Impact of Tornado on Kanakuk Kamps

Thank you Lord!

Kanakuk was untouched by the tornado that has damaged homes and businesses in a 7-mile stretch along East Hwy 76 (The Strip) all the way down to the Branson Landing and up through the area known as Mount Branson on the other side of the lake. Reports are that the entire path of the storm may be 22-miles! The photo below of the inside of the Branson Hilton Convention Center is from the KY3.com news site and was taken by Alec Vanderboom. This damage was about 1/8 of a mile south of K-Kauai - Kanakuk's Family Kamp.

Branson Landing damage near Kanakuk.

This photo taken by former Kanakuk Summer Staff Alec Vanderboom. More photos can be seen here.

Power Out

We are thankful and feel blessed to be spared from damage. The power is off at our offices, making phone calls difficult. Tomorrow may be somewhat better as we work on ways to increase call taking capacity. This may be the situation for a couple of days. We want to take your phone calls, but for the next couple of days it may be easier to email. You can also reach us on Twitter @kanakuk or on Facebook. Our website www.kanakuk.com is operating normally.

Thank You!

We have been blessed by all of you who have checked on us today. We'll do our best to keep you posted, quickly on Twitter and more details here in the days to come.

Our Branson Family

Our thoughts are turning to those around us who are suffering. Branson is our home. We love living here and being in a community like this. There is so much help pouring into Branson. Individual employees are helping neighbors, doing what we can and waiting for needs to arise. At the time of this post there was no reported loss of life here in Branson, but this will leave scars.

We are praying for our community. Please pray with us.
 

 

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A Summer for the Whole Family

It has been another Incredible summer at Kanakuk Family Kamp K-Kauai! "Protect this Hut" is a theme that will remain in the back of the minds of many families as they go about their lives back home. An incredible speaker lineup, a fantastic staff and a phenomenal collection of families are all the ingredients that went into a fantastic summer at Kauai!





We are looking forward to next summer which is already nearly full! As of today we have three spots open for next summer and we know those will go very quickly. Registration will open for summer 2013 on June 1, 2012 so stay tuned. Thank you so much for such a great summer. Looking forward to seeing you next year!

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Serving with a Smile

Giving up a week of your summer to go serve in a kitchen seems like a very unlikely request. Especially if you are asking a group of 9 highschool boys. But when the opportunity to come serve at Kanakuk's Family Kamp, K-Kauai, for a week came up for these boys they jumped at the chance!



These 9 boys traveled with their K-Life staff from Conway, Arkansas to Branson so they could volunteer. They have spent the past 4 days serving behind the scenes so the families at K-Kauai can enjoy their vacation. They serve food during the meals, they mop the dinning hall, they wash the dishes and they do the dirty work in the kitchen. On top of that, they do all of this with smiles on their faces because they know they are doing it to ultimately serve God.

For the rest of the summer each week there will be a different group of high school students who come in to serve and if they are anything like this group, I know the guest at K-Kauai are going to receive service with a smile!

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Service with a Smile

Giving up a week of your summer to go serve in a kitchen seems like a very unlikely request. Especially if you are asking a group of 9 highschool boys. But when the opportunity to come serve at Kanakuk's Family Kamp, K-Kauai, for a week came up for these boys they jumped at the chance!



These 9 boys from Conway, Arkansas have spent the past 4 days serving behind the scenes so the families at K-Kauai can enjoy their vacation

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