Sunday, August 29, 2010

Accommodations in Lenk


This was our room with a view. The bathroom was down the hall and around the corner. The heat was turned off for the summer, and it was chilly! Fortunately, the quilts were warm.

Our Alphorn "Classroom"


Here is where we set up for our Alphorn Workshop.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

We Made It!


Here we are, loaded down with four alphorns, two backpacks and two waistpacks, having ridden one tram, two trains and a Postbus. We have arrived successfully at our destination of Sportcamp Melchtal, where we got to spend four days working and serving with 600 wonderful young adults.

The View from our Window


This made all the preparation worthwhile. I could sit forever and watch the mists rise and fall over all the wonderful shades of green.

Young Adult Camp at Melchtal

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The Austrian Girls


Besides classrooms, our Institute building had three bedrooms, and ten Austrian girls were staying there. Here are some of them ready to attend "Swiss night." Don't they look great!

Beaten but Unbowed


This tree symbolizes making the best of a bad situation! It has been knocked down for some time, as you can see the newer branches reaching skyward, but it is growing, and doing the best it can. There is a lesson in there somewhere...