"I would not know how to be human, how to think as a human being, how to walk as a human being, how to talk or how to eat as a human being except by learning from other human beings. I learn to be human by associating with other human beings. We are this, according to the Bible, made for family. We're made for community, we're made for togetherness, we're made for friendship. We're made to live in a delicate network of interdependence for we are made for complimentary. I have gifts you don't have. And you have gifts I don't have. Thus we are made different of that we can know our need of one another. And this is a fundamental law of our being." Archbishop Desmond Tutu
In just five hours 70 youth and their adult leaders will be joining us here at Cliff Temple Baptist Church. Camp 2012 is officially here! We are looking forward with great anticipation to welcome these friends into Life Together with us this summer. We have worked hard, and we are ready!
It has been quite the week. Full days of training, getting our bearings straight in a new city, unexpected curve balls, and little sleep. But God is good...all the time. And God is in this place. For that we are thankful.
I'm excited to introduce you to the 2012 Passport Missions 2 staff,
Marilee Betz is our pastor. I am so grateful that she is here for this journey. Marilee has already been a pastoral presence for this team bringing with her a deep spirit of peace. I cannot wait to see her love these campers, and preach each night!
These two women are gifts. They remind me what this is all about. I am thankful for our community, our togetherness, our friendship. I look forward to sharing these things with our camp community this summer!
The Creator of the universe is calling us into,what Tutu describes as a"delicate network of interdependence." The Creator is calling us to be humans together.
Happy Opening Day!
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