Rivers of Joy: Family Camp

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Family Camp

This year at family camp, a few of the kids from youth group worked all weekend in the snack stand making money for the next Africa missions trip.

Poor thing, she's working soooo hard.

Tim making his award-winning chili omg yum

What can I even say about this? He's so stinking CUTE

Taco dinner night at the campsite

Flag football (where all the grown men hobbled away)

A common occurrance...girls fawning over Nate

1 comment:

beckybjSeptember 16, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Super Fun!
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nate...

our youngest son born October 20, 2007. Nate was diagnosed with Trisomy 21 just after birth. He is the source of never-ending rivers of joy. I heard someone say on Christian radio recently that people who have special needs children will tell you that the day that child came into their lives, joy came into the home. I couldn't have said it better myself! Was his diagnosis easy? No...and was there great anxiety? Yes...but there is no doubt about it that God was nearer than ever before. In the summer of 2012, Nate was also diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy 3, a rare, genetically inherited neuromuscular condition unrelated to Ds. Jars of Clay have written "The Valley Song" from where the title of this blog comes from. There are no truer words to describe our family journey..."I will sing of Your Mercies that lead me through valleys of sorrow...to rivers of joy."