Once again I’m cheating a bit and starting this post on Friday evening because tomorrow morning I’ll be dashing out of the house at 8am heading to the Day Camps Kick-Off event. But before reporting on that (which will happen, I hope) tomorrow evening, let’s look back over the week.
Monday morning began with no phone or Internetservice (AGAIN!) and urgent calls to Bell Canada, Finally technicians appeared and a new line was installed. This displeased my somewhat unpleasant next-door neighbours so today other technicians took the whole thing down and did it another way. All of which meant that there have been many lost hours of Internet and home phone line usage. Sigh. While the first technician laboured outside Arnee came to pick up the gift we had prepared for her as a Thank You for her amazing work in typing and formatting the 2015 Program Manual. It was great to see her and I was able to send along a small birthday gift for her daughter Michelle, a very
close friend of mine, since Arnee will be visiting her in England over the summer. Fortunately, Monday evening was the Day Camp Committee meeting so I could talk to people face to face in “real” time and not worry about lack of phone or Internet. We had most productive meeting and wrestled with the continuing issue of needing MORE TEAM MEMBERS!!!!
close friend of mine, since Arnee will be visiting her in England over the summer. Fortunately, Monday evening was the Day Camp Committee meeting so I could talk to people face to face in “real” time and not worry about lack of phone or Internet. We had most productive meeting and wrestled with the continuing issue of needing MORE TEAM MEMBERS!!!!
Tuesday, Jillian, one of my self-styled “minions” came for the day and worked on everything from scanning sheet music packages to helping broil Naan bread for the Retreat Week. I left her at the house at 3pm that day and headed down to Diocesan Council for the last meeting chaired by Bishop Barry.
Wednesday afternoon we held a special CTM Board meeting as a follow-up to our recent AGM. This meant that the Huyer family descended upon me and stayed for dinner and overnight, total chaos, but so special in a messy, noisy, crazy way! As the Board meeting was ending and I was trying to set up for dinner the little boys were obviously tired and hungry, I did a quick head count and realised that 12 people of all ages were hanging out all over the house, Bedlam indeed!
Thursday after clearing up and doing a lot of laundry I was able to squeeze in mowing the lawns between several sets of meeting Minutes to type up, emails to answer and the on-going Badgering of possible Team Members via all types of Social Media.
And today, with no Internet again, I worked on making desserts to freeze for the Retreat, did a bit of gardening (despite MORE rain) and then was blessed with an unexpected afternoon visit from the Rev. Brett Cane (creator of the CTM Day Camp Program, mentor, friend and brother in the Lord).
In fact this has been a day of blessings since news came of another Team Member AND of a third Training Day Camp Team Leader, plus the Bell technician was a very nice person who was considerate and efficient.
So as I close off to head over for an evening of setting up the room at Isaiah 40, ready for tomorrow’s event, my Spirit is feeling lighter and more hopeful that the Lord’s plan is about to be revealed to us and this worried and tired Day Camp Director, may yet feel the burden of the last few weeks lifted. Yahoo!!!!!!!!
Before giving a short run down on Kick-Off, I’m just adding a quick summer recipe for the Vegan Ice Cream I was making yesterday, super simple and lovely for dessert or snacks!
Banana Chocolate Frozen Treat
- 3frozen bananas, sliced
- 1/3 cup almond milk
- ½ tsp.vanilla extract
- 3 Tbsps. cocoa powder
Place the sliced frozen bananas in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Add the other ingredients and continue processing until smooth and creamy (it should look like soft ice cream). Eat immediately or place in a plastic container with a tight fitting lid and freeze. If you have frozen the mixture, place it in the fridge for an hour or two to resoften it and whisk before serving. Makes 4-6 servings.
Kick-off Coda
We had a productive Kick-off event. Not a large turnout from the local host churches but lots of good questions and interest. We sang, reviewed the schedule of a typical Day Camp Day, watched the Day 1 story of our new slideshow!!, looked at craft samples, prayed together, snacked (of course!) and experienced Coordinators shared some useful tips with newbies. As soon as everyone left at noon we tidied up the hall and reorganised for the Liturgical Dance video recording. Seven participants gathered to learn the dance and at 1pm Rod, our cameraman, arrived and filmed for the instructional
DVD. And so another Kick-off event had come and gone. The feedback forms look to be encouragingly positive and I am fervently hoping that my pleas and our combined prayers will bear fruit in terms of finding those remaining Team Members we still so desperately need.
DVD. And so another Kick-off event had come and gone. The feedback forms look to be encouragingly positive and I am fervently hoping that my pleas and our combined prayers will bear fruit in terms of finding those remaining Team Members we still so desperately need.
All in all a good day!