It’s that time of year where you have to be careful where you walk. If there’s a camper along the main camp walkway, especially if it’s the the only one with people staying in it, then you really shouldn’t walk that way unless you’re prepared to stop and talk. I tried to have a phone call going but my sister didn’t pick up. I don’t mean that to sound bad but when you’re trying to get some steps in there are only certain windows sometimes.

The kids had an auction and bingo game night to raise money for the national youth gathering trip next summer. Two of our kids are interested in going and have been attending the meetings. It wasn’t too bad. It gave me a chance to have more awareness on what exactly is going on. I’ve never gotten into the youth gathering things. The one year I could’ve gone there was no way I was giving up a whole week of camp for that.

I ended up bidding on a hardcover Lutheran Study Bible and won. Each of the kids had contributed a handwritten devotion and each one was placed in the Bible wherever the passage was that they based their devotion on. It was the last item of the night and I bid on it for two reasons, 1) So I could read the devotions my kids had written, and 2) Because I wanted the kids there to see that what they had done and given was valuable.