Category: Personal

Well, it has been a while.  Just about three weeks.  Summer is half over.  So far it has been good, but tiring.  We’ve got a big week this week with Super Summer.  There will be a lot of people here.  I’m trying to think what else to say.  So much has happened, but I’m tired and it’s hard to come up with which parts are important and which ones aren’t.   Well, when in doubt talk about the weather.  It’s been warm.  The rain has stopped, but the streams are still high from the melting snow pack.

Psalm 124:8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

John 13:12-17 So after he washed their feet, and had taken his garments and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

If I your Lord and Master have washed your feet. When you really think about this whole thing it just is mind blowing. Their creator who is about to die for them takes off His clothes, and cleans their feet. Talk about humility and love. God is humble. How does that work?

John 13:31-35 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify himself, and shall straightway glorify him. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me; and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one another.

He says good bye, and then follows it up with this new command.

We have finally had about three days in a row of nice weather.  Up until now it was about four weeks worth of rain with one dry day per week.  A lot has happened since my last post.  4H camp went well.  Last Saturday was Camp Experience/our 35th anniversary celebration and we had over 300 people on campus.  It was a good day, but kind of long.  We’re currently running horse camp, and ADA (American Diabetes Association) will be coming in on Wednesday.  Then the next three weeks will be nuts.  We’ll basically have people here constantly.  I’m doing fine, though I am a bit tired.  Nuff said.

John 18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

I wish I had that kind of submission. Father please teach me that.

The summer staff are here (most of them) and we are almost done with our second week of staff training.  Next week we will have 4H here.  A trial by fire so to speak.  I have to say we’ve got a pretty good facilities crew this year.  Not having worked with the other departments I can’t speak for them, but I think it’s going to be a good summer.

It has finally stopped raining.  I have never seen so much water since I’ve been here.  The wind has picked up tonight (a lot), and Jim and Warren finally got the water running down the road diverted into the stream.  Things should dry up enough for us to mow now.  I have no other random tid bits so I’ll stop rambling.

Psalm 108:12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

John 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

We soldier on.  This week we’ve got Trinity Lutheran (I think they are 8th graders) and the Evangelical Churches D.O.W. (Denominational Orientation Week) all at once.  It’s busy, and wet and cold, but summer staff have started trickling in, and we’ve had enough help.  Summer staff officially start this coming Monday, so that is good.  I got a hair cut last night and that has been wonderful.  This week I’ve done nothing but get ready either for the two camps we’ve got, or summer staff housing so it’s been very busy.  I’m rambling thought, so I’ll stop now.

John 5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

I want to be able to say this about the things I do. (By the way “hitherto” means “thus far” or “up until now”).

John 5:39-40 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

Scripture is insufficient to give me eternal life, only Christ can do that. I must never believe the lie that knowledge/correct theology is what saves me.

So naturally it snowed.  It rained all day, but it did snow for a while, and we may actually get some accumulation tonight.  Outdoor Education Science Camp started this afternoon, and so far so good.  No one lost any teeth during floor hockey, and Jeramy did a good job during chapel.  We shall see what tomorrow has in store.

Psalm 94:10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

God disciplines those He loves (I can’t remember the exact reference, but I’m pretty sure it’s in Proverbs). He chastises the heathen. Would that not imply that He loves them?

John 2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

And He died for me/us any ways. I don’t think I will ever understand this one thought. It makes no sense to me.

Last week was long.  I got the carpets in both dorms shampooed, we got all the closets, dressers, and garbage out, and the bunks back in.  I then spent most of the day Friday cleaning the Bears Tooth.  As a side note I want to say “thank you” to this years college gals, that was the cleanest carpet I think I’ve ever cleaned.  This weekend I did nothing of value, and it was glorious.  The weather was nice up until today, we need the moisture though so I’m not complaining.  Tomorrow and Tuesday the rumor is 14 inches of snow so that should make camp exciting.

John 1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe in his name.

I can’t help but feel like this should blow me away, yet I don’t really comprehend it.

So Arrowhead 2011 is officially done.  The student’s graduated on Friday, and for the most part have taken off.  We have this week to change the dorms over, and next week is our first camp Outdoor Education Science Camp (just in case your wondering).  I’ve moved from the guys dorm to the summer staff trailer I’ll be occupying this summer.  I’ve also started cleaning carpets in the dorms.  I can hopefully have that done by this Wednesday so we can start putting bunks together.  Not much else is new.

Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

An excellent question.  It’s been  a while since I’ve written, so there should be something.  Work has actually started on the pond expansion here at camp.  Our printer arrived, as did our copies of Office, so I’ll be busy for a while.  I’ve been sitting in on class this week (I & II Peter) and it has been good, but hard.  God has really been pointing out a lot more pride in my life and it is rather depressing.  I’ll be in Glendive this weekend for Easter, and I am looking forward to that.  A new version of Ubuntu is just around the corner.  Ok I’m rambling now so I’ll stop.

John 16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

Maybe this is why the Bible is sometimes unclear to me. I’m not ready for it yet. Father give me patience to wait, and the trust to do so peacefully.

John 16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

Well, the new Arrowhead website is up and running.  Please feel free to check it out.  There are still some details to work out, but it is coming right along.  I’ve also been looking into groupware, router software, and techsoup.  Camp just got a donation for a new color laser printer, and money for about 20 Office 2010 licences.  Other than that not much is new.  I still haven’t done my taxes.  I should probably get on that.

Psalms 78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

I think this should be ABC’s mission statement.

78:35-39 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. But he being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yeah, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

A summary of my life.

It has begun.  I installed the template today.  I got the top menu mostly done, and started on the side menu when I ran out of bandwidth.  I also bought a laser printer for the students, fixed the phone system (I hope) and did something else that I cannot remember.  We got snow today.  I bet we had eight or nine inches.  Yeah, that is all I have to say.

Psalm 73:22-25 So foolish was I, and ingnorant: I was as a beast before thee. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou has holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

John 2:24-25 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.