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On the menu

Sunday          Lasagna
Monday        BBQ chicken
Tuesday        TACO TUESDAY
Wednesday   Chicken Pot Pie
Thursday       Hamburgers

Sam Hill's Team

Kelsea & Brendan's team

Did you get a Miraculous Medal?

Thank you to the chaperone that gave away over 200 of these at camp!

http://www.catholiccompany.com/content/Learn-More-About-the-Miraculous-Medal.cfm

The Boys Room Was ...an Educational Experience

Last Day Before Morning Mass

Kathleen's Team

 Umm, ...Kathleen? Is that the University of Illinois football field? How exactly did you get your group down there?....

John's Team

John, Lydia, Jolene, Alec, Jack

That's Guy in the middle. He and Gary power-washed the deck and provided us with extra belt sanders (and many, many belts). Could not have done it without them!

 With our resident, Marilyn

Where's Andrew?

The boys (all 24 of us) bunked in a single classroom. It was messy, but functional. For bonus points, see if you can find Andrew in this picture....

Paul's Team

Courtney's team

Shelby & Ryan's team

Karlee's team

Bailey's team

Kali & Andrea's team

Kathleen's team

Erin's team

Mike Signore's team

Necklace

Matt Steven - an inspirational video from CHWC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsM5JtZETfU

Group Photo

Camp Managers Tony & Mickey

Continuing to update, so keep checking us out

If you or your camper have pictures they would like to share, just let me know!!

the camper page and chaperone page now have a picture of every single person that went on the trip!

God Bless, and thank you for checking out our blog!

Jon (musician) Give Us Clean Hands

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrArSOhh5b4

Ghost rider crew 2

Let Them Shine - Live to Give - video from CHWC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj9LROMoSj8

Welles Crowther 9-11 hero - video from CHWC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwWzjjbIISw

Kyle Maynard - an inspirational video from CHWC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ydPPR009o

Roni's team

CHWC Staff Team 6 Champaign, IL

http://www.heartworkcamp.com/staff/team_6_staff.htm

Fr Geoff - 5 Truths

The 5 Truths:

Life is hard
You're not important
Your life is not about you
You're not in control
You're going to die

Girls blowing out the lights video

Mass with Fr Geoff

Fr Geoff presiding
Andrea did reading
Trey did psalms
Sydney & Shaye served

Brenda's crew with their resident

Brenda's motley crew

Chris K's team built ramp

It's 11:00 -- Time for the Boys to blow out the lights (en francais!)

Thursday afternoon

The projects are done.  The residents are coming to dinner.  Last night was a session called four corners... It was a time of prayer, reflection, and reconcilliation.  It is the highlight for many of the teens... although I think Adoration may have topped the list for a few.  Both experiences were extrememely powerful. 

If any of you parents have considered chaperoning, you HAVE to do it.  I am pretty sure that the adults are getting as much or more out of this week than the teens. 

You are all parents to some pretty awesome young men and women and it has been an honor to serve the Lord with them.  We chaperones have seen Jesus every day this week in the form of YOUR teens.  This is a "next level" camp.  We have mass every morning, and the kids LIKE it.  We are all being fed spiritually, and our spiritual muscles are growing.  Tissue is being torn so it can repair itself stronger!! 

The camp priest is awesome and the homilies have been so relevant and full of truths.  The staff is awesome as well. 

Tuesday & Wednesday pictures have been posted.

Thank you for your continued prayers.

God Bless,

Brenda

Nikko on stage

Karlee on stage

Playin cards

Tues

Last night we had Adoration. It was very moving. Some teens were very emotional. I am hoping to get to Rosary today, but that is my usual picture upload time. Tonight is four corners. I have heard it can be a very emotional evening as well. Snacks are holding up well. Going on a gatorade/water run this afternoon.

This morning we saw a video about a man with no arms or legs who climbed Mt Kilamanjaro. It definitely makes my problems seem insignificant.

God bless you all. Thank you for your continued prayers.

Brenda

Three words or less... Describe camp so far

Loud.... Sam Hill

Refreshing.... Sara Nawrocki

Tiring... Max Tullio

Superduperneato..... Ryan Fischer

Enthusiastic....Mike Rich

Demanding but rewarding.... Mike Signore

Hardwork, sunshine & empty cornfields...Tara Pankratz

Nifty.... Sam DeYoung

Wild Thing..... Brendan Kelly

Oil Based Paint!!....Roni Fischer

Where is your adult?.....Therese Yskes

Hi I'm Thomas.... Thomas Breazeale

Fantastic.... Hayden Kemme

Wild....Elliot Lipski

Superdeduper.... Atticus Auchter

Blessing.... Chris Koetsier

Kowabunga..... Paul Sundstrom

Swa-eet.... John Auchter

Fun.... Taylor Luzzar

Hot.... Shelby Bargenquast

Amazing.... Davina Spears

Fantabulous.... Kali Ralston

Exciting.... Alex Koetsier

Fun.... Brandon Hass

Insane... Adam Koster

Roadhouse.... Nick Sundstrom

Life experience... Nikko Becker

Exhausting but Amazing.... Brenda Bargenquast

Absolutely Amazing....Abbie Carlton

An amazing experience...Bailey Ziegler

Greatest week ever....Jolene Cook

Mixed bag.... Shaye Pankratz

Chill.... Elizabeth Hascher

Renewing.... Emily DeYoung

A-maz-ing... Sydney Steele

Out of control.... Paige Stutzky

And the winner is..... Ashton