Camp Weather

Unless you have been somewhere on the other side of the world for 4 months, and had no idea what was going on in Texas, then you are aware of how hot it was this summer in East Texas.  Only one of the hottest summers every, there have been many problems around East Texas caused by this summer's heat.  Coupled with the extreme heat, a long drought has made all of East Texas very dry and vulnerable for fires.  I know that for the first time since I can remember, campers did not get to see fireworks on the 4th of July because of a burn ban.  For the past few weeks there have been hundreds of fires burning in East Texas, but thankfully I don't think any of them have threatened Camp.  Pray that God can bring East Texas a whole lot of rain, because without more rain, the fire threat will continue to linger.

The dry summer has caused other problems besides fires.  There are numerous dead trees in the woods of Camp right now and this can cause problems as well.  Last spring, I was out at Camp visiting with Ty Ford, and we were walking around in the woods, and I remember seeing dead limbs and trees everywhere.  There had been a bad storm or two that had blown a lot of them down.  There is a pavilion out in the woods that large tree had fallen right beside.  Another 2 feet and it would have fallen directly on the pavilion and would have demolished it.  Falling trees and limbs are going to be a problem at Camp for a while, so pray that God can make sure he protects the Camp Deer Run in the physical sense. Hopefully no damage will be done to anything structurally at Camp.

Hail, Dear Ol' Deer Run,
Sparky