Senioritis

Andrea, Alexis, Katlin, Ellen, Katilyn, Annesha

These are some of the amazing senior girls I have the honor of working with. Many of these girls I have know since they were middle schoolers and soon, very soon they will be heading to college. How sad. I am glad that I get to co-lead a Bible Study with Amy, Katilyn's older sister, for these girls one last time.

Trashin Fashin Show!

The Juneau Douglas High School had and intersting idea for a fund raiser for the school publication called "The Ego." It was the "Trashin Fashin Show!" Students were encouraged to create fashin out of duct tape and trash bags. It was simply amazing to see what the teens came up with. Above is Rachel modeling her "gown" out of just trash bags and duct tape. Below is

Ellen, Rachel's older sister, the designer of this beautiful "gown." It was a fun Saturday evening filled with some amazing designs. The great thing about youth ministry is that it is never dull!

Roommate in a Bookbag!!

Here is LeAnn. She is one of my roommates in Juneau. Her younger sister Annette was here working at Allen Marine, a whale watching tourist company, for the summer. As Annette was preparing to leave she bought this rather large duffel bag. LeAnn, sad to see her sister leave, quite litterally crawled into the bag. Maybe the agents at Alaska Air won't notice. Fat chance since LeAnn works at Alaska Air!

2 Minute Shopping Spree

Amazing friends of Echo Ranch, the Nash Family, donated a 2 min. shopping spree that they won at the A& P Grocery Store to Echo Ranch. So we had Michele Rhein map out the store. Since it was the end of our season...we had to think this through....what could we get that would last through the winter. So we checked with the cook, Pat, and got ideas like vegestable oil, speciality teas, charcoal, and canned goods. So Michele mapped it out. Asiles 4, 6, and 9 were the first stops. Then was had our own personal TV camera man to film the event. He ran behind Michele during the whole 2 minutes. I think he got a little tired of running after her. Michele almost mowed him over. But he was a great sport about it. Here is Michele with her one empty cart to begin the spree, but as you can see, she filled it up and another cart besides. The people at the grocery store said this was the first time anyone ever filled up 2 carts. As camp checked out our bill would have come to $349.56, but it was FREE. Then the Nash family gave us $200 worth in a gift certificate there. What a blessing they are. Echo Ranch is now stocked up in the food department for the season of 2007. God continues to provide in amazing ways for Echo Ranch Bible Camp.