In Response to a Kanakuk Health Update

The following message was received from one of our Kanakuk Kamp families this afternoon in response to our latest Health Update email:

Our family has appreciated hearing from Kamp since the spring regarding "everything swine flu." We have only faith and confidence in "everything Kamp." Our son was there term 7, our 33rd Kamp week as a family. July 18, 1997 was our first week at Kamp, our girls 8 and 7 (in fact, this was her 7th birthday), and we have been coming to K-Seven, term 7, ever since. Sarah, our oldest, was a ten year Kamper, Alice was a 12 year Kamper and Mark an 11 year Kamper. Once we started attending, they came every possible year until they became too old, or a college student. Sarah worked as a K-Seven kitchie the summer after her last year as a Kamper. The past two summers she has been a part of a Student Mobilization ministry called Kaleo, which has taken her to Breckenridge for most of the summer. She did interview for a Kamp position this summer and had an offer, but felt she needed to return to the Kaleo project. Alice worked as a K-Seven kitchie for the first half of the summer and truly loved it!!! Of course, she now has many new friends from the kitchie and cook cabin, as well as those who she trained with. She knew many at Kamp, both Kampers and staff, and had a wonderful experience. She was home only a few days before returning to volunteer for the weekend. We live under an hour and a half away, so Alice usually spent her 2-4s at home and brought friends, even laundry of other friends. We loved it! Our son also returned to volunteer and had to come home early after he became ill. I received a phone call from the nurse; after our conversation she handed the phone to the doctor; she then handed the phone to the director. Though we have never doubted that our children, even as employees, are given the very best of care, I have used this as an example for other families who have been concerned about the flu. I assured them that we had no reservations with our two children there, one for half the summer and another as a Kamper, then let them know about our experience in the health center. I should add that I did return to Kamp to pick Mark up. He was feeling better, but was going home soon anyway, so no need to hang out at Kamp sick. He did not have the flu, but since we were leaving for vacation, our local doctor treated him and he is fine. When I arrived at 9:30 pm or so, the nurse's office was abuzz. There were several nurses and helpers there, along with Chancey, attending to Mark and others who were under the weather. It just underscored that our children are in good and capable hands at Kamp. I am hopeful that our kids will return to Kamp as employees next summer. We love Kanakuk Kamps!!!

Special thanks to you and all the Kamp staff for all you do.

K-Seven Kamp Family, Bentonville, AR

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