Hello Everyone;
I'd like to share some pictures from our New Jersey Royal Rangers Advancement Academy 2004, which by the way was a great blessing - Praise God!-; both commanders and boys had such a blast! The Academy was held at Pine Hill Reservation, NJ (a Boys Scout campsite) August 8 -14/ 04
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I have no words to describe how awesome this academy was, so I want to share some lines from one of the commanders who was part of the great team who organized this event. - Comm. Bob Carlino:
"...Praise GOD for something that started out as a disaster and turning it into one of the greatest Academy ever.
I'm limited on the size of an email I can send out and I couldn't remember half the situations we were in last week but all week long GOD guided and strengthen us and the boys.
We help the Scouts prepare for a National inspection of the Camp, a local health inspection, some minor repairs, and cleanup.
Some said the Scouts put us there for the above reasons.
No, GOD put us there for those reasons.
HE had HIS hands over the Camp as we came in on Saturday and started setting up our Camp sites. He continued to Bless us with a Camp Ranger who was, put out by our presence but willing to work with us to get thing organized.
HE gave us the extra strengthen and wisdom to work out EVERY situations that was placed in front of us.
Our boys acted as young Christian men, opening the eyes of the Scouts.
We had one Leader take and read some of our handbooks, while others were full of questions. We may have even get some to join the ranks.
But the coolest, sweet, phat, groovvy, neat, (Insert latest word), was the weather.
GOD Hands direction clouds and storms around the Camp all week.
I don't think we had enough rain to keep a cactus alive.
We got calls during the week about rain here or rain there but none at Camp. Heard about the storms that were coming but none at Camp.
As a matter of fact on the day that was supposed to be the worst, we watched the sun go down over the lake.
Don't worry, it did start raining once we unhooked the trailer.
PRAISE GOD, HE IS AWESOME..."
Serving the Ranger Master;
Comm. Manuel Henao
DR Lt. Commander
Outpost 135
Hopatcong, NJ
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