Dear Lord; Happy Thankful Thursday Father!<\/p>\n
As I wrote to You yesterday<\/a> Father, Wednesday morning I was Blessed with the opportunity to visit Kay\u2019s Kamp<\/a> at St. Andrew\u2019s School<\/a>, and got to witness first-hand the wonderful work the Kamp Staff does for the children that attend.\u00a0 As Jonathan has been a Kamper since they opened their doors in 2009, it was an emotional and eye-opening visit for me, and I left feeling very thankful for the Blessings You deliver through their hands.<\/p>\n As part of my visit, I spent time with the \u201cNewsletter Group\u201d<\/em>.\u00a0 Each day at Kamp, a newsletter is created by the staff and children which describes what\u2019s going on, reports on Kamp gossip and lists some answers to interview questions posed by the Kamp \u201creporters\u201d<\/em>.\u00a0 With the assistance of the staff, I was able to add a question to the list for the day\u2026<\/p>\n What about Kamp are you thankful for?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Here are their answers Father.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n – All the activities we do because can\u2019t do this stuff at home.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – The Pillow Fairy coming every year.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – That kids get to enjoy themselves here!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Thankful for just being here.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Pranking the boys.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Sports and Games.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Coffee.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Zoo Keepers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Just being part of it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – The food.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Bathrooms.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Dessert.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Jennie and all floaters.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Bugspray.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Learning new things.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – For coming here every summer.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – The Kampers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Derek.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – The kitchen staff.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – The counselors.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Markie.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Mr. Bling.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Kristin.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – All the stuff they do for us so we can have fun.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n While I don\u2019t actually know what all of these mean, or who some of these folks are Father, it\u2019s obvious that the staff and the Kampers are very thankful for this week of fun.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Heavenly Father, for all of the Blessings you bestow on us each day; both those that are obvious and those that grace us without fanfare, we give thanks.\u00a0 I pray that Your Light continues to brighten our hearts, and that we are effective in shining that divine radiance to those around us.<\/p>\n In Jesus\u2019 Name we pray,<\/p>\n Amen.<\/p>\n ~Phather Phil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Lord; Happy Thankful Thursday Father! 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