Help Needed to Prepare for the 2009 Camping Season

Dear friends of Peniel Bible Camp,

We would like to personally invite you to help us get the camp ready for the 2009 camping season. Two Saturdays have been set aside for this purpose - April 11th and 25th. Any of you who have helped before are certainly aware of the importance of having many helping hands in this annual task. For one, the task is enormous. With all of us working together, it can be an enjoyable day of service.

The buildings were closed down in the fall and need to be opened, dusted, swept, washed, and made ready for the first campers who will arrive on May 1st.

Helpers should bring basic spring cleaning supplies (all purpose cleaner, rags, window cleaner, etc.). An area to clean will be assigned to you.

You might want to plan to arrive early in the day, do your cleaning in the morning, eat a picnic lunch on the grounds (bring your own food), and enjoy a spring day at camp when you are finished.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Spring Projects at Peniel

Work continues on the camp property in anticipation of the opening camp of the season on May 1st (Father/Son Retreat). Several trees were removed out by the road and around Olden' Hall.

The kitchen ceiling/walls were repaired and painted. A special "splash area" was installed in the dish room around the work areas. (Anyone who has worked in there can appreciate that!) Everything was moved out and the floors were professionally cleaned.

The office was painted and rearranged.

March 3

The big old trees along the front of the camp property on State Route 314 were taken down by county workers. One had fallen during the September windstorm and was wedged up in another one of the trees. This certainly changes the view of the camp property out by the road!

Ever wondered what things look like at camp in the winter? Kind of a different perspective, isn't it?

Progress is being made in the Camp Store as the Snack Shop floor is being replaced. No more holes or sagging floors!

This is the area where the ice cream and Pepsi machines are.

That door goes from the Snack Shop to the Book Store. The rotted out floor boards were ripped out and replaced.

-pp

Early Bird Deadline coming up...

The Early Bird deadline for the Father/Son Retreat is March 1st.

To save a little on the cost of any camp, mail your registration form in with the deposit (or full camp fee) so that it is received by the Registrar by the date listing on the brochure.

Don't get left out this year; register EARLY!

Work Being Accomplished at Camp in February

Outdoor work has continued on those good weather days in January and February. Porch lights on Ashbrook Hall were replaced. Painting/staining continues on the outside of Ashbrook Hall. The camp store was jacked up last week and a new beam was installed to fix the sagging floor in the Snack Shop.

January Issue of PBC Focus available...

click here to view.

2009 Brochures ready to distribute

With some help from the seniors at Westerville Bible Church, the 2009 camp brochures are ready to distribute/mail out tomorrow.

Ashbrook Hall repair work continues

Pictures taken December 3rd. Inside west wall in Ashbrook Hall is completed. Broken door window lattice replaced in 6 outside doors.

Repair of Ashbrook Hall continues into November

Work continues on the repair work in Ashbrook Hall. November weather allowed for the continued repair of the outside walls. Weathered siding was removed and replaced and the building was painted. The west wall is complete. The men were working on the east wall on this day.

Snow covered the ground on November 21 and the work moved indoors. The crew of three that day worked on redoing the west wall.

(Dan Corey and Pastor Hamilton do aerial areobatics while I take pictures and cut wood at ground level!)
The men stopped for another week... but work will continue.

Couples' Retreat 2008

October 3-4, 2008

Pastor Matt Austin, speaker

Men's Retreat 2008

September 19-20, 2008 with Pastor Todd Wood (Idaho Falls, ID), speaker:

Good fellowship, good preaching, good music, good weather, good food!

Wind Damage from "Hurricane Ike"

These pictures show some of the damage done from Sunday, September 14th's windstorm (leftovers from Hurricane Ike). Much clean-up had already occurred before these pictures were taken on Tuesday afternoon. Three cabins sustained some damage. Quite a number of trees were down and the grounds were littered with branches and twigs. The ground in front of Ashbrook Hall was covered with walnuts that fell prematurely during the storm.

This last picture shows the progress being made on the residing of Ashbrook Hall.