The wind was brisk and cool, but the sun was shining as 100 friends arrived to share their day with us.
Families muscled tarps over the tops of our summer cabin-shelters. After sweeping, setting up beds, hauling mattresses, and stretching the canvas into place - the crew moved on to the next… then the next… then the next… You get the picture…
Nearby another crew was assembling a new shelter and spring-cleaning cabin windows and beds and fans in our Woodland area. You talk about clean - I want to sleep in those cabins!
What would a work day be without the sound of a chain saws and wood-chippers? Skilled (and safe) workers cleared brush from the BMX track, carved cradles for the fireside logs, and just made the wood-chips fly. As one looked toward the lake, another set of men and women dressed in parkas and gloves, worked shoulders against the wind as they attached new hardware to the dock sectionals that will soon become the piers.
Watching over them from the elevation of the new dining room and kitchen were window cleaners, fuzz dusters, floor moppers, shop “vackers”, trash haulers, and equipment movers. A team of fifty cleaned everything from the walls to the stainless steel. And you talk about square footage to cover…. Wow! This task force of teens to retirees were getting the job done!
A work day just couldn’t be called such if the rythmic or random sounds of hammers were not heard. If you followed the banging, you found a lakeside cabin remodel making some more progress as windows, doors, and the roof were being replaced.
What am I leaving out? ….The food! Beechpoint coffee and cinnamon rolls hit the spot mid-morning, as appetites built to enjoy fresh deli sandwiches and fix-ins for lunch. What a fun day! A hundred brothers and sisters in Christ, from various churches, working together for a common purpose. Beechpoint’s primary mission is to reach urban and at-risk youth with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through a quality Christian camping experience.
Lives are changed at Camp! And volunteers are the engine of change! A special thank you to all who continue to pray, give, and serve to make it happen. For information on future volunteer opportunities, please contact beechpoint@beechpoint.com.