siblings will be in town for his graduation. It seemed like it was a long time coming, but as we look back, time has gone by quickly.

I finished my last day of work on Friday. I have been working at the school as their full time Graphic Designer for 5 years. It was my first full time job, so there will be many things I will miss, and well some I won't. It felt weird handing in my keys at the end of the day, but I am glad to be moving on to new opportunities.

So we are busy packing up our place. We will leave here April 30 and take our time driving home. We look forward to the road trip and taking many, many pictures. Hopefully there won't be any snow. It just snowed here yesterday! Thankfully it all melted today!

SOLD

Our cozy home has SOLD.

We will be in Barrie as of May 3.
Thank you to all who have prayed with us.

The Lord is always faithful.