Weir Camp See Challenges Turn Into Blessings

By Eva Wilson

April 2010

The past year has brought both blessings and challenges to Weir Baptist Camp in southeast Kansas.

Blessings came when attendance increased at the 2009 summer camps. The six camps saw a total attendance of 335. Ninety-three decisions for Christ were recorded, including 34 professions of faith.

The challenges came when a severe storm hit southeast Kansas and the camp on May 8, 2009. It caused extensive damage to the camp barn, roofs on several buildings, along with fences.

But out of the destruction, God has been creating some new blessings. The barn now sports a new roof along with a new addition on the west end.

After the storm, the Southeast Kansas chainsaw team was busy doing clean up in the area. Fir trees salvaged from a chain saw job were donated to the camp.

Camp manager Delbert Callaway used his portable saw mill to cut the fir trees into lumber that is being used for various projects around the camp. One of the projects was constructing a storage loft along both sides of the original part of the barn.

A new pole barn now provides shelter for mission trailers and the camp truck.

Construction on the new cabin was delayed by the storm-damage repairs. A major effort is now underway to finish it before summer camping season begins.

If you can help, please call Callaway at 620.870.8834.

Dates for 2010 summer camps are:

  • June 7-11 — Senior High Camp
  • June 14-18 — Junior High Camp
  • June 28-July 2 — Pre-Teen Camp (for campers who have completed grades 5-6)
  • July 6-7 — Kingdom Kids Camp (for children who have completed grades 1-2)
  • July 8— Day Camp (for children age 4 through kindergarten)
  • July 12-16 — Children’s Camp

“Our camp has also become a key component in our disaster response and mission efforts,” Marty McCord, director of missions, said in the “Southeastern News.”

“We also have plans to install generators at the camp so it can be used to house mission and work crews during times of major power outages, such as those caused by ice storms,” McCord said.

Plans also call for changing the camp’s name to reflect its expanding role.

“If you would like to submit a suggestion for a new name, just send it to June Newman at the Baptist Area Office.”

 

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