![]() I grew up going there as a camper and then worked there the summer of 1995 while in college as a camp counselor. In September 2020, I was asked to speak at a women’s conference in Travelers Rest, South Carolina at Look Up Lodge, a camp that was very near and dear to my heart. He reached out to a local video production company he had job shadowed and interned with while in high school, and was waiting to hear back from them.Īnd now is the perfect time to talk about God‘s perfect timing… He knew then, it obviously was not God’s plan for this summer, and he moved on to Plan B, which he quickly had to figure out since summer was approaching, and in his excitement about Summit, he really hadn’t thought about other options. So, even in his devastation from missing out on the job, he was extremely encouraged by just being a part of the process. We hope you apply again next summer.” Basically, it was the nicest rejection letter ever (and was even followed up with a gift from the guys who oversee the video interns). ![]() You have so much potential, BUT we’ve hired another candidate. So, as soon as applications for summer interns opened this year, he submitted his, and prayed God would open the door and make a way to work for a ministry so very instrumental in his spiritual growth - a ministry with a message he was passionate about and would gladly help share through his video work.įast forward a few weeks to the end of February when Caleb received the dreaded email - you know the one, “We loved getting to know you. You see, after he attended Summit (summer of 2019) in Manitou Springs, Colorado, he knew that the summer after his first year of college (2021), he wanted to be a video team intern for the ministry. This was THE opportunity he’d been anticipating for about two years now. Mind you, this wasn’t some random internship he happened upon. On February 1st, the day after his 18th birthday, Caleb had an interview for an internship. This story isn’t necessarily mine to tell, but I did watch it unfold, every little detail, and I can tell you it’s a story worth sharing. Survivors include three children, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.Today on the blog, I’d love to share a special God story with you. He was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Vivian Barker Rice. Rice authored four books on Christian living and served as president of Christian Camping International/USA, vice president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, president of the South Carolina Baptist Brotherhood, chairman of trustees of Anderson College, and member of the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. He served as executive director and principal Bible teacher at the retreat center for 30 years. In 1965, he and his wife, Vivian, founded Look-Up Lodge near Travelers Rest. ![]() In 1960, in order to devote himself to full-time Christian ministry, he resigned his vice presidency and sold his interest in Rice Mills. Air Force, and went on to become vice president of a family business, Rice Mills. He graduated from Furman University in 1949, served in the U.S. ![]()
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