Friday, June 22, 2012

Camp Happens

I've been away from my computer for a couple weeks so I've not posted. The end of school, beginning of Family Camp and several events in our family have all contrived to curtail my blogging but I've managed to steal a few moments thanks to a rain storm so I'm going to take advantage of the opportunity.

Most of my posts have been about Autism but I'm going a different direction this time around.  I want to talk about Joni and Friends Family Camp.  Joni Erickson Tada is a woman who when she was a teenager dove into a shallow lake and broke her neck.  She managed to take the initial bitterness and turn her life into an amazing testimony of disability rights, and opportunities in the Christian community.  One of the fantastic ministries born of her dedication is Family Camp.

Family Camp is for families of children/adults with either/or physical, mental, or developmental disabilities.  They have STM (short term missionaries) who pay to come to camp for a week and are teamed up with both the children and their siblings to give the whole family a way to spend the week together.  The kids are aided by the STMs from breakfast to bedtime giving mom and dad time to spend together or with the family doing everything from horseback riding to going on a Zip Line.  It's basically a week of being taken care of and loved on.  The astounding thing is that even the STMs pay to come to camp!  Yes, you read that right, people actually pay to come and take care of you.  Who does that?  Well for us it was 4 amazing people who made my boys happy and comfortable and allowed me to decompress.

We are happy to be home but miss our new friends.  It seems like camp passes so quickly!!  What an amazing time was had by all and we can't wait for next summer.  If you are interested in more information please let me know and I will provide any and all information I can.

Good is good.

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