Episode 04

Captian's Log- Stardate: 05302009

Finally we are done with week one of training! It feels like a huge hurdle that was all kinda mashed together with witty remarks, lots of pinball, and some dry mashed potatoes. There might have been a little bit of instruction tossed in with that as well. In my job title "Program Manager" we are assigned to take care of all the aspects of the weekly programs for the campers.. This is totally cool because we get all sweet equipment like light trees, gaffers tape, sound board, road rack, computer, two digital cameras, a video camera and more cords than most people could mentally deal with. If you know how the BCC theater works, this is much like that in a few ways. We get to focus lights, and use pretty gels. Also we become fimillar with the step by step guide to call the cues for each program. The primary new thing for me has been a program called Media Shout. Think of like a suped up version of powerpoint. It's so easy and runs lots of "scripts" to make everything smooth.. just like we like it. :D

My crew is great, dispite the fact that I am the only guy, we all get along. I won't lie I am looking forward to the hotel rooms I get to myself on travel weeks.. :D I hang out with a lot of guys here during free time so that kinda makes up for the all girl crew. We have played tons of Ultimate and really enjoy our new rides!
To tell you a little more about our new rides let me give you this illustration. Imagine you are an organization that helps hundreds of people around the US and you employ 19 year old college kids. You run the background and driving tests and fill out all the paperwork... Then you hand out 34 brand new 2009 vehicles over to these kids, and say "see ya in 10 weeks". Well that's what happened. Everyone got a brand new rental vehicle either a Youkon suburban, a Colbolt sedan, or a Town and Country van.... Except for us. We got a bright red Ford Focus... talk about a good deal.. haha

Anyways this is our last weekend off, and as of now I am planning to go up Trail Ridge Road with my crew and hop up to the top of the mountians. Tomorrow we are having a picnic lake day at lake loveland, and then we have to be back here at the YMCA at 9:00pm sunday night.. other than that I plan on sleeping in and just re-energizing for the day. All in all training has been good and fairly easy, if not monotonious at times. I feel like most days I am eating, training, eating, training, eating, and more training.. which is quite true actually.. Plus we eat dinner at like 5 and lunch at like 12 so I always feel like im eating a double lunch.. :(

It never ceses to amaze me that the Elk here are so tame. Like literally I spent the better part of the other night sitting on a bench and watching 10 Elk walk and graze around me.. The only bad part about it is that there never seems to be a time where you miss stepping in Elk poo..
Putting picts on Facebook.

Captian out.

Episode 03

Captian's Log- Stardate: 05262009

So I am here at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estas Park and have begun the trek of learning all the technicalities about Group and how all the legality mumbo-jumbo goes for this summer. We have a pretty intensive training schedule for these two weeks.. Brekky from 7-8am then stuff till noon with a 15 min break in there. Then we have lunch from noon till 1 and back to training where I will be headed here shortly... Finally we have dinner from 5-6 and then back into the workshop till 9ish. So yea long days but its great and I have finally met my crew and know where we are going!!! We are crew 10J and we are first going to Elmira, NY for the first camp starting there on June 21st. Then we are going to Keansburg, NJ for the second camp on July 5th, and finally to Gorton, Conn. for the last camp on July 19th!
My crew consists of three girls, two of them are well seasoned in summer staff and have done many camps before. Their names are Tenni, Mandy, and Laura i believe.. but i have only just met them so i could be wrong.


Well i best be off.. this is all for now.. ill keep you updated.. here are some pictures of our trip and Estas Park.. The mountians is what I get to wake up to every day!!
God Bless,
Captian out.
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Episode 02

Captain's Log: Stardate 05242009,

Today is the day of recognition that our journey begins to Colorado. As of the moment just as any normal college boys, we have no idea how we are getting to Colorado, and we have no clue who is going. On the brighter side of things, I'M ALL PACKED!!! YAY! So, moving on to more serious things, I would like to thank everyone who made my last week here very special and all the prayers that you guys have given. I am sure that this will be an exciting adventure for all of us and here's a little video that has been prepared to put you guys on your way!

-Your Captain,
Kirk

Episode 01

Hey everyone!

This is my first post and a welcome to all of those who will be following this blog for the summer! In theory this was created to provide an easy way to let lots of people experience just the simple adventures of my life! Mostly this will serve as a gateway of communication to you guys from me while I am serving this summer with Group Workcamps. I would appreciate your prayers as I continue on this project! This year the theme for Group is called "Reveal" and it's all about revealing different qualities of Jesus through ourselves to the people we serve. The verses that go along with it are Luke 4:14-21.

Just to quickly explain this site, you can use the Google map widget to the right of the post area to search where I am and possibly head into street view to see what I see! (or at least an older version of what i see.. haha). Also at the very bottom of the page is a time widget that you can meander down to and check on the time of day (or night) where I am. I will try and keep everyone updated on where I am and where I am going to help keep things flowing smoothly! Hopefully all these little tools make the experience as fulfilling for you as they possibly can be!

To conclude this episode, I would like to thank all of you for your support and prayers throughout this time!
God Bless you all,
Jason