We held our first ever work day here at Pinnacle on Saturday April 26th. I thought it was just going to be a few staff that lived close enough to drive in but thanks to the efforts of Lorie our office manager, Roger our maintenance director, his assistant Carl and Daniel we had over 50 people here. It was amazing. Andy Otazo flew in from Miami, Will Campbell drove from Nashville. Aaron Baker, Joseph Freeman, Walt Powers, Sarah Quinn and Coleman Troup all had several hour drives. Mary Mac Evans, Ruthie Oates, Ruth Hobbs Evans and Mary Jane Satterfield all came and worked even though they had their proms on Saturday night. Now thats dedication!!! We also had people from the Henderson County Sheriff's K-9 squad (who are hooking up a wireless internet connection for us), Major Doug Perry's karate camp and Inside Out here working. Joshua, Courtney, Jake Hustead, Bootie Mayfield, Tom and Jan Vestal with daughters Ruth and Nancy and granddaughters Lyndon and Nancy B. even made it to work. All of this was organized behind my back. Drew Dekle and his wife and 2 year old daughter and Lorie's dad Bill were out there giving it their all. Mike Okopinski and Anna Evans were here even though they are only 2 weeks away from their own wedding here at camp. All I could do was cry and hug people.
The amount of work done was simply amazing!!! Camp has never looked better and Elizabeth and I will be forever grateful to all who were here. I guess it just goes to show how special this place we get to call home is to the people it touches. Our campers and their families will be truly blessed by all of these wonderful peoples efforts.