Week 1 at Camp Fairwood proved to be a short but productive week. Since our first day of work landed on Labor Day and there were campers everywhere, only prep work was done on Monday, such as bringing lumber, shingles etc to the work sites. Tuesday morning everyone was very excited and anxious to work.
The 6 men were divided into 3 teams for different assignments. One group is working on an old tractor and another is re-roofing a gazebo. The third group of two (Don) has torn out an old fence and in the process of replacing it with another. There were old posts to be removed. In the end, they resorted to jack hammers! This was a first for Don. Now, everything old has been removed, new holes have been dug and, Monday, they will be building the new fence. This week was hard on the men because of the hot weather that we have been experiencing. As I write this we have the AC on in the RV.
The ladies are in the process of painting the outside of 50 cabin windows. Sharon started on this project but was then moved to another job. First, she scraped, then primed and now is painting the natural gas lines going into the various cabins etc. The hard part is the aluminum paint for the top coat. It is the consistency of water but doesn’t come off.
Once again we saw the camp being used this weekend for an all men retreat. It is exciting to see it come to life and see how the facility is being used. The camp director (Brad Dickinson) filled us in on the history of Camp Fairwood. In 1966, the General Association of Regular Baptists of Wisconsin purchased 230 acres and buildings. It had been owned by a professional baseball player who had designed it to be a camp for teaching kids baseball. Today, it is supported by 40 GARB churches and 1 EFCA church. Their work has been blessed and they have grown in every way. We are impressed by all that we see being done.
This is a fun area to be in this time of the year. 3M sent Don up here a few times many years ago. So many changes have occurred. It is much more populated and they are farming the land -----green beans, sweet corn, carrots, green peppers and, of course, potatoes and cranberries. Irrigated fields make the fields productive. We have seen many wild turkeys, sandhill cranes and, Sunday, 3 deer in our outdoor “office”.
Please continue to remember us in your prayers in our daily chores.
The 6 men were divided into 3 teams for different assignments. One group is working on an old tractor and another is re-roofing a gazebo. The third group of two (Don) has torn out an old fence and in the process of replacing it with another. There were old posts to be removed. In the end, they resorted to jack hammers! This was a first for Don. Now, everything old has been removed, new holes have been dug and, Monday, they will be building the new fence. This week was hard on the men because of the hot weather that we have been experiencing. As I write this we have the AC on in the RV.
The ladies are in the process of painting the outside of 50 cabin windows. Sharon started on this project but was then moved to another job. First, she scraped, then primed and now is painting the natural gas lines going into the various cabins etc. The hard part is the aluminum paint for the top coat. It is the consistency of water but doesn’t come off.
Once again we saw the camp being used this weekend for an all men retreat. It is exciting to see it come to life and see how the facility is being used. The camp director (Brad Dickinson) filled us in on the history of Camp Fairwood. In 1966, the General Association of Regular Baptists of Wisconsin purchased 230 acres and buildings. It had been owned by a professional baseball player who had designed it to be a camp for teaching kids baseball. Today, it is supported by 40 GARB churches and 1 EFCA church. Their work has been blessed and they have grown in every way. We are impressed by all that we see being done.
This is a fun area to be in this time of the year. 3M sent Don up here a few times many years ago. So many changes have occurred. It is much more populated and they are farming the land -----green beans, sweet corn, carrots, green peppers and, of course, potatoes and cranberries. Irrigated fields make the fields productive. We have seen many wild turkeys, sandhill cranes and, Sunday, 3 deer in our outdoor “office”.
Please continue to remember us in your prayers in our daily chores.
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