Wilderness Northwest Blog

On Saturday the 12th of May, the camp grounds were a flurry of activity as 3 different groups joined forces to tackle some of the clean-up in Camp. Fort Lewis sent over some of their troops, families, generals and preachers, to clean up slash, pick up leaves and rake the main part of camp. Ray Canterbury brought a family of helpers to rake, pickup slash, and clean up part of the Wilderness trail and Alan Reimann brought some junior high and high schoolers from the local Brinnon and Quilcene youth group to join the ranks of trail workers and camp clean-up crew.

Chiefs, Generals, & Preachers pitch in

Tim Edgren surveying his accomplished work

Ray Canterbury and his trail crew cleanned signs, raked and picked up slash on the Wilderness devotional trail

Teens from the local youth group lay gravel down on the Wilderness trail

Alivia paints boards for the trail crew

Katie & Emily paint each other

Thanks to all the workers that joined us last Saturday in working in camp and preparing for the hopeful upcoming camp season.
God Bless.

May 2007

It always starts feeling a little rushed around here by early May. This year is especially escalating because we are in a major restoration phase at WNW that needs a majority of completion by June 1st. This restoration project is critical because normal wear and tear and deterioration has taken a toll on our facility and we have not been able to keep up in recent years.

Although we have every desire and intention to open camp by June, the board of directors has determined that we cannot overlook safety risks, and we also want to honor God with a facility that is functional, appealing, and able to accommodate the program activities that we plan.

Our goal was to tackle most of the projects from March through May. Unfortunately, March weather only gave us 3-4 good workdays. In April, a youth group from Oak Bay helped us start the rebuilding of several playground units. Two other volunteer groups were unable to make it in April, but we have logged in some good days between thunderstorms lately to accomplish some important jobs. We still have much to do and depend on God’s people with a heart for ministry, to lend a few hours and help us “Restore the Walls” of WNW.

A lot of young campers are looking forward to the greatest experience of their summer at July’s Day Camp. We don’t want this year to be any different from the last 25 years for those 70+ campers. Pray for the laborers we need, or participate as the laborers we need. All to the glory of God’s Kingdom.

Newsletter May 2007
Jody Weed