a weekend away and prepping for camp

I flew the 152 with Mark to Lake Clark this weekend for the 4th of July. It was a really fun trip. We got off a little later than intended, but we still made it fine. Unfortunately, after landing, we realized that we had burned a lot more gas than we had anticipated. The problem has not been solved yet, but we need to figure it out soon, as that plane is going to camp. At least I got to help find the problem!

Lake Clark pass is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Glaciers clinging to the walls of rugged mountains, and incredible water falls flowing from where the glaciers were melting. The glaciers weren't quite as incredible, as they were covered in ash from mount redoubt going off a few months ago.

A big picnic was going down at the farm lodge right across the runway from the Bible camp where we were staying. it was really cool, as I have several long lost friends from the good ol homeschooling days who work there during the summer.

Also, Samaritan's Purse's Casa showed up with the crew for the picnic. They do a lot of flying for the camp, bringing kids in and out, aside from actually building the camp buildings several years back. I continue to be impressed with their organization. I spent some time that afternoon talking with some of the pilots. Jay Hibbard, who I met in Kenya, showed us around the Casa, and described a lot of the work that was done to it. Its a really sweet plane. They have put a ton of work into it, and it really shows. We came back Sunday afternoon with no problems.

This week we are hitting the camp preperations as much as we can. It is going to be great this year. We will be leaving Saturday. Here are a few of the numbers:

Kingdom Air Corps people going to camp: 20
Airplanes flying to camp: 6 or 7
number of reconditioned old sparkplugs keeping us in the air: around 60
cost for the various village kids to come to camp: free
cost for us to run camp: 10,000 dollars

We had around 40 kids come to camp last year. I saw 2 girls in my cabin accept Christ as their savior for the first time. Its not the first time these kids have heard the gospel, but it could be the first time these kids get the gospel in a way they understand.

Our theme this year is Jesus' teaching and miracles. Pray that we prepare effective messages for these kids to really get the gospel!