by Sonlight | Oct 14, 2013 | Only at Sonlight...
January, 2012. The spring dried up, so no water in the tanks for drinking or cooking with. The local water truck can deliver water to the upper parking lot, and we all decide we can pump the truck load of water (1,600 gallons) a half a mile up the hill to the water...
by Sonlight | Oct 14, 2013 | Only at Sonlight...
Summer 2010. Two cats move to Sonlight in the spring. They are both pregnant. Two litters, 9 kittens and 2 mama cats kept the kids and staff entertained daily. Some of the kitties were cute. Some of the kitties were scared. Kitties everywhere! We adopted out most of...
by Sonlight | Oct 14, 2013 | Bear Stories
We’ve lived through summers of drought, and with the drought come the bears. This was probably early 2000’s, when we regularly had to chase off the curious bears- Tim got really good at it. Winston kept a stash of tennis balls, and had a lot of practice...
by Sonlight | Oct 14, 2013 | Staff from the 10's
Sundays at Sonlight are as predictable as they can be. Staff come back after a day off, chattering about everything we managed to do in a mere 24 hours off. We usually get through part of church, before the first camper shows up. We step up the pace, and pull out the...
by Sonlight | Oct 14, 2013 | Faith Moments
The climbs and hikes. Day hikes and backpack trips, we have all been impacted by the peaks we climbed. “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” – John...
by Sonlight | Oct 14, 2013 | Staff from the 80's
Staff training week, 1984. Four Mile Lake Trail. Winston, Mary, Craig Corona, Jeff Vargason, Janet Pierce (Winchester). It was early June, and we slogged up the killer mile to the lower lake. Wet and cold, it was.
