by Mary | Jun 30, 2016 | June 2016
Camp is a place different from home in so many good ways. In our 37th year here at Sonlight I’m not sure I can define why camp is so great, but I think it’s in hundreds of little details that add up to a place unique from any other. We play hard. We...
by Mary | Jun 28, 2016 | June 2016
Discovery camp last week (4th-5th-6th graders), High Schoolers this week. Such lovely diversity week to week at camp! This 10Day high school camp has brought many returning campers, and a few new faces as well. We are so happy to have Heidi TeBrink returning as our...
by Mary | Jun 20, 2016 | June 2016
And the summer rolls on! We have finished up two excellent weeks of camp: middle schoolers and high schoolers. This week we have a group of Discovery Camp kids (4th-6th grades) with us, and they are a delight. Mark Osborn is our speaker, a staff favorite. The meadow...
by Mary | Jun 15, 2016 | June 2016, Kelsey Wisdoms
“May every day feel like the first day of summer, with the sun on your back and the mountains surrounding you” Kelsey...
by Mary | Jun 14, 2016 | June 2016
It’s what we do at Sonlight. Substitute “camp” for “school” in the exerpt below. It’s what we do. “Even within the classroom, the key fact is the love between a teacher and a student: the teacher’s willingness to pour time,...
by Mary | Jun 13, 2016 | June 2016
High School week! We’re off to a great start. We have a delightful mix of new campers, returning campers and campers from a variety of states and towns. Our speaker is our own Bryce Baca, a student at Texas Christian University. Community, teamwork, mountains,...