September 2002-September 2004  Assistant to Director of Guest Services and Recreation at Jenness Park Christian Camp in Cold Springs, CA (Just north of Yosemite National Park)
    Camp duties included: 
  • Management of all recreation and high adventure activities
  • training and scheduling of all high adventure staff
  • maintaining all apparatus, equipment and paperwork
  • developing and booking high adventure programs 
  • developing and building new high adventure apparatus, such as low ropes course, a 600 ft. zip line, and a giant pendulum swing
  • maintaining and preparing all audio-visual equipment
  • training and supervision of ~21 college-aged summer staff
  • working guest services shifts and taking care of the campers needs
  • assisting in meal services
  • developing and maintaining other recreational facilities and activities such as boating, archery, paint ball, sports equipment and facilities, disc golf course, hiking trails, and snow sledding areas.

    During my time serving at Jenness Park, I was surrounded by a huge, Christian extended family, and with them I grew spiritually every day.  I learned how a ministry team can work and live together and be blessed by God. This was a period of growth for me as I was challenged spiritually, and I will always be grateful for the staff family of Jenness Park.  

    I was at Jenness Park at a special time, where the camp was needing to expand in its recreational areas and activities.  The camp budget allowed for me to build many new recreational activities, so long as I could do the work myself and without much help, and this is my specialty.  I believe God put me there at that time to help build these new activities.   Some highlights of my time at Jenness Park are: Construction of the new 600 ft. zipline, construction of a low ropes course, dismantling of old challenge course apparatus, expansion to the snow tubing area, construction of a giant pendulum swing, design and construction of a system of hiking trails with maps and marking systems,  Developing low and high ropes teambuilding programs customized for the type of group- ranging from youth to adult ministry and missions teams prior to deployment to the mission field,  




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