Hola Heela Ho

I was just thinking about what I was doing ten years ago. I was about to turn 19. I would have already been at Camp Don Lee, getting ready to be a camp counselor. That meant that parents were leaving their children in my car for weeks at a time. I had a group of two week campers, and whenI got the sheet to see who was in my group, there were two kids from my hometown. Elizabeth and Rebecca. Their parents were like, wait we know you! It was alot of fun that week. we lead a all-camp vespers. It was a hit! There is nothing like a Hobie Cat halyard connected to a campfire and a roll of tp on fire on it to start the fire. pull the string and then we had fire! I have always said that the one place that i felt the most spirtual or closest to my religion was at Camp Don Lee. The camp songs, (I think I was the only person who still knows the hand motions to Witch Doctor) the Indian Jones, Superman, Take me out to the Ballgame blessings. Those were good times. However, even now, if you catch me and my cousin in the right mood we will sing a Camp Don Lee blessing at a holiday dinner! I miss that place.

* I know of this place by the sea and I often think of what its done for me.
I use to take long walks to the end of the pier and many nights i'd even shed a tear.
I often wonder if I'll ever return to the place i long to be.
I learned how to swim and canoe in the creek,
Lord, I wanna know if I will ever return to see the beauty of this place.
Walk along the time river shore to see God's amazing grace.
Lord, please take me back now just one more time to the place I long to be that place for me is.... Camp Don Lee
-1999 Sammy Hudson

or
Theres a place that I love best
hola he hola ho
its a spot that God has blessed
hola heela ho
oh it means so much to me
hola he
hola ho
whats its name why Camp Don Lee
hola heela ho
when from Don Lee we depart
hola he hola ho
may there be in every heart
hola heela ho
some new meaning of god love
hola he hola ho
as we seek his will above
hola heela ho

Thanks for coming to Camp Don Lee and HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!! -Rev. John A. Farmer every Saturday morning after breakfast!