Life isn't always easy. Our great Twin Rocks staff keep moving away! We learned last week that Dennis Littlefield, Associate Director here at Twin Rocks for the past 10 years, will soon be leaving Twin Rocks to become Executive Director at Tilikum: Center for Retreats and Outdoor Ministries in Newberg, Oregon. Dennis is terrific, and will be greatly appreciated at Tilikum. I'm excited for this new opportunity in his life.
It won't be easy here at Twin Rocks, but God is good and will certainly help us weather this transition.
And on the flip side, it's fun to know that there are several former Twin Rocks staff who are serving excellently in camps throughout the west coast:
* Dennis Littlefield (mentioned above), headed to Tilikum. Tilikum is owned by George Fox University and is thus a "sister" camp to Twin Rocks (owned indirectly by the Friends Church). Dennis served 12 years at Tilikum as Program Director before coming to Twin Rocks 10 years ago (www.georgefox.edu/offices/tilikum);
* Jon Walker (Executive Director) and Bev Chapman (Guest Services Director) at Quaker Hill Camp in McCall, Idaho. Jon served on staff at Twin Rocks for 10 years, and Bev for 7, before they left to join this other "sister" camp to Twin Rocks. Both Jon and Bev grew up attending Quaker Hill as kids (www.quakerhillcamp.com);
* Brian Bol, Food Services Manager at Thousand Pines Christian Camp in southern California (after serving as Associate Food Services Director at Twin Rocks from 2004-2007) (www.thousandpines.com); and
* Joel Whitehead (Program Director) and Trisha Bergemann (Guest Group Coordinator) at Ghormley Meadow Christian Camp in central Washington. These two each served multiple years on Twin Rocks' summer staff.
All of the above are deeply missed at Twin Rocks, but it's a real blessing to see them enjoying continued service to Christ at other Christian camps.
And I've been amazed by the terrific staff whom God continues to bless us with at Twin Rocks. It isn't ever easy, but it seems that whenever we lose someone amazing, the Lord provides us with a replacement who is equally gifted and dedicated to the mission of Twin Rocks. God is VERY good.
