Nancy Winterholler (1951) "I will always remember the lasting impression Elder Wilkinson had on me with my baptism by immersion in Mountain Lake."
Jeff Trueman (1960's) "Elder Wilkinson was maybe the first person I had ever met who actually had a heart-felt love for God that I could see."
Jim Ohle (1950's) "Dale let me drive his new 1956 Chevrolet!"
Judy Chuhran "It was fun, it was good instruction, it was good food & good times together."
Jerilynn Hamernik (1957-59) "It was neat when my kids went and when all the kids came back to the Lake (Clark) we would have a caravan after camp and then the kids would sing the camp songs around our bonfire and share what they did."
Louise Rowe (1950's) "I cannot forget David Charles and my husband (Oliver) who spent many hours prior to camp locating a site that would be satisfactory."
Kevin Lane (70's) "I was going to tell you my favorite girlfriends but thought of my first one--Carol Flo and then thought sadly of her and my friend Calvin Lapp who left us at such early ages. As I reflected back I remembered some really life enriching memories of my early camp experiences."
Ralph (Spike) Raymond (1972-74) "All great memories of wonderful people and a great atmosphere! Sure do miss it."
Cheryl Bemis (late 80's) "I remember what my five fingers meant--at least through the eyes of Elder Wilkinson. I always felt he had met God face to face."
Heather Hammernik Rohem (80's) "Of course there was the cooking and the wonderful meals--I talk about camp and now-a-days everyone is surprised I bring up the meals but they were so good you have to tell people about them."
Elder Wm. McCann (pastor of Church of God 7th Day) "Our denomination did not have any youth camp so when we heard about yours, we inquired and the Begeman family gave us literature about it. One year our two churches had a united youth camp and what a time we had! As a result our church started having camps all over the country. COLOR's efforts were blessed. Everyone praised Elder Wilkinson as a wonderful spiritual help."
David Charles "For the past fifty years many dedicated people have combined their time, efforts, finances, and skills to collectively conduct the Lord our Righteousness youth camp--an evangelistic program designed and purposed for the single goal of leading young people to a knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. God has blessed that work in many ways, some of which are mentioned in this publication. I pray that camp will continue for many years to come and that more young people will come to know Jesus as their Savior. As one of the original camp founders, and as its director for many years, I would like to personally thank each and every person who has ever been privileged to serve the camp in any capacity since its very first get together in 1951. May God bless you all and reward you greatly."
Kathy Smeltzer "I remember one night a whole cabin prayed to receive Jesus after a Bible study about the Light of the World. We emphasize Scripture songs and God's word shows itself to be alive and active. (Hebrews 4:12)"
Tim Begeman "I know one of my personal goals to accomplish at camp is to try and destroy the stereotype that Christians are a bunch of killjoys, that they have left their brains in the narthex of some church. When I think back on all the years that I was a camper and now help as staff, I can't help but think of all the lives our youth camp has touched and the fact that so many people have such good memories about camp. It's a testimony that we have accomplished some of that."
Don Begeman "Camp teaches the kids how to pray, study the Word, and get along with other kids. The sports teaches them how to win and how to lose. It is very important to learn all these things when they are young."
Rob Vaughn "Camp is not fun when you are the Camp Director." He also said in the same note--I have a lot of fond memories of camp but...I remember Don telling me that when he was C.D. he always breathed a big sigh of relief when all of the kids came out of the water for the last time on Friday afternoon."