Thought I'd say a quick hi. It's been an eventful couple of weeks. If you haven't heard our latest NEWS please follow the link on the left to Aldridge Newsletters.

Meanwhile life here carries on. We've had two workgroups here this week. One doing general work--and man did they ever get lots done! New paths, potholes filled, framing of the recreation shed extension, painting a whole house. And they were only here for two days. And we had a gardening crew in who spruced the whole camp up. The chalet looks fabulous with much needed flowers and landscaping. Now the guests there can also enjoy the hummingbirds we are priveleged to watch each day.

Groups in most weekends. We've just had to say goodbye to the Young Life summer staff who were here for two months. We've loved having them and feeding them coffee and brownies. Oh yeah, they did lots of work too and learned lots about the camp and grew in amazing ways individually and as a group. Beautiful to witness. But the best part was the coffee and brownies.

It's good to be home and back at camp. Life is moving along. We've been here for 9 months already. Depending on how you look at it that can be a long or a short time.

I'm mentally re-organizing myself after my solo trip to the States. The kids for some reason aren't pushing me to get back into the school routine.... If I only had some bookshelves for the books I bought. I keep hoping my boys will turn their desire to learn woodworking into a bookshelf. But that will come in time. I've already used up all the bricks and lumber I can find. We try to school quasi year-round so that when situations like this come up when we miss a few days, or when family comes and we take time off, it doesn't matter in the long run. It seems to work for us.