Back from Canada!

Well I'm pretty sure that maybe even some of you are scratching your head because you didn't even know I went to Canada (or rather Saskatchewan, Bethany haha)...perhaps you just thought I fell off the face of the earth :) Nonetheless, I am back and it is good to be back. The reason I went to Canada was because Teen Missions recently acquired some property in Saskatchewan by lease for 30 years and paid....$1 No that's not a typo...literally 1 lousy American dollar got us what used to be Camp Outlook in Outlook, Saskatchewan. TMI had been looking for property farther west than where it's current office was (Windsor, Ontario) so that we could do more PR and recruitment all over Canada. Camp Outlook was once a Christian camp run every summer by numerous churches. As far as I know (if my information was correct) the camp was opened back in 1948 (we even saw a signature on the wall from 1949!) 2005 was the last year that the camp was used and ironically enough, even though it was a Christian camp, it was owned by the town. The reason we got such a great lease was because they wanted to see the camp to be continued in use by a ministry. There are numerous little cabins up there as well as some staff cabins, a kitchen, and a "chapel" building (large multi-use building). Mr. Bland and his wife Bernie went and saw the camp in July when the deal was made and they started making arrangements to send a work group up to do things around the property, mostly painting. I, of course, jumped on the opportunity for a roadtrip and a good time working, helping out the Reddekopps (Canadian base coordinators) get the camp looking decent. I want to make seperate blog posts about specific things and this is just the first...otherwise it would be one really long post. Anyhow, it's good to home and I can't wait to share more with you.