AT CAMP

I am working 12 hours a day unless it rains. Add to that - devotions in the morning, travel to the work site and back, keeping up with emails, showering, and eating. Throw in 6 to 7 hours of sleep, and that does not leave much time for exercise (nothing yet), a study in Luke (which I have started), and this blog.

I want to tell you a little about the camp where I live. This is a beautiful, wide, blue-sky, evergreen wilderness of Muskeg with oil as thick as tar saturating the sand underneath it. Yesterday as I was driving into the camp I saw a little black bear scurrying across the road. We had a mother and two cubs visit us at the work site a few days ago. We have an electric fence around the camp to keep the bears out and a special bear proof garbage can.

Anyways, extracting oil from this tar is what all the effort is about, that and making money by selling the oil. Oil is big business. You can tell by the effort in setting up just this one small camp. This camp has three residences, A B C. Each residence has 47 rooms. There is also an exercise trailer, a recreation trailer, and about a dozen other trailers for bosses, offices, and kitchen staff. There is a large dining area made up of trailers as well. Each room has a bed, sink, toilet, and TV. Two adjoining rooms connect to a common shower. Each room is about 8 by 12 with a window, common A/C and individually controlled electric heater. No boots or shoes are allowed past the front door of each residence so the place is kept very clean. Rooms are cleaned daily, beds made and new towels. There is so much food and variety and variety at meals I am daily amazed.

Residences A and B

No boots beyond this point

What is happening up here  about 85 kms north of Lac La Biche Alberta is just a small picture of the amazing things man can do when he sets his mind to something. Under submission to God this world would be an amazing place, but man is sinful and rebellious against his Creator. This camp is a clear reflection of fallen man and women as well. As believers we have this world's resources and divine power to tear down lies and false religious systems. Let us use the amazing gifts that God has given us to accomplish HIS Purpose. We/You/I can make a difference for good. "So that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works". (Titus 3.8)