Maintenance Rotation!

I found out on my first day way back on October 2nd that I would be in the Maintenance rotation of this year long internship.

For those of you who are not really exactly sure what I am doing out here at Crooked Creek Ranch is that I am learning about how a Young Life camp works by working in various departments. For October and November I will be in the Maintenance Department. Come December I will probably rotate into another area such as food services or guest services.

I was really excited about the maintenance rotation. I was expecting to learn to be a little more  handy and help fix problems on camp. Now CCR is one of the newest camps. Only being 12 years old the stuff that other camps have to do during a winter to maintain the property does not happen as much. More new projects happen around camp. Two projects that are being worked on camp are, the new ropes course and a facade for the gym. Our old ropes course was deemed unsafe SO we are building a brand new one on camp! It is pretty incredible so far. The theme on camp is a Mining theme so our game room and all over camp looks like it used to be an old mining facility. The gym just looks like a gym so we are going to be putting up a facade on both ends to make it reminiscent of a mining town.

Now this is where I come in. My ideas of fixing things on camp were change quickly when I was told I would be in charge of the saw mill.

This is My Home

I have been sawing logs and turning them into lumber for the last month. Mostly I am making 6x7's  for the ropes course I am not exactly sure what in the construction they will be used for but I made about 50 of them.                         

I usually work alone but I have for the past week had the opportunity work with Mr. David Bleckley. We milled 30 6 x 6's this week and hundred's of 1 by ? which is all the extra wood that was not part of our 6X6s they will be used for the facade in the gym.

Working the wood mill is definitely a challenge for me. I am a people person and being out behind the shop generally by myself is hard. So please be praying for me as I still run the SAW MIZER. I am sure I am out there for a reason and probably to center myself on the LORD. I am grateful to use that time to pray for people, ministry, camp, and my time out here.  I thought about Isaiah 30:21 a lot "Your ears will hear a word behind you, 'This is the way, walk in it,' whenever you turn to the right or to the left." It reminds me where ever I am placed for the Lord that is the way and I need to walk in it.

All and all time is been great so far here at Crooked Creek Ranch.