Snapshots of a summer past (2011)

I didn't blog this summer so I am adding this for my personal benefit. ;)

Summer just is not summer without summer camp.  At least that is how it goes in youth ministry.  One of my favorite weeks of the summer because our whole family goes and we get so much extended time with really awesome teenagers.

Chicago Missions Trip

Lots of hard work, sweat, and showering in a smelly basement with rats (I wish I was just kidding) gave me a new perspective on my life and ministry.

Volleyball almost every Thursday night of the summer.

Every year we go to the Youth Worker's Getaway at Youthfront Camp.

My favorite part?  Seeing our favorite gang-the Stanley families.

Gayle and I met when we were pregnant with our first kids and Angie, we go back all the way to high school where we met at Youthfront (then YFC) camps.  Love them.