First Ever Alumni Spotlight!!

Sorry, but its been too long since our last post. There have been a few things worked out, and hopefully the posts will start picking up. This post is going to be our very first "Alumni Spotlight" post. Tim Campbell get's the distinction of being the very first Camp Deer Run Alumni to be spotlighted on the Camp Deer Run Alumni Blog. The reason Tim was picked to be first is pretty simple...he is the only one who has sent in pictures. Blogs are always so much better with pictures. On to spotlighting Tim.

Tim Campbell, aka Peppermint, camped from 1995-2003 and was on staff in 2004 and 2005.

CDR Alumni: What brought you to Camp Deer Run as a camper or staff member? How did you find out about camp?
Tim: Some of my best friends from the youth group had already been campers and told me that I should give it a try. I used one of them as a cabin buddy for that year and went every year after that.

CDR Alumni: Share a favorite memory from your time at CDR.
Tim: Any of the times that we had all night prayer.

CDR Alumni: How did your time at CDR impact your life?
Tim: From my time at I camp I knew that I wanted to serve God it some way. Camp was a huge motivating factor in becoming a preacher.

CDR Alumni: Tell us everything you would like people to know about your life since camp. What do you do for a living, are you married, do you have kids, etc?
Tim: I am married to Marci Nowlin. We met at the Johnson Street church of Christ and were married on October 28, 2006. We have two awesome boys; Riley and Jackson. I attended the Brown Trail School of Preaching for two years and graduated in June of 09. We currently live in Jefferson, TX, where I am the preacher at the Jefferson church of Christ. God has been good to me and has truly blessed my life.

CDR Alumni: Please tell us more about your family, names, ages, anything you would like to share.
Tim: Riley is 7 and I am looking forward to him being able to go to camp. Jackson is 7 months and has a while to wait before camp. If your ever in Jefferson, stop by the church and visit us. Camp is a wonderful place and it is my prayer that the Lord will keep using it, for years to come, to impact the lives of kids.
Tim is a perfect example of the impact that Camp Deer Run can have on its campers. His experiences at Camp helped in his decision to spend his life spreading the gospel as a preacher. Tim is only one of many who have stories like this. Hopefully we will be able share many more Alumni Spotlight Posts like this one. It would be wonderful to have all Alumni who see this blog to fill out the Alumni Survey so that we can spotlight as many Alumni as possible. I am going to try to spotlight at least one Alumni a week from now on. Also, please send pictures of yourself as a camper and present day so that everyone can put a face with a name. You can send your pictures to cdralumni@gmail.com .

Please tell anyone you know of that has had Camp Deer Run be a part of their life to check out this blog from time to time. It will be wonderful if we can get a little CDR community going that allows us to remember experiences from Camp together. If you are on Facebook, you can become a fan of Camp Deer Run. We have an amazing 675 fans right now, and have posted close to 1,000 pictures from the past 50 years. It will be used for announcements, and also will send out a daily thought about Camp. Its a great way to keep Camp at the front of everyone's minds.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to email me at cdralumni@gmail.com .