Able Church Winter Retreat and Special Olympics

What a great weekend up here at Camp Daniel!! The Able Church Winter retreat came and went just like that. Larry and Carolyn Campbell were the speakers for the weekend.

They did a great job! They even incorporated skits during chapel time!

Justin got TP'd for indoor group games, too.

All in all, it was a BLAST!!!

On Tuesday, The Able Attack Special Olympics team played Syble Hopp's team and dominated!

The second game was really close. Jim shot the winning point!

Camp Daniel Update

On Tuesday, The Able Attack played a game of basketball against the Bay Navigators! The final score was 31-17. The Able Attack won! Good job team!

Green Bay Home Medical Equipment came up here recently and installed a stair chair lift in the Hartley house so Justin can get up and down the stairs! Justin's uncle works there and he came up to help install it.

The Able Church Winter Retreat is finally this weekend! Everybody has been busy preparing for it. Justin and Anthony have been setting up the sound and video for chapel, Jen has been organizing small groups for Bible studies, Karol has been preparing for all of the meals, and Marceaux picked up the bus for transporting everybody's luggage. Larry and Carolyn Campbell are coming down to Green Bay so they can come up here and be our speakers for the weekend!

Working Around Camp

A lot of things have happened sine last week. Papa Tony got a new computer for his office. Justin has been working on transferring all of his files and programs from his old computer and onto his new one. It's finally done and operational!

David Detloff has been coming over and working with the guys in the craft cabin. They are installing a new vinyl floor. It looks really nice.

The Able Church Winter retreat is next weekend already! Jen, Marceaux, Molly, and Justin are still staining bunk beds getting ready to make room in the dorm. Almost done!

Look at all of those bunk beds!

Emily Neitzer came over one day for a couple of hours to help out. Thanks Emily!

Tony's new office is now plastered, primed, painted, wired, heated, and carpeted! It's almost time to move in!

Molly and Justin have been working on the new Camp Daniel Counselor Manual. They have been going through it and revising it. The manual will be for all of the counselors as an informational packet about Camp Daniel.

It's a New Year

The new year is here! The Christmas decorations are down and the pie is gone. A lot of things need to be done to get ready for everything going on this year. The Able Church Winter Retreat is at the end of the month. Jen, Molly, and Justin have been staining the bunk beds in one of the rooms in the men's dorm, so we can use it for the winter retreat.

Tony and the guys have been working in Tony's new office so he can move all of his stuff into it. In this picture you can see Tony and Brian plastering the walls.

In this picture, Jake and Nick are sanding boards in the work room.

Christmas is Coming

Christmas is almost here, and so is the snow!! We are supposed to be getting 7-10 inches of snow with this big storm coming through. That means we will be able to use our snowblowers! Tony can use the one on the John Deere, once Pastor Tim gets it fixed, and the guys can use the push snowblower.

David Detloff and his friend, Brian came up here and wired the garage so it has electricity running to it. David has also been working with the guys putting up gutters on all of our buildings.

Tony and the guys have been working on the office section of the new garage. So far, they have put in the insulation and drywall. Tony and Karol have been working with an architect and builder for the big garage/multipurpose room. Last night Tony and Karol met with them and redrew the plans with specifics for the front of the building.

Recently, Camp Daniel purchased two used golf carts. Pastor Tim and his brother, Matt, have been working on them at his house. They have one of them running!

The other week, one of our campers, Bonnie, died.

Pastor Tim has been preparing for her memorial service held at The Able Church this Friday. He has been calling, Facebooking, and asking people if they would like to be a part of the service. Bonnie will be missed by all but she is up in Heaven with Jesus now. What a wonderful place to be!

December 13, 2012

A lot of things have been going on up here lately. We got about 4-6 inches of snow the other day, so the guys have been shoveling on all the pathways. Marceaux has been working on the bunk beds and moving them out of the men's dorm. Jen has been working on thank you cards for Special Olympics. Justin got the Camp Daniel website updated, so make sure you check it out! The Camp Daniel newsletter is done and should be sent in the mail in the next couple of days. The Able Church got a sign up under the Living Hope Church sign!

Winter is here!

Winter is here, and Christmas is just around the corner! That means we've been pretty busy getting ready. Marceaux installed the snow blower and cab for the John Deere and made sure it worked.

Everybody has been helping out moving stuff out/in to the garage. The garage is very clean now.

The guys have been sanding bunk beds that were donated while Jen and Molly have been staining and putting polyurethane on them. Tony has been working on the Camp newsletter. Molly has also been working on sorting out pictures of campers and sending out camper Christmas cards. She, also, recently went to her home church to get supporters for her as she lost her supporters. Justin has been working on updating the Camp Daniel website and creating the Able Church website. Also, Christmas trees and lights have been starting to get put up!