mobile camp

I met today with Tim Lyon, the founder and director of Quakerdale's Mobile Camp. After meeting for only a short time with Tim, one discovers the calling, the prayer, the persistence, and the passion Tim has for Mobile Camp, a five day Christian day camp on wheels. In fact, I met Tim two years ago in March, when he approached me with his vision of running a five day camp in multiple locations over the summer. Just three months shy of summer, Tim had no staff, very little money, but loads of vision and enthusiasm. I prayed with him and encouraged him to shoot for one, maybe two camps that first summer. June arrived and Tim was staffed and funded for five camps. Oh me of little faith...I forgot to include God in the math!

This year, Tim and staff led four mobile camps: two in Waterloo, one in Marshalltown, and one in Des Moines, reaching out to 180 kids. As you can see in the video, the camp staff does a great job over five days in bringing community leaders in, playing zany games, building caring community, loving kids, and sharing Christ with joy. Mobile Camp, not strongly funded or widely promoted, is a little diamond in the rough in our community.