So what is that exciting opportunity?

Hi everybody!
It's been a while since I last posted, so I hope that everybody had a great Christmas, and a fun New Year! Kim and I managed to get back to Minnesota for Christmas. It was the first time in a year that I had been there, and I missed it- sort of. I now remember that I don't miss the traffic in Minneapolis, and I don't miss having to scrape car windows. We didn't get to see much snow when we were there, and it wasn't very cold, so nothing to miss there. It was great to see family again, and to spend time together. That made it all worthwhile. Even worth spending a night at a shady motel on Northwest Airline's dime in Memphis when our flight was delayed.

So, I left a teaser on my last blog talking about some new excitement that would be coming up at Camp Dixie. Well, it's here! The board voted on it and approved it. Camp Dixie is going to be partnering with Lutheran Social Services Disaster Response to host Day Camps in congregations that were affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. That means a Day Camp program is available for congregations located in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Day Camp is an awesome experience. Counselors travel from Camp Dixie and stay with host homes in congregations, and lead campers through a VBS style program at their church! Imagine it. Getting to play all those fun camp games, singing fun camp songs, and being led by camp counselors, right at your own congregation! What makes this an even better proposal for congregations is that LSSDR will be paying for the costs of these events! Now, it's not only a great deal, it doesn't cost the congregation anything to have the program! I'm sorry about all the exclamation points, but I am really excited about the opportunity that this presents to congregations.

If you know of, or are a member of a congregation that would benefit from this opportunity, please contact Camp Dixie as soon as possible. There are going to be eight weeks available to congregations, and now that we have started publicizing them, they will likely go fast. Check out the Camp Dixie website for more information.

That's it for now, I am currently working on getting the Summer 2007 brochures printed so they should be coming in your mailbox shortly.
See you at camp!
Mac