Kate -- Summer camp

Playing on of her new favorite games -- Philistines

Her cabin for the week

Closing program songs

Kate, Keyanna, and Sami - a couple of her roommates for the week

Miss Kate is officially a camper! For the past year she has been counting down the days until church camp, and the last day of July finally arrived for her. We dropped her off at Riverside on Sunday night and picked her up Tuesday afternoon. The Alpha camp was, according to her "totally awesome, the best thing ever, and I wish that I could have stayed all week!!!!"" We thought that 2 nights/3 days was the perfect way to start off but she for sure will be there for the week next summer. What a blessing everything turned out to be! She did not know any of her cabin mates prior to arriving, but appeared to have bonded with everyone, and loved her counselor Rachel. We talked at length about being away from home making new friends, missing us (-: and each time she just had that HUGE Kate grin that we love and kept saying, " I know Mom, I can't wait!!!" So with many prayers, hugs, multiple notes/letters, we all survived and she did great......we are very proud of you Kate!

Know that God loves you so much we are thrilled that you enjoyed each and every aspect of camp, but mostly, hope that you continue to keep your heart and mind always open to the love of Jesus and share it with everyone around you!