- There are 146 Lutheran camps in the U.S.
- There are 237 ELCA congregations in NC (I wonder how many in MN? Ha!)
- Agape has only been open for 10 years, but is the fastest growing business in the synod
- The #1 reason young adults stay involved in church is a faithful mom, #2 is camps/retreat experiences
- 40% of Agape staff end up working in a church (the highest percentage in the US!)
I was very interested in what Randy had to stay. I was confirmed in Minnesota, so I never went to Agape, but I went down to Kure Beach a few times with the church youth group, and we always had a blast. Lisa worked at Agape for four summers, and met Michael there, and now they have helped Randy's statistic by going to seminary this fall (By the way, they both passed Greek School). And I'm sure some day Seth will go to one of the camps.
And this all ties in to the first part of the weekend...Seth's favorite former camp counselors came to spend Friday and Saturday with us. Seth has Michael wrapped around his little finger. Whatever game Seth wants to play, Michael is up for it. That gave me and Lisa a lot of time to catch up. Seth loves letting the dog in and out, and he clicks his tongue to call her. One time he went outside with the dog, and I hooked my finger telling him to come back, and he started wiggling his finger right side up, it was so funny. He also likes to run away from her with her treat and make her chase him. He finally started to say "dog" this weekend (it used to just be oof! oof!), and he was trying really hard to say Lisa and Michael, it just didn't sound like anything. His new physical feat is that he can put his flip flops on all by himself.
I am at the end of a six day stretch off of work. Then insanity returns...this week is probably going to be a busy one.
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