Our work at Mt. Chestnut District Center

Mt. Chestnut is located just outside Butler, Pennsylvania, 30 miles north of Pittsburgh. We had a great month there working with camp staff and exploring the area.
There was office work for Sadie, Emma, and Cynthia. Here is Cynthia working with Glenda Dillman, district office assistant. We worked on organizing shelves and files.

Another task during the month was getting hundreds of letters ready for mailing. Here is Sadie sealing envelopes! Emma enjoyed her job of shredding old documents. Every 20 pages or so, the unit would get overheated and need to cool off for awhile. Then Emma would start it up again!

Meanwhile, Scott worked on the future Staff cabin. He did sheetrock and electrical. Hope he got all those wires in the right places!!We celebrated a wonderful month of work with a steak dinner for staff a few days before we left. At the far end is Director Phil Heckman and his wife Linda. Glenda Dillman is next, then Chef Ed is across from Scott. It was a wonderful time of food and fellowship.

Concert at Victorious Life

We were invited to sing and play at Victorious Life Church of the Nazarene in Indianapolis, IN on July 26. We participated in congregational singing, then sang and spoke our testimony to the folks present.


After church we went out for lunch with Pastor Kirby and Susan Popplewell, and the Stantons.

Working at Camp Camby

Here is Camby's director, Marvin Stanton. He made sure no one ever went hungry at camp. He would buy the food, and bring it back to camp and even cook it up!!! (also taking care of all the other things directors have to do)

I worked in the kitchen with many wonderful people - here are just a few of them....

Here is head cook Betty Popplewell using the tilt-fryer. This amazing thing cooks large quantities of food. One day they boiled 100 ears of corn in this.

Scott is painting 4 of the wooden targets for a game played by tossing bags of corn into the holes. This is a midwest thing.

Camp Camby in Indiana

In July we worked at Camp Camby near Indianapolis, Indiana. It's a lovely camp and we got busy....Scott worked on construction projects in the barn...
Sadie, Emma and Cynthia pulled weeds and spread mulch around the flower beds. The weather was pleasantly mild for July!!

People to know at Pinecrest

Here is Scott and Jerry - pictured here with the infamous red killer golf cart. They worked on the pump house and the new duplex together. Jerry is the gardener and has planted the beautiful flowers all over camp.

Next up is our next door neighbors - Richard and Jeannette. Richard is an electrician, but spent a lot of time on the tractor trying to clean up all the fallen trees. Jeannette works in town at Wal-mart. They hosted the fish fry after Richard took Emma and Scott fishing and came back with 34 bluegill and bass.


Here is Naomi and Noel, who had us over to their RV and taught us to play the card game "Play Nine". That was fun! Noel drives the big truck around camp - moving dirt.
Taking a walk along the beautiful Pinecrest central road - Alice and Debbie with Debbie's dog Lucy. Alice worked with us in the Pit Stop filling candy and drink orders - we are the "A" team, Alice!!

Four Fine Folks From Pinecrest

Here we are in the Pinecrest Dining Hall after a great lunch (thanks Debbie). From the left are Debbie and Fred Yates, who are the directors of the camp. Next is Karen and Wayne Riggs who come and volunteer at the camp on their days off. Karen and I worked together in the gift shop. It is never a dull moment with these guys!!

Pinecrest Person of the Week

Meet Marsha King - the Queen of Clean at Pinecrest Camp. She is an AMAZING woman, wielding her mop like a Jedi's light sabre. Dirt and grime are no match for Marsha. Even when she's whipping a messy cabin into shape, she's one of the nicest people you'll meet in SE Missouri. She does a great job for Pinecrest, and we're very happy to have gotten to know her while we're here.