Those of you who know me know that one of my very favorite places on the planet is a little 1300 acre spot on the Salado Creek south of Batesville, Arkansas called Camp Tahkodah...
Each year for the past 8, Kelly and I have spent a week with about 200 of the best people on earth. 170 kiddos between 8 and 18 and 30 or so college-age counselors and adults fill our lives with incredible depth in one of the most pristine settings God ever created...
100-year old pine trees stand sentinel over the 80-year-old log cabins on Salado's banks between four ancient bluffs: Tahkodah, Tahkodah Junior, Indian Slides and Horse Bluff...
The only thing more beautiful than the setting are the people who, for 8 weeks, bring it to life...
We are blessed to volunteer for the last week of camp each year, and we just got back yesterday. And, as usual, we are filled!
Thank you to Ross and Nita for organizing and running the camp each year... thanks to Penny for cooking such terrific meals and always being so joyful! thanks to Steve and Vickie for taking such care of the camp grounds all year long... thanks to nurse Karen who always watches out and cares for everyone at camp... thanks to all the parent volunteers who helped make 5th session so wonderful: old friends Todd and Joy and Mark and Lindsay and new friends Alan and Deborah and Todd and Terri... and thanks to all the college-age counselors led by fearless Nick May! and thanks especially to all the campers who taught me more than I could have ever taught them...
I am exhausted and happy and blessed!
God Bless!
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