Brown City Camp in a Nut Shell

It was a great week at Brown City!  We love to see our friends and family and reconnect.  This was our 6th year at Brown City Missionary Camp. ( this was two weeks ago)

This year at Camp we hardly seen Autumn.  Camp shut down at 11:00pm and that's usually when she came back to the cabin.   Lillie also made her rounds to her friends cabins and we rarely seen her either!  It's kinda like we had no children this week!  It's great leting the kids go and have peace that nothing is gonna happen.

In a Nut Shell... Here we go!   Paul hurt his pack trying to save somthing from falling on the ground!  1/2 through camp he was pretty much outta comission!  But we made it.  Here are some great friends trying to help him out!  (Don't worry ones a Doctor!)

Nearly 300 hundred screaming kids... the Lord was graceious on the heat this year!  

It was wonderful weather.  Ceiling fans were installed in the barn and it help tremendously!

Here is our little cabin :D  We've taken photos off all the years of camp we've been here and put them up in our cabin.  Love it :D  Good memories!

Our little cabin is a blessing!  It's has two bedrooms, girls have bunk beds and we have a full bed.  Ouch

We had a guest this year at camp... He did the eveing programs for us as we were booked at a church up the road for the eveings.  He explains Brown City camp as "you can't explain"  I agree.  It's a unique experience with thousand of people on campus!

We have two age groups of kiddos but they are combines for the program.  They just won't fit all in one camp photo!

Ever year at camp kids raise money for missions.  Kids all over camps set up little sales selling whatever they can to raise money.  It's great becasue adults and kids alike know where the money is going so they stop by and purchase: lemonade, candy necklaces and even rocks!  This year Lillie caught on to this concept and wanted to try her own!  She sold rocks, cookies and chips.  The neighbor man came over to just buy a rock from her!  It was so sweet.  Her first sale just made her day!

Paul wanted to make sure that Lillie has a good sale so he was calling people to the back door of the cabin and giving them money to purchase at Lillies little sale!  lol she was so excited!  shhhh don't tell!

Over and out,  hope this post wan't to much of a mess and made some since!  Got lots to do today.  See you next time.

Bay Shore Camp

Running behind in post, but we've had no internet at the last two camps!  boo

It sure makes it hard to keep up on things!  Bay Shore is a great camp with awesome activites for the girls to do....  however we worked or butt off!  You know... it's funny how we work, work, work our butt off but we don't lose weight!  I think I've put on a few pounds becasue of having desert after every meal! lol

I know that by looking at these photos your thinking... The Dietzels just played around all day!  But I beg to differ!

The gym that were were in was dark for photos so I just didn't bother takeing photos of our programs.  Your gonna have to trust me on this one.   We had about 100 children at Bay Shore Camp.   This was a 8 day camp and we did at total of 20 programs!  Totaling about 24 hours of pragrams and material!

We have been the camp evangelist at this camp for the last 5 years.  Lillie was just a baby when we came here.  I remember shoving her in the nursery screaming so I could go and do our program.  My how those days have changed,  Lillie loves her classes now.  Autumn actually went to the Jr. Hight class, I  still can't believe I have a kid in Jr. High! 

We just returned home from Brown City Camp (Photos hopefully tomorrow) doing another 12 programs in the last week.  These last two camps have really taken a toll on Paul.  I think our bodies are telling us we are getting old.  Paul though his back out mid week of camp trying to catch something falling of the table.  Looks like we will not be doing much this week on our week off of no programs!  Which is probably a good thing.

Man is it Hot in Florida

Paul and I are currently in Wimauma, Florida which is near Tampa.  We are kidless and we are having a blast! haha  We do miss the girls.  We are going on week number two and we are getting anxious to get home.

These photos are of last weeks camp at the Church of God Camp in Wimauma, kids are ages 10-12 years old.

This week we are speaking at the Jr. Camp which is ages 6-9 years old but some 5 year olds have slipped in! lol

Paul and I love camps... It's one of our heart beats.   We feel so blessed to be asked to be guest speakers at youth camps. Paul and I both grew up at Youth Camp and it holds a very special place in our hearts!  We even met at Youth Camp :D

This weekend Paul and I were able to see a movie, go to the ocean and do Busch Gardens Amusment Park!  We've been having so much fun together...  These are the times I feel guilty when we don't have the girls.   I know they'd be having a blast.  We know they are in good hands at the Grandparents.  We SKYP often and they seem to not miss us at all.

We have missed our Faith Family this week too, Big Time!!!  We love them so much.  It has been a great weight lift off my shoulders to have staff back at home keeping it all going smooth while we are away.   We have to be gone one Sunday a month during our summer busy season, but it feels as if we have not missed a beat!

I'll post photos soon of Bush Gardens!  Until next time...

Illinois Church of God Camp

So this week was way hotter than camp at Ludlow falls!  It was in the hight 90's.... a scorcher !  At least were inside for our programs...  that helped a ton!  Sorry I didn't get much for photos this camps.  To busy to hot!!  Autumn stayed behind to spend the week with a friend,  Lillie was the only child.  I think I was a nice change for her.     

We are starting a Kids Crusade tonight through Sunday in Alton, IL... then off to Michigan Church of God Camp!  Looking forward to a great week!

Hillbilly Water Slide

Camp is in full swing here at Ludlow Falls, Ohio! This is our first time here at the Missionary camp!

It is so hot this week!  There is no pool but there is this awesome "HillBilly Water Slide"  our camp back in Michigan needs one of these!

Autumn was slip n and slide n from side to side because she would not lay back on her back, which would have been even faster!!

Lillie had a great time, climbing up further and further up the slide until she worked her way up to the top.  She was nervous at first, but now she can't be stopped!

We are half way through the week!   It's a long and a hot one here at Ludlow Fall...  Tomorrow we will be walking down to see the falls, they are right in the back yard here at the camp.