Trip Day

Glenn Breazeale | May. 27, 2015

Today we enjoyed a full day of activities under sunny, cool skies.  A picture perfect early summer day on the Mountain.  An update from Fishing - I was able to go up today and witness boys fishing with the poles they made themselves.  Pretty cool.  No fish caught when I was there but everyone was hopeful!

Trip Day is tomorrow.  We’ll leave after breakfast in 6 chartered buses heading to Chattanooga.  Lake Winnie amusement park awaits with fun rides for every age.  Trip day is a tradition that dates back all the way to 1959.  My dad was actually a camper at Alpine in the 60’s.  He remembers loading up in old buses and being dropped off with his buddies and counselors in downtown Chattanooga with a certain amount of money to spend and the day to kill.  One year he decided to buy a birthday present for his mother.  He came home with a machete.  Times have changed.  Boys have not. (Don’t worry - no random dropoffs in Chattanooga or machete’s tomorrow!)

We are getting a little rainshower as I type this but everyone is safely tucked in beds, having devotionals read to them by their counselors.  Most cabins are using a great devotional book each night entitled, “the Jesus Storybook Bible” by Sally Lloyd Jones.  Then many counselors have picked a favorite childhood book to read to the boys as they fall asleep.  Many of our cabins have tin roofs so tonight they’ll fall asleep to the sound of rain hitting those roofs.  Not bad.

This summer, all of camp has been given the following verse.  Carter and I wanted to share this passage from Isaiah with you if you would like to memorize it while your boys are doing the same over the next few days.  Campers will also go home with a bookmark of the verse.  It is our prayer that long after they go home, they will be reminded that God will not only give them strength, but they will soar like eagles.

Isaiah 40:28-31

28 Do you not know?

Have you not heard?

The Lord is the everlasting God,

the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He will not grow tired or weary,

and his understanding no one can fathom.

29

He gives strength to the weary

and increases the power of the weak.

30

Even youths grow tired and weary,

and young men stumble and fall;

31

but those who hope in the Lord

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint.

 

Good night for now,

Glenn

Glenn Breazeale
Glenn Breazeale

Like his own father, Glenn grew up as a camper at Alpine for six summers, coming from Jackson, MS each summer. He has served on staff at Alpine since 1997, working full time as Assistant Director from 2003 to 2005 and Director since 2006. Prior to that he gained experience serving in various capacities including cabin counselor, Head Counselor, Head of Project Adventure (Ropes course), Horseback instructor, and Program Director. Glenn’s love of camping and his desire to preserve the traditions of Alpine drew him back to camp to offer young boys the same opportunities he experienced. He met and fell in love with Carter during a Square Dance with Camp DeSoto.