Schedule for Overnight Campouts

Here is this summer’s schedule for our overnight campouts: June 11-12June 25-26July 9-10July 23-24August 13-14August 27-28 (rodeo trip?)September 10-11September 24-25 Just wanted to let you all know ahead of time since we have a limited schedule.

Mark Your Calendars

Our 3rd annual Silent Auction/Dinner is going to be on Saturday, February 26th at 5:00 p.m. at New Jerusalem Christian Fellowship. It should be a great night. Chip will be playing with “What-a-band,What-a-band”, Larry and Taylor Rothman will be singing a couple of favorites, and our very own Darnell is working a song dedicated to […]

The Group

Last night we welcomed Bruce to the group. Bruce is a student at Jackson Community College and is a part the a group called Men of Merit. These guys are awesome. Their main objective is to help the community, especially, the youth to get an education and “be all they can be”. We showed him […]

Week Two Young Travelers – Responsibility

Monday we talked about responsibility. Bill, Kevin, Kyle, Dorrein, and I went to the barn to feed the animals. They picked their horse that they will care for while they are here. They learned which animal gets which feed and took all the hay out for them. They also helped Bill move some hay around […]

Friday was REALLY COLD, so we had to just have fun in the house. Chris had to work, so I cooked dinner again. Everyone survived, (I think?). We played games, some kids worked in the shop and some played the piano, and then some took some pretty silly pictures with my camera. It was a […]

New Young Travelers Group 2010

Last Monday we started a new group of Young Travelers. We are hosting 4 young men. It was a great night and looking forward to tomorrow with them. They were assigned the first 4 chapters of the book, “The Young Travelers Gift”, by Andy Andrews. Tomorrow we will be talking about responsibility. The boys will […]

Martin Luther King Celebration

Last Saturday Bill and I took 4 of our Young Travelers boys to the Marin Luther King Celebration at Jackson Community College. What a great night we had. There was a large crowd in the dining room and we sat at a table sponsored by Men of Merit. Men of Merit is a group of […]

Ashley’s Snow Horse Sculpture

Last Friday, there was still a lot of snow on the ground. The kids still wanted to go out and play hide and seek, all except Ashley. She wanted to make Bill and I a snow horse sculpture. She did a great job! Fridays continue to be a fun part of my week. I can […]

Chess/Checker Tournament

Last Saturday Bill and I took Megal and Dorrein to a chess/checker tournament hosted by our Mentoring Network at the King Center. It was to honor January as Mentoring Awareness month. It was a great day and had a lot of fun. It was more than just chess and checkers. We had lots of board […]

Happy New Year

Friday we got a lot of snow, but that didn’t stop the kids from coming. Our Friday night group is working on a few projects to put in our silent auction. Ashley 2’s mom brought warm soup for dinner. It was great. Thanks Anne!!After dinner, Chris, Dorrein, Amy, and I played spoons and I won!! […]