Editorial: Can Work Be Fun

Can work be fun? Yes, it can. This month, I got to experience a trip where work was fun?


In January, I, along with Kerry Boehret and Jon Hall, got the amazing opportunity to go on a relief missions trip at Lakeshore, Mississippi, where we worked for the whole week, furthering God’s kingdom and loving others. It was a week of pure work, but it was the best week of my life. Why? I was surrounded by Christians, working toward a common goal. It was a foretaste of Heaven.

When our high school trip to Boston got cancelled a few months ago, we were very disappointed. It is hard to give up the annual trip, especially since it has happened for 9 years. Instead we got a trip to Camp Ladore, in Waymart, PA, where we offered our help to the camp. They put us to good use.

The high school trip reminded me a whole lot of the Lakeshore trip. We were working in the rain, but we didn’t care. We pushed someone’s car out of the mud and got dirty, but that didn’t make a difference to us. We were having such a good time working for a common goal and not much else mattered to us.

That night, we had a game time where many people who were tired still had enough energy to play. During devotions, our high school became even more unified as we sang joyously and listened intently as Mr. K. led the devotional. I don’t think anyone wanted to go to sleep.

But we needed sleep. I woke up the next morning to the first sunny day in April! It was beautiful! After another great devotional time led by Mr. Riggall, and a good breakfast, we all got back to work.

If I thought the first day went well, it didn’t compare at all to the second day. I got to be on the “boat crew” where several of us demolished the deck of a pontoon boat. Others cleaned cabins; the camp director said that he hadn’t seen these cabins this clean since working there. We worked strenuously until lunch and finished the job. After lunch, we put away all the snow fences for them.

By the end of the day, most of us were tired and sun-burnt. But we didn’t care, because all of us knew that we had done work for God’s kingdom, and we had an incredible time doing so.

~SB (Student Editor)