With the close of the summer camp season Debbie and I have spent the past 37 summers right here at Camp Nathanael. Some might say, “You don’t move around much.” and that’s true but when you’re content in where the Lord has placed you why be anywhere else. We just had a reminder of why [...]
He rolls into camp driving a mid-1980s work van with a hand written telephone number on the side. He opens the door and climbs out. It’s Uncle Tim and he’s come to help us dismantle and rebuild the log cabin I mentioned last time. With a bandanna tied around his head and a home-made bowie [...]
This morning I had to visit the seventy three year old log cabin on the camp property which the mission is preparing to dismantle and reconstruct. The area around the cabin has been cleared of brush and undergrowth so I pulled an old pair of work boots out of my office closet that I rarely [...]
At the time of the American Revolution, the battle cry for the colonists was “The Red Coats are coming! The Red Coats are coming!” Well the Revolutionary War has been over for a long time but at Camp Nathanael you can hear a similar type cry this week which says “The Blue Shirts are coming! [...]
Camp Nathanael’s Family Week got underway last night. Over 200 folks from nine states have gathered along the banks of Troublesome Creek filling almost every cabin and room at camp. That number includes a team of eight from Lancaster, PA (Calvary Church) who have come to enhance the food service. It’s hard to enhance the [...]
