Our vacation at the end of June began with heading to Wolcott, NY to see Dave's mother and to transport our van to Dave's sister-in-law and brother. We needed to downsize and they needed a vehicle. Works for me. Rick and Teri operate an organic dairy farm and work extremely hard. They are an inspiration to us. While we were there Rick had a suprise **th birthday party for her. We were also able to see her son, Dan, home from Germany and their grandson, Zack, visiting from NJ. It was a good family time. 
June 30h we headed to Delta Lake Bible Conferance (near Rome, NY) for family camp. We have started to go there again after taking about 15 years off from camping. We rent the camp- owned tents and attach a dining tent which is a bear to put up. This year we were smart and put it up at home so we knew what we were doing. Monday's supper got a little delayed due to our 30 year old cookstove (which we originally got secondhand) dying. Thankfully there was Walmart and after spending $20 we were back in business. We had a great, relaxing time(after the set up). 
The schedule at camp is pretty loose but you are expected to attend most of the services which we wanted to do anyway. There are missions and Bible themed meetings in the morning and a service at night. Afternoons are freetime. One afternoon we went to Ft Stanwix which is a National park and free! 
The schedule at camp is pretty loose but you are expected to attend most of the services which we wanted to do anyway. There are missions and Bible themed meetings in the morning and a service at night. Afternoons are freetime. One afternoon we went to Ft Stanwix which is a National park and free! 
Another afternoon we went on a Delta Cruise which took us on a pontoon boat tour of the perimeter of the Lake. We learned that there used to be a town of Delta and the authorities came along and flooded it to make the lake. Other days we just sat at the tent and read or napped or worked o
n a puzzle.
n a puzzle.
The picture above is looking from our campsite toward the other campsites along Lakeside Dr. The other shot is of Dave doing what he does best! It is looking from the back of our dining tent toward the Tab (tabernacle in camp talk). We had to go thru there and around the back of the Tab to the bathrooms! The shirt Dave has on says Been Burned? It is advertising the new book CLC has coming out in conjuction with the movie Fireproof http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/). Our book is called Fireproof Your Life and is about having a faith that survives the flames of life. You can check it out at http://www.fireproofyourlife.com/.
We finished our vacation on July 5th with a leisurely drive through the backroads of the Fingerlakes of NY. Before we left on that Saturday we attended one last seminar on ministry sustainablility. How to stay in the game as long as possible and avoid burn out. The idea is to neither rust out nor burn out for Jesus because either way you are out! We learned how to take a sabbath and really rest. How to work better and refresh regularly. Good thoughts to come home on.
