Lake Winnie is a yearly destination for my brother and his family. It worked out in late summer of 2009 to go as a family. Mom, Brad, Angi, Katherine, Chris, Caleb, Braeden, and myself all loaded up to go to Lake Winnepesaukah Amuesement Park for some fun together. We enjoyed the rides, food, and family time together tremendously.
Since our family didn't get to take much time off for family vacations, Chris decided to make the most of this time by adding an additional day trip to our Lake Winnie experience. Prior to us meeting, Chris worked with Jeff Nelson at a large landscape company. After losing touch with one another, Chris found Jeff and Ann Nelson on Facebook. Since we were going to be passing near them while on our Lake Winnie excursion, we decided to plan a day trip. Chris missed their friendship and wanted me to meet the Nelson Family. Little did we know that this would be the start of something so incredible!
Jeff & Ann Nelson live and serve at Ponderosa Bible Camp along with their 11 children. Jeff was called to this ministry in 1998 while working at a large landscape company in Birmingham. He and Ann moved there and Jeff became the camp director. Chris lost touch with them when they moved and wanted us all to meet, so we did. We got the directions to the camp and planned to make the day of it on our way back from Lake Winnepesaukah. Caleb was 3 months shy of being 4 and Braeden was about 9 months old. Jeff and Ann gave us a tour of the camp, fed us lunch, and we all swam the afternoon away in the camp pool. It was great to hear stories of things Chris and Jeff used to do while working and about some of the people they worked with so long ago. It was our first experience with Ponderosa and the Nelson Family. Needless to say, we instantly felt a connection there. After coming home, I poured over every bit of information on their website. Chris and I prayed about it and became supporters of the ministries at Ponderosa.
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