March 2010 Prescott Pines Camp www.prescottpines.org
Prescott Pines Camp www.prescottpines.org What a privilege to serve at this place. We could see and feel the Holy Spirit’s presence throughout our month at the camp.
The camp, like most places where we volunteer, is in need of help. Here the need was probably more than some of the other places because of winter storm damage sustained.
Another wonderful group of people to serve with again this month: from the left, Bob and Mary Lou-Washington, Elaine and Vance- Oregon, Jack and Peggy–Idaho , Jake and Marlene-Full timers from Michigan, Dorothy and Fred-Minnesota and Jenny and Don-Full timers from South Dakota/(MN).
We have been in Arizona from November through March and have been in some “cool” places. Prescott Pines Camp sits at 6200+ feet. The nights were cold and it snowed every night for the first week. We stayed comfortable but the furnace ran a lot.
Fred, Jake and Don laid ceramic tile in the snack kitchen and “Goodies” store.
Marlene, Elaine, Peggy, Marylou, Dorothy and Jenny took on a staff house and the task of deep cleaning and then painting the complete dwelling. They did an awesome job.
Vance, Jake and Jack worked on taking down a cabin that was destroyed by fire in December. They reclaimed all that was salvageable and cleaned up the remaining, saving the foundation for a future build.
A winter storm had seriously damaged the camp’s sewage treatment/sanitation system (actually floated the huge tank out of the ground). While the tank was out of the ground, some major repairs were made by welding some new steel plate sides to several of the tank’s six different compartments. Fred and Don had the opportunity to paint (with 2-.part epoxy) two of the compartments that are 10’ deep.
Fred, Vance and Don laid out and built a deck that will be the flooring for a new room attached to the “Frontier Village” kitchen. Currently, the camp staff must transport the food supplies from the main kitchen to the Village kitchen each day. The new room will house a walk-in freezer and storage for the kitchen.
Jenny , taking time for a photo op, while painting a staff house. The staff house looked just great when the ladies were finished with the job.
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Thanks for all your hard work at Prescott Pines. My children and I have spent many summer amd winter camps being enriched by the programs and the word of God.
Thank you! The Sealey family really appreciate it!