Welcome to the 2002 edition of our CD for Camp Carter. The "third time's a charm" according to the old saying, and our third year at the YMCA facility located on the northwest side of Fort Worth, TX was indeed a success. They have completed the renovation of the Dining Hall and most of the rest of their multi-million dollar renovation project. That means we were able to use the new Retreat Center for classes, which made it much nicer for dance class--not having to take down chairs and tables each day. This year, since we had three boys dorms instead of two, we had to reassign cabins. The girls ended up with the four new cabins near the retreat center, the boys were in the three remodeled dorms across the branch of the Trinity River, and the male and female staff were in the dorms near the Dining Hall. This year we had a large number of staff applications--many more than we could accept. Since some staff members last year were a little overworked, we did add a few more staff members, including another staff member to help in the Infirmary and staff for some new activities. The health center staff were assigned the job of taking photos this year, so special thanks go to Katherine Turner and Angela Quant for most of the photos on this CD. Several other staff members had digital cameras and submitted photos, so thanks to them as well.

The year 2002 was another successful one at Camp Carter. Camp began with staff members attending services in Fort Worth on the Sabbath of July 20^th. Mr. Ken Treybig (Director of Camp Carter) gave the sermon on a "Servant’s Heart" encouraging staff members to be sure their services this week springs from the right motivation of love for the campers. He pointed out that this principle message applies to all of us throughout the year.

On Sunday afternoon 101 campers (41 boys and 60 girls) from 12 states joined the 37 full-time staff members at camp in search of an enjoyable and profitable camp. Camp was full of successes this year—from streamlining the registration process, much to the delight of those who spent a long time in line last year—to the expanded lakefront activity and rappelling offered to the oldest boys and girls dorms. Our new Outdoor Living Skills class was also very successful as campers were challenged to complete a mile-long orienteering course in as short a time as possible. As of lunchtime Friday the fastest time was recorded by Cory McLeod and Adan Robles of 2B who completed the course in 7 minutes and 43 seconds.

Campers said they really enjoyed doing a half-day of high ropes this year instead of the low ropes course. They also commented about enjoying more time spent on trail rides at horseback riding, the improved skeet shooting course, and scheduling more dorms to swim at the same time.

Success is a fitting way to describe camp this year as the theme of Christian Living classes was the Laws of Success. At orientation Mr. Ken Treybig introduced the theme and pointed out that building a better relationship with God is one of the continuing goals of camp and that it is the most important law of success. "Without God in your life, any success you achieve will be very temporary."

On Monday, Mr. Ken Giese (Head Counselor) asked, "What do you want on your tombstone?" as he built his presentation on setting the right goal. On Tuesday Mr. Ken Treybig spoke about the importance of education by using the analogy of opportunities in life being made available based on what formal education and skills you acquire. On Wednesday, Mr. Giese spoke on good health, encouraging everyone to be careful about diet, exercise, sleep, and at-risk behaviors. "You have to drive to arrive" was one of the phrases used by Mr. Dave Treybig (Basketball/Football Supervisor) in his presentation about drive, in which he encouraged following the Nike slogan—"just do it". Friday morning’s Compass Check was by Mr. Britt Taylor (Lakefront/Softball Supervisor) on resourcefulness, cautioning that in being resourceful one must also think through the consequences of each choice we make.

By Friday afternoon, the promise of a Sabbath rest in the air conditioning of the newly remodeled Dining Hall and the Retreat Center was beckoning as the temperature hovered around the 100-degree mark. The always-popular final dance and awards presentation on Saturday night should be a fitting conclusion to a very successful camp.

Take your time and browse this CD. We have a page that gives an overview of the camp (taken from the 2000 CD), and a page each for campers, staff, activities and pictures of friends.

Over 750 digital photos are included on this CD, which was available after camp for a nominal fee ($5) to cover the cost of the CD, a mailer and the postage. Contact the camp director if you are interested in a copy. You can click the link above or the mail icon below. [Note: the Website has a sampling of these photos that are lower quality to allow faster page loads on the Web.]

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