Lots Of Work Being Done

What a good week this has been at Lake Swan! Progress has been made on the projects but there is so much more to be done. Don and a few of the other men have taken down a wooden fence and replaced it with a nice new one. Don dug lots of post holes but he said that it wasn’t too bad because it was sand (?) There is just a little more of that to be done before they move on to other work. A couple of men have been replacing parts of a roof that was in bad shape. Sharon has been painting and will probably paint until we leave here. The rooms in the cabins we’ve been working on needed painting badly. One lady has been sorting keys and finding a home for them.

This camp has so much history that we are learning about daily. It was founded in the early 1920’s by a Dr. Minder. Two of the RVICS ladies are sorting through boxes of papers (newspaper clippings, receipts, letters etc) that had to removed from the Minder home that will have new occupants. They will be archived to make tracing the history of the camp easier. Of note is the fact that Billy Graham preached one of his first sermons here prior to his street ministry. The story is that he was asked to preach and he said that he had 4 sermons prepared and preached the entire 4 sermons in 10 minutes. There is a building in the camp that was moved from another location that he preached in also. In the 1970’s he returned for the dedication of one of the buildings in the camp.

The camp director, Gordon Swenson, is a former missionary for 25 years in Indonesia. Stacie Farris, outdoor educator, is transplanted Hoosier. They are very friendly and make this place “work”. Gordon told us that they have 250-450 decisions made here in a year.

We have been greatly enjoying the fellowship of the other couples in the team whether it is a planned social event or around a fire burning the discarded files for the last 20 years.

Don has now recovered from the stomach bug (or whatever). One other in the group had acute bronchitis but with help from the doctor and medication has since recovered. This coming week they are to begin (long story) on the very badly needed electrical work needed in the RV parking. We pray that it might go safely. Thank you for all of your prayers.