Christmas Magic - Seek Peek

Here's a few photos from behind the camera (of the camera).  It's always surreal (and a little sweaty) when we get together in the fall to create our Black-Top-Drawn Staff Christmas Photo.

I think we should add a remote control and viewing screen for our camera to the Camp Wish List.  That would make life a lot easier!

Merry Christmas from Shepherds Camp!

Campiversaries all around

It is a season of campiversaries.  For those of you who don't speak Camp-ese... it is the anniversary of being hired full time at camp.  

Back in October Tony, our head cook celebrated his 1st campiversary.  Today marks 15 years for me (Ben) and in just a few weeks Tyler, our program manager celebrates 3 years!

To say that we are blessed to live and work the camp life is a tremendous understatement.

Gathering for Christmas

What a great time at our annual Shepherds Camp Christmas Gathering.  It is the perfect reason to reconnect with campers, catch a movie and pretend it is summer camp... we ate snacks, made crafts and sang songs!

Turbine Time

It's that time of the year again.  Actually, we may be a few weeks behind.  The leaves are 95% off the trees, soaking wet and this is our first round of eradicating leaves.  Good thing we have a Turbine Blower!

The Fall Connection

This past weekend was our highly anticipated Shepherds Camp Fall Retreat.  We had a wonderful time reconnecting with campers and staff from the summer, welcoming back some alumni and introducing Shepherds Camp to a large group of new volunteers.

James Project Sighting

Looks like a James Project shirt made its way to the Grand Canyon!

Who do you Know?

What a great visit.  A trio of friends who served at Arrowhead alongside their parents back in the 50's and 60's recently stopped by to visit.

They were full of stories and historical information that connected many of the puzzle pieces from the early days of Arrowhead to the present.  I won't tell you any of the pranks and practical joke stories.  I don't want to give my current staff any ideas.  It was fun to see what names, labels and ideas have spanned the decades and are part of the heart and soul of the camp to this day.  My favorite part of the visit was sitting down to look at photos from their time at camp, watching them point, chuckle and rattle off dozens of names (even the names of the horses) like they were teenagers again.

What a blessing to be apart of a legacy that makes alumni want to visit.  Camp sure has changed over the years.  But as we stood out at the camp sign and agreed, the mission is the same.

You Have Been Trained and Found Ready

Check out this excited bunch.  We have completed our 2016 Staff Training and campers arrive tomorrow for our first Shepherds Camp session - May 1:1.

It Ain't No Wedding

Winter is finally here.  Of course, the cold temperatures and the white stuff is a good indicator.  However, the best way to tell is the Ice Rink at Arrowhead is going up!

If the temperatures hold and we get more snow... we have some fun things in store for this season's rink.  Stay tuned.