Letter to Campers

There’s just something about mail call at camp. When you hear the very loud and drawn out call, that might look like this, Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee’ve goooooooooooooooooooooooooooot soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooome maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaail!! Everyone who gets a letters runs forward to get their card. Three pieces means you have to run to catch your mail. We want to extend that feelingContinue reading “Letter to Campers”

The Rest of the Story

On Sunday I received a donation cheque for Camp Widjiitiwin. That’s not very out of the ordinary. The cheque was for $150. That’s not too out of the ordinary. It was to help sponsor kids come to Widji. That’s normal too. What you need to hear is the rest of the story… A few years aContinue reading “The Rest of the Story”

40 Years with Jesus

My truck went over 240,000 kms this week. That seemed like a milestone as all the 9’s became 0’s. The sensation didn’t last very long as the next “1” quickly showed up and the moment was lost. I don’t want to lose the next moment.  This summer marks 40 years as a Christian for me. Continue reading “40 Years with Jesus”

Shag came to pray for Widji

Sometimes you learn things that are very cool. I always like it when someone comes up and says they have been praying for me. This story is like that. Shag (his camp name) has come every spring since he worked at Widji to pray for Camp Widjiitiwin. Usually he sneaks into camp and goes up toContinue reading “Shag came to pray for Widji”

Who Influenced You?

The Widji summer leaders recently worked through an exercise to help them discover who they are as leaders. The first part was to remember the events in your life that helped shape the leader you are. The other part was to recall the people who influenced each person. As we understand the person we are weContinue reading “Who Influenced You?”

What is Your Binge Watching Addiction?

We recently finished 4 seasons of Last Man Standing. Before that it was Nashville (3 seasons) and 8 seasons Heartland only took us a couple months.  By definition, binge watching is “the practice of watching multiple episodes of a television program in rapid succession, typically by means of DVDs or digital streaming”. Exactly! Oh Netflix… It’s SO easy toContinue reading “What is Your Binge Watching Addiction?”

Twitter vs Telegram

Twitter is like today’s version of the telegram. Both are short and to the point. Actually, at 140 characters Twitter gives us double the amount of characters to communicate as a telegram did, which averaged 10-12 words or about 80 spaces around 1900.  As technology of the telephone and the creation of the internet telegramsContinue reading “Twitter vs Telegram”