We started early, about 5:45 am heading through Chicago to get over to Michigan. We got up to Prudenville where Teresa’s chalk art teacher lives, about 3:00 or so. Mr. Bowman was in the process of making chalk and described how it is done. Fascinating.
We met his wife, son and three daughters. They are all a wonderful, Christian family. They are expanding the building where the chalk is boxed and stored. Check out his website here:
We had to leave about 4:30 to get Teresa to Camp CoBeAc which stands for:
COme BElieve ACcept. We were able to stay the night in one of the family cabin rooms, recently refinished.
It is a beautiful location, recently landscaped, clean, wide, borders a lake, has a gym, game room, plenty of cabins for hundreds of campers. The group of kids there for counselors are young college-age people. Teresa said she was assigned to the cleaning crew.
On Thursday Henry sat in on one of the training sessions. The camp director is well-suited for the job. He told the kids about the camp philosophy and what was expected. We were told many times, “If you have any questions, please call us.” The staff were very helpful. After the morning session, the kids were given tasks on cleaning up the campgrounds. Many of them were outside raking leaves. Teresa and some others were cleaning cabins. Her crew’s job was to clean all the corners in the cabins. Some other group was to come after them and mop. We found her, took photos, hugged and said goodbye. I guess we won’t see her before we return to Japan.
About 11:00 we headed toward Kalkaska where we will be on Sunday. We arrived early, so went to the post office then the local library to check email. It was a nice, small library, albeit, not as quiet as I recall libraries.
About 4:30 we arrived at the pastor house and chatted for over an hour. They are hosting a Chinese high school student. He chose the American name Tommy and speaks good English. He got saved shortly after arriving in the USA back in August, and is a very engaging young man of 17. He graduates from the local high school on Saturday.
The pastor and his wife took us out to dinner at a local restaurant. That was really good and also a very popular place. Three of us has the special fish dinner; it was really a lot to each. Sara did not eat her fries and I did not finish mine.
So tonight we are in a local hotel. Saturday, Henry goes to the men’s prayer breakfast while Sara and I will go visit with pastor’s wife until they are done. Then it is preparation for Sunday.
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