Bus update: earlier arrival

Update: Arriving in Wheaton at 2:20pm. (Currently departing Rockford)

Bus trip update

The Session 2 and 2:22 bus is on its way back to Wheaton with a stop in Madison at about 11:15am and in Rockford at 1:30pm. ETA at Wheaton 3pm.

HoneyRock Gets a New Bus

 by Don KernsSite & Facilities Manager 

We welcome the addition to our fleet of a new-to-us bus. He ("Elijah;" white bus on left) was recently purchased for us by a generous donor. This bus sat in Glen Ellyn, Illinois for a month or so waiting for the title transfer process to be completed. During that time, a family took on the huge project of removing many square feet of decals and lettering from the bus' former identity. They also took on the task of scrubbing the dirt out of the interior of the 2005 Freightliner. 

With this welcome upgrade we will be saying goodbye to a faithful friend—the 1985 IHC blue bus (#71). If the seats could only speak! So many wonderful trips have been accomplished with the blue bus—many fun stories with young and old.  A company of drivers over the years come to mind too: Doug Shepson, Rob Codding, Mark Patterson, Bill Long, Alan Scales, Avery Davis, David Eyk, Nate Elsen, Mark Bodnar, Ryan McCaffrey, Derek Alden and John Elsen to name a few from the last decade.  It just passed 109,000 safe miles!  You can ask John Elsen or Dr. Paul Egland what happened when the bus hit 100K.

Back to Elijah (#60) - He took his first trip with passengers on Saturday 7/16. Service team had the privilege of making the maiden voyage en route to Eagle River for a laundry run at Seiferts. Elijah received a special blessing from the Service Teamers who prayed over him and for safe travels for his entire lifetime. The next trip will be today with 2:22 students to work at Camp Daniel which is just north of Green Bay. Advance Camp has a few trips scheduled too.  We are off and driving—thanks for sharing the joy with us.

We are thankful for the blessing of having this new bus and for everyone who put time into getting it ready for our use! Our God is good!

Master of Drama

By Dan O'Reagan
IT/AV Coordinator

Although HoneyRock’s Drama activity is new this year, it has become very popular with both campers and counselors alike.  Many campers have already returned to this activity often enough to receive their basic and intermediate rankings.  Christian is one such student.  He has already achieved both basic and intermediate and is working hard towards his master.

In order to achieve the rank of Master of Drama at HoneyRock, a camper must be proficient in acting, recitation, playwriting, and improvisation and must also be able to instruct others.  Christian has already written a 5 minute skit that was performed at the Church service on Sunday.  He has memorized and recited a chapter of scripture.  Now, in order to achieve master, he must reteach what he has learned to other campers.

Yesterday, instructor Laura started drama class by playing through a set of short improv games to get the campers (a group of Res Camp boys) accustomed to performing for each other.  After the third game, she told the campers to gather around Christian. With Laura’s help, Christian taught a lesson on the “5 W’s” of acting: who, what, where, when, and why.  After explaining the concept of the “5 W’s,” Christian led the group in an exercise where two campers would get on stage and read a script repeatedly.  Between each repetition, Christian would change one of the “5 W’s,” completely changing the feel of the sketch.  It was amazing, both to see Christian learning to instruct and to see the campers so excited to be learning.  

Best wishes to Christian on getting his master!

Bus update

Advance Camp has arrived at HoneyRock!

Advance Camp Bus Update

Enjoying sunny skies in Wisconsin. Looking to arrive at camp shortly after 3.