{"id":306025,"date":"2020-05-21T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/a-camp-with-a-purpose\/"},"modified":"2020-05-21T07:00:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T11:00:05","slug":"a-camp-with-a-purpose","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/a-camp-with-a-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"A Camp With a Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Yates and her husband wanted a way they could invest in their grandchildren and strengthen the relationships between cousins. With that, Cousin&#8217;s Camp was born. 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There are <em>way<\/em> too many good options. As parents, we have to think, \u201cOkay, in the long term, ten years from now, is it going to be more important that we spent time with cousins or more important that we were there for that last baseball game?\u201d Ten years from now, which choice is going to make the biggest and most-lasting difference?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Thursday, May 21<sup>st<\/sup>. Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson; I'm Bob Lepine. You\u2019ll find us online at FamilyLifeToday.com. I know you\u2019ve got a lot of questions: \u201cHow would we pull this off?\u201d \u201cWhat would we do each day?\u201d\u2014all the questions about Cousin Camp. We\u2019re going to get some answers for you today from Susan Yates. Stay with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. I noticed this week, as we were talking about Cousin Camp, I noticed your wife. I\u2019m watching the wheels spinning in her head. [Laughter] Were you seeing it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I don\u2019t even have to look. [Laughter] I can smell it over there; it\u2019s going to happen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I have already been talking to Susan; because she\u2019s a personal hero of mine, a mentor over years from a distance. I love being with her periodically, because I get to ask her all the questions. I was asking her questions about this camp, because I already want to start!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s in your DNA. [Laughter] It really is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The Susan you\u2019re talking about is our friend, Susan Yates, who joins us again on <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em> Welcome back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Oh, thanks. It\u2019s so much fun to be with you all.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Susan is a writer\/a speaker. For years, she and her husband John spoke at our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaways. He was the senior pastor at the Falls Church in Virginia. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe has just written a book, where she is giving a play-by-play for all of us on how to do a Cousin Camp\u2014get the grandkids together, the cousins, and let grandma and grandpa\u2014now, in your case, it\u2019s Poppy and what? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> \u2014Gi. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Gi?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Gi.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Bob, what are you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I am\u2014and I picked this myself\u2014I\u2019m G-daddy, and Mary Ann\u2019s Mimi. And you are?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I\u2019m Poppy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I\u2019m Nonny.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Nonny?\u2014alright. We\u2019re talking about how Poppies, and Nonnies, and Gis, and \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tG-daddies can all get the grandkids together.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You do have the coolest name; I have to say. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Yes. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You can have an event\/a camp for the kids. Some people will hear it and be immediately overwhelmed; we\u2019ve talked about that \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tit can be simple; you\u2019ve said there are really two goals in all of this. Goal number one is to cultivate a relationship between the grandkids\/the cousins. Goal number two is for you to be able to pour into them some things\u2014reinforce what mom and dad are saying, but coming from a different perspective\u2014and for you to be able to be involved in discipling your kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSusan, I think the Bible paints pictures for us of the older generation being actively involved in their kids\u2019 and grandkids\u2019 lives. I think a lot of us have this idea that, when you get to the grandparenting years, it\u2019s all about <em>you<\/em>; it\u2019s not, is it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> No, it\u2019s really not. It\u2019s about the next generation. I think in life, for all of us, it\u2019s <em>always<\/em> about the next generation and then the subsequent ones. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, so this is an investment of time; it\u2019s an investment of money. The kids have got to travel to get the grandkids there. If you\u2019re buying arts and crafts, I mean, how much\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and food.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014how much money do you spend?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Bob wants to know how much this costs.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> What\u2019s the budget for all this?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know; but it\u2019s not a big budget because, again, we do simple food\u2014we do sandwiches and salads during the day; we do simple things like chicken nuggets, and hot dogs, and hamburgers at night. It\u2019s <em>not<\/em> about the food. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWith the crafts\u2014they\u2019re simple crafts. One of my greatest finds is, usually before camp, I scour the neighborhood. I find a house under construction; I go to the builders and say, \u201cWould you save me a pile in the corner of little pieces of wood?\u201d You know, they\u2019re always shaving off things. Then, I go back, and I collect the wood. I have about five hammers, and I buy nails with big heads; and that becomes a construction project\u2014just tons of boxes of carpentry <em>stuff<\/em> out to our little farm. That\u2019s one of our greatest crafts. The kids create the most <em>amazing<\/em> things: from airplanes to a puzzle with nails down it. Then you just have paints, so it\u2019s simple; it\u2019s not fancy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, in our later years, I have two granddaughters, who are very crafty; they\u2019re better than I am\u2014I\u2019m not crafty. Their mom\/my daughter-in-law is real crafty, so I\u2019ve turned over the planning of all the crafts to them. Again, it\u2019s always sort of turning things over.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Have there been some things you\u2019ve done, where you\u2019ve said, \u201cOkay, we\u2019re doing that now every year,\u201d\u2014it\u2019s an annual part of Cousin Camp.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Yes; one of the things that we do every year\u2014and usually it\u2019s the last night\u2014is we\/I bought a gutter\/a roof gutter from the hardware store; we line it with aluminum foil. It becomes our county\u2014it\u2019s Warren County\u2014it becomes \u201cWarren County\u2019s Largest Banana Split\u201d; you know, <em>Guinness Book of World Records<\/em> type. We line it with ice cream and all the different kinds of toppings.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnother thing that has been a big <em>surprise<\/em> to me, that\u2019s been one of the more popular things, has been our buddy system. We started this at our first camp. Every older kid has a younger buddy: they help them with crafts; they help them with anything they need help with. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s not their brother or sister; it\u2019s a cousin.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Oh, no; we separate siblings.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And are you purposeful\u2014who you put them with?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> We try to be really purposeful; now, we have a big pool to pick from. That\u2019s a big celebration: finding out whose buddy they get to be or whose buddy they are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Have you every had one of your kids say\u2014because I could imagine this happening in this culture with sports\u2014\u201cWe can\u2019t come; we have baseball,\u201d and \u201cSchool just ended; I know this is really important, but this is more important.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Or have you had people\/your family go, \u201cNo, this trumps everything. We\u2019re going to be there.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Because we started when they were <em>young<\/em>, and it became so popular amongst the kids, it\u2019s been more the kids pressuring the parents. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Really? Good.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> So we haven\u2019t had to say that. It\u2019s inconvenient for everybody, but the parents have made it a priority.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I\u2019m guessing they\u2019re saying, \u201cYes, we\u2019re going to miss baseball this week.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cWe\u2019ll be there next week.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> I think our job, as parents, is to think long-term perspective and to ask the question, \u201cIn the long-term, is it going to be more important that we spent time with cousins or more important that we were there for that last baseball game?\u201d Ten years from now, which is going to be more important? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s a question that helps in parenting, no matter what you\u2019re considering; because the reality is, in today\u2019s world, there are <em>way<\/em> too many good options. As parents, we have to think, \u201cOkay, ten years from now, which choice is going to make the biggest and most-lasting difference?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> We had a former Detroit Lion player that Ann and I mentored over the seasons; now, he\u2019s a coach in Chicago for the Bears. His wife texted you\u2014or Facebooked you?\u2014about their sons now are playing basketball\u2014or I think it was basketball\u2014and they\u2019re <em>really<\/em> good athletes; you know, their dad was an NFL player. They wanted to go with mom to an away game that Dad would be coaching at. She texted Ann\u2014right?\u2014and said, \u201cWhat do I do?\u201d Because all the parents of the basketball team were like, \u2018You can<em>not<\/em> miss this game. We\u2019ll lose the game if your kids don\u2019t play.\u2019\u201d And what did you tell her?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I told her: her husband is her first priority; and for the kids, this will be a memory that\u2014they\u2019re going to have so many basketball games, but this opportunity with their dad\u2014you don\u2019t know how many times they\u2019ll get to do that; so \u201cChoose that.\u201d They took some heat, and they lost without them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And who\u2019s going to remember that in ten years, right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes, nobody.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Cousin camp\u2019s the same thing. This is a memory that is building values that will be lifetime.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Speaking of memories, have there been some things you\u2019ve tried one year and you said, \u201cBoy, we\u2019re never doing <em>that<\/em> again!\u201d [Laughter] Any activities that just didn\u2019t turn out the way you envisioned them?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Yes, there are several. We thought it would be <em>really<\/em> fun to have a whipped cream <em>fight<\/em> with the kids. You know, hotels give away those shower caps for free in your rooms?\u2014we put shower caps on the kids that wanted shower caps, so their hair wouldn\u2019t get sticky. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe first year, I used shaving cream; and it was <em>awful<\/em>. It <em>stung<\/em>; it tasted bad; it was terrible! The kids groaned. The next year, we switched to whipped cream, which they <em>loved<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> We made that same mistake once; because at the end of the school year, we had a slip and slide.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014<em>every<\/em> year.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014every year. All the neighbor kids would come. The year that I used the shaving cream\u2014when it gets it their eyes, it <em>hurts<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You learn.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Yes, you learn. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That was a learning. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan: <\/strong>That was a real mistake. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the things we\u2019ve had to learn is balancing realistic expectations with surprises. In the beginning, John and I thought, \u201cThis is going to be <em>such<\/em> a great time for us to bond with each of the grandchildren and to have <em>significant<\/em> conversations with each of the grandchildren.\u201d I mean, the first year, even with five, that did <em>not<\/em> happen. I felt like, \u201cUhhhh, I\u2019m such a failure! I didn\u2019t have a significant conversation with this grandchild.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat was really an eye opener\u2014that this really is not about building <em>my<\/em> relationship with <em>them<\/em>\u2014that\u2019s not the priority for this time\u2014it\u2019s about <em>their<\/em> relationships with one another. We had to let go of that expectation and realize that it\u2019s during the year, when we\u2019re with individual families, that we work on our individual relationships with <em>those<\/em> grandchildren, when it\u2019s not so overwhelming with all the cousins. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Susan, you\u2019ve got kids who are going to church\/raising their kids in the church. There are a lot of folks listening, who are thinking, \u201cI\u2019d love to do this with our grandkids, and have a memory verse, and be discipling our kids; I\u2019m not sure my kids would let <em>their <\/em>kids come if they knew we were trying to indoctrinate them.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> I tell a lot of stories in the book that are not mine\/that are from other people. I tell the story of one friend of mine, who comes from a really <em>painful<\/em> heritage. The families disagree on a lot of things; but she still said, \u201cI am going to take a risk, and I am going to have a family reunion.\u201d This was a multi-generational one. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe one thing that this family has in common is: \u201cWe\u2019re all connected to military\u2014most of us in some way\u2014service, or siblings who served, or different involvements in military.\u201d So she had a military theme; it was just a day-long reunion. They had competitions, and they talked about character. People came a little bit hesitant; but they left, building new relationships, and having taken one step.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe said, \u201cYou just go with where you can.\u201d The purpose, the first time, is to build these relationships.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I\u2019m thinking of the listener that\u2019s wishing their parents would do something like this. Could you ever see some kids asking their parents, \u201cCould you do this for us?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Yes; two answers to that. One is you have to be careful; you don\u2019t want to put a guilt trip or an expectation on your parents that\u2019s going to make them uncomfortable. I think you have to carefully approach the parents out of your relationship with them and within your own context. Perhaps say something like: \u201cHey, Mom, I want to run this idea by you. Would you be willing to bring the grandkids together for one day?\u201d and \u201cHow could we help make this happen?\u201d and \u201cHow could we support you in this?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr perhaps you are listening\u2014and you\u2019re a single parent or a single grandparent\u2014bond with another single parent or a two-couple family, whose kids\/grandkids are in the same general age group, and do it together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> word. I\u2019m thinking of a lot of single aunts or single uncles, who could really make this an investment and have a terrific ministry in the lives of their nieces and nephews. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Or if you\u2019re somebody, who doesn\u2019t have parents that would ever do this\u2014and there\u2019s a lot of people\u2014you could do it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> You could do it yourself, yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You could say to your brother or sister, \u201cAre you okay with me bringing your kids over and getting our kids together; and the cousins getting to know\u2026?\u201d and you lead it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> You lead it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Have you and John ever gotten to the end of Cousin Camp, and looked at each other, and say, \u201cYes, this may have been the last year that we do this.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Yes; as a matter of fact, we <em>have<\/em> finished, after 11 years, now that our grandkids are bigger. We had our last one after year 11. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur children said: \u201cWhat if we begin, as a family, to commit to meeting over Labor Day? We can pull little kids out of school on Friday. We can come in Thursday; stay until Monday.\u201d We have a big <em>family<\/em> camp.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think you have to be wise about when you\u2019ve done it long enough. Now, our oldest is 21; so it\u2019s time for a change; it\u2019s time for a change. You have to realize that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We have to recognize that, as grandparents, as we get older, our stamina\/our\u2014I mean, it\u2019s just the reality of aging. Things we were able to do ten years ago, we may not be physically able to do with young grandkids, especially 21\u2014I\u2019m imagining you and your 21 grandkids\u2014that\u2019s part of the reality of aging, isn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> It is. Most people don\u2019t have 21 grandchildren. This book is not written for somebody in our situation, necessarily. [Laughter] One of the things we\u2019ve done in the book is\u2014the middle chapter is about creating <em>your own<\/em> camp. I\u2019ve found so often, as you all know, you\u2019ll read a book, and you\u2019ll just be <em>overwhelmed<\/em>: \u201cThere\u2019s too many ideas; there\u2019s too much stuff. I can\u2019t do all of this!\u201d You\u2019ll get to the end of the book, and you\u2019re discouraged. You just sort of want to throw it on the couch or in the trash. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat I\u2019ve done in this book is I\u2019ve stopped in the middle, which is Chapter 5, and said, \u201cNow, given what we\u2019ve laid out, this is your chapter to begin design your own camp or family reunion.\u201d There\u2019s a lot in here about family reunions according to your needs. It\u2019s a working chapter <em>right<\/em> in the middle of the book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen we go on with other ideas, with the idea that you can circle what you\u2019re going to read in subsequent chapters and then go back and enter it in Chapter 5. The purpose of that is to keep anybody from feeling overwhelmed and to enable everybody to design what\u2019s right for them, because no two families are alike. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> The exciting thing for me\u2014I\u2019m not kidding\u2014I\u2019m inspired to do it. I can actually say I\u2019m younger, so I can\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Got a little more energy? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, I\u2019m thinking my oldest grandchild is four; is she five yet?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> She\u2019s five.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> She\u2019s five. [Laughter] So if I did one this year\u2014I\u2019m saying <em>I<\/em> would do it; <em>Ann<\/em> would do it\u2014Ann would do it; who are we kidding? There would only be one grandchild, so I\u2019m going to have to wait a few years. But aren\u2019t you excited? We can start planning this thing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> You can start at three; you don\u2019t have to wait until four. That\u2019s just what <em>we did. <\/em>Again, everybody\u2019s different. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI would just want to say one thing about marriage. What Johnny and I had to realize, early on, is we have to be careful: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are going to get tired\u2014that\u2019s a given.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re going to get irritable\u2014that\u2019s a given.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are going to get put out with some different children\u2014that\u2019s a given. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re going to feel like failures\u2014that\u2019s a given. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThings aren\u2019t going to go the way we planned\u2014that\u2019s a given. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo what do we do when this hits in our marriage? We have to learn that we are not <em>competing<\/em> with each other, but we\u2019re <em>completing<\/em> each other. So when I am about <em>done<\/em>, I say, \u201cHoney, I\u2019m done; I need you to take over.\u201d And he does the same thing. I think it\u2019s a great lesson in how to work together in your marriage and play to one another\u2019s strengths. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I\u2019m assuming, after 11 years, you\u2019ve had some sweet moments\/some hard moments. Do you recall some moments that, when you and John went to bed that night, you were like, \u201cWow; that was <em>really<\/em> amazing what God had done.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Yes; I think our last camp probably was the one that had us in tears, because with older children\u2014again, the philosophy of having the kids speak into the younger kids\u2019 life. We have a special ceremony that marks the end of camp; it\u2019s called the BOC Ceremony, which stands for Band of Cousins. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe process, with candles, to an outdoor area on our property. It\u2019s a solemn procession, and the kids have made a cross with all the carpentry stuff. We have the little ones say a pledge: \u201cWe pledge to love the Lord and take care of each other forever,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s our pledge. The new ones are initiated into the pledge, and everyone claps. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOver the years now, because they\u2019re older, everybody\u2019s been initiated; so we think, \u201cOkay, what can we do?\u201d Johnny always gives a little mini-message, like four minutes, on what this means. \u201cWhat can we do as they get a bit older?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis past year, we asked our 11 oldest\u2014they were all 10 or up\u2014to take some sharing time during the BOC ceremony and share 3 things. Again, I pulled them together\u2014positive peer pressure at work here\u2014I pulled them together and I said: \u201cI would like you all to share three things. The first thing is: \u201cWhat is your favorite verse?\u201d [Second]: \u201cWhat is one thing you want God to do in your life in the coming year?\u201d Then, three: \u201cWhat is a piece of advice you have for your younger cousins?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe had <em>no idea<\/em> what they would say. It was unrehearsed; it was those very simple questions. What they shared was amazing! One of my grandsons shared the verse in Proverbs about iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. That was his favorite verse; he said, \u201cYou really need to pick good friends, and stick with those friends; because you need buddies for your whole life.\u201d I thought, \u201cOh, my goodness!\u201d One of them shared that he wanted God to give him patience; that was his prayer for the coming months. Another one shared to the younger cousins: \u201cBe thankful to your mom and dad.\u201d I\u2019m thinking, \u201cOh, my goodness; the parents ought to be here!\u201d\u2014you know? They weren\u2019t.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat was <em>really<\/em> special for us; because you don\u2019t know\u2014especially as you hit those pre-teen years or the ten or eleven-year-old that\u2019s really reticent to open up\u2014you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on inside of them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And we know that\u2014if Poppy says that, or Grandpa, or Grandma says that\u2014zing! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>But when a cousin says it? You know, as a pastor, when somebody comes in and preaches something, everybody goes, \u201cOh, my goodness!\u201d I go, \u201cI\u2019ve been saying that for ten years!\u201d\u2014they never listen. But when the cousin says it?\u2014it\u2019s going to stick. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Just having this conversation\u2014and it has been motivating and inspiring\u2014I\u2019m reminded of what a treasure you are and how all of us have benefitted from your writing over the years: <em>And Then I Had Kids\/And Then I Had<\/em> [<em>Teenagers<\/em>]; the books that you and John have written together; the books that you have written; your contribution to the <em>Art of Parenting<\/em><sup>\u00ae <\/sup>[video series]\u2014and being a part of that with Dave and Ann\u2014we\u2019re just grateful that you\u2019d be here with us and that you keep passing on the wisdom.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> We\u2019ve got a little bit of Cousin Camp right here. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Thank you for training and teaching so many.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Oh, well, thank you! You know, we haven\u2019t done it perfectly. Again, I want to leave with one thing: we\u2019re all going to feel like we\u2019ve ruined our kids, but our ability to ruin our children is not nearly as great as God\u2019s power to redeem them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, that\u2019s great; thank you, Susan. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Thanks for the book\/for a manual for all of us to have a guide for how to do this. The book is called <em>Cousin Camp<\/em>. You can go to FamilyLifeToday.com to order your copy, or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Again, the title of the book: <em>Cousin Camp<\/em> by Susan Yates. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com and order online, or call to order: 1-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy the way, Susan has created something special that we want to make available to you. It\u2019s a downloadable PDF called \u201cCamp at Home: 100 Practical Ideas for Families\u201d; it\u2019s free to download. Go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, and you can download it from there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know, for many of our listeners, these have been challenging months. I know some folks are facing financial challenges like you\u2019ve never faced before. Honestly, here at FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, we\u2019re in a similar situation. The president of FamilyLife, David Robbins, is here with us today. This has been a hard couple of months for us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>David:<\/strong> It certainly has been for us, and I want to speak to that; but I\u2019m motivated, by what families are experiencing, and how we can help <em>them<\/em>. I recently sent an email and asked for ways I could pray for listeners of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> and other people connected to Family Life. I spent half a day praying. Here\u2019s a few examples: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI could use prayer for my marriage. My husband left me two weeks ago. I wrestled with God last night; feelings of anger and extreme weariness came over me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m grateful my family\u2019s healthy, yes; but yesterday, my employer cut my position. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are indeed in need of prayers. You can pray for our church; our pastor died during COVID-19. We need wisdom for another pastor to lead our church.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt goes on and on. I was overwhelmed about what families are facing in this season; but yet, how intimate God is and how important it is for us to continue to bring help and hope to people\u2014the one <em>guaranteed<\/em> hope, Jesus Himself\u2014and the way He can transform a family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAt FamilyLife, we are at a unique position; we are in need. These last few months have been financially hard, as you could expect and imagine, amongst a pandemic, as a donor-supported ministry. We have this unique opportunity, with this matching gift, to set the sails for the rest of this year; it is a critical moment. If you are able, I would ask that you give whatever you can to help us as we continue this year. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>With the matching gift, keep in mind any amount you donate right now is going to be matched, dollar for dollar, up to a total of $345,000. It\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> opportunity to see your gift <em>expanded<\/em>. 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With that, Cousin's Camp was born. Yates talks about how preparing ahead and being intentional help to make camp days a success.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylife.com\/fl2020-05-21.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>When John and Susan Yates decided to host all their grandchildren for a few days of Cousin Camp, they realized they were choosing one thing over another. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan: <\/strong>The reality is that, in today\u2019s world, we are overwhelmed with options. There are <em>way<\/em> too many good options. 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It\u2019s so much fun to be with you all.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Susan is a writer\/a speaker. For years, she and her husband John spoke at our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaways. He was the senior pastor at the Falls Church in Virginia. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe has just written a book, where she is giving a play-by-play for all of us on how to do a Cousin Camp\u2014get the grandkids together, the cousins, and let grandma and grandpa\u2014now, in your case, it\u2019s Poppy and what? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> \u2014Gi. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Gi?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Gi.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Bob, what are you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I am\u2014and I picked this myself\u2014I\u2019m G-daddy, and Mary Ann\u2019s Mimi. 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Goal number two is for you to be able to pour into them some things\u2014reinforce what mom and dad are saying, but coming from a different perspective\u2014and for you to be able to be involved in discipling your kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSusan, I think the Bible paints pictures for us of the older generation being actively involved in their kids\u2019 and grandkids\u2019 lives. I think a lot of us have this idea that, when you get to the grandparenting years, it\u2019s all about <em>you<\/em>; it\u2019s not, is it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> No, it\u2019s really not. It\u2019s about the next generation. I think in life, for all of us, it\u2019s <em>always<\/em> about the next generation and then the subsequent ones. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, so this is an investment of time; it\u2019s an investment of money. The kids have got to travel to get the grandkids there. If you\u2019re buying arts and crafts, I mean, how much\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and food.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014how much money do you spend?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Bob wants to know how much this costs.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> What\u2019s the budget for all this?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know; but it\u2019s not a big budget because, again, we do simple food\u2014we do sandwiches and salads during the day; we do simple things like chicken nuggets, and hot dogs, and hamburgers at night. It\u2019s <em>not<\/em> about the food. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWith the crafts\u2014they\u2019re simple crafts. One of my greatest finds is, usually before camp, I scour the neighborhood. I find a house under construction; I go to the builders and say, \u201cWould you save me a pile in the corner of little pieces of wood?\u201d You know, they\u2019re always shaving off things. Then, I go back, and I collect the wood. I have about five hammers, and I buy nails with big heads; and that becomes a construction project\u2014just tons of boxes of carpentry <em>stuff<\/em> out to our little farm. That\u2019s one of our greatest crafts. The kids create the most <em>amazing<\/em> things: from airplanes to a puzzle with nails down it. Then you just have paints, so it\u2019s simple; it\u2019s not fancy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, in our later years, I have two granddaughters, who are very crafty; they\u2019re better than I am\u2014I\u2019m not crafty. Their mom\/my daughter-in-law is real crafty, so I\u2019ve turned over the planning of all the crafts to them. Again, it\u2019s always sort of turning things over.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Have there been some things you\u2019ve done, where you\u2019ve said, \u201cOkay, we\u2019re doing that now every year,\u201d\u2014it\u2019s an annual part of Cousin Camp.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Yes; one of the things that we do every year\u2014and usually it\u2019s the last night\u2014is we\/I bought a gutter\/a roof gutter from the hardware store; we line it with aluminum foil. It becomes our county\u2014it\u2019s Warren County\u2014it becomes \u201cWarren County\u2019s Largest Banana Split\u201d; you know, <em>Guinness Book of World Records<\/em> type. We line it with ice cream and all the different kinds of toppings.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnother thing that has been a big <em>surprise<\/em> to me, that\u2019s been one of the more popular things, has been our buddy system. We started this at our first camp. Every older kid has a younger buddy: they help them with crafts; they help them with anything they need help with. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s not their brother or sister; it\u2019s a cousin.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Oh, no; we separate siblings.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And are you purposeful\u2014who you put them with?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> We try to be really purposeful; now, we have a big pool to pick from. That\u2019s a big celebration: finding out whose buddy they get to be or whose buddy they are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Have you every had one of your kids say\u2014because I could imagine this happening in this culture with sports\u2014\u201cWe can\u2019t come; we have baseball,\u201d and \u201cSchool just ended; I know this is really important, but this is more important.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Or have you had people\/your family go, \u201cNo, this trumps everything. We\u2019re going to be there.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Because we started when they were <em>young<\/em>, and it became so popular amongst the kids, it\u2019s been more the kids pressuring the parents. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Really? Good.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> So we haven\u2019t had to say that. It\u2019s inconvenient for everybody, but the parents have made it a priority.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I\u2019m guessing they\u2019re saying, \u201cYes, we\u2019re going to miss baseball this week.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cWe\u2019ll be there next week.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> I think our job, as parents, is to think long-term perspective and to ask the question, \u201cIn the long-term, is it going to be more important that we spent time with cousins or more important that we were there for that last baseball game?\u201d Ten years from now, which is going to be more important? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s a question that helps in parenting, no matter what you\u2019re considering; because the reality is, in today\u2019s world, there are <em>way<\/em> too many good options. As parents, we have to think, \u201cOkay, ten years from now, which choice is going to make the biggest and most-lasting difference?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> We had a former Detroit Lion player that Ann and I mentored over the seasons; now, he\u2019s a coach in Chicago for the Bears. His wife texted you\u2014or Facebooked you?\u2014about their sons now are playing basketball\u2014or I think it was basketball\u2014and they\u2019re <em>really<\/em> good athletes; you know, their dad was an NFL player. They wanted to go with mom to an away game that Dad would be coaching at. She texted Ann\u2014right?\u2014and said, \u201cWhat do I do?\u201d Because all the parents of the basketball team were like, \u2018You can<em>not<\/em> miss this game. We\u2019ll lose the game if your kids don\u2019t play.\u2019\u201d And what did you tell her?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I told her: her husband is her first priority; and for the kids, this will be a memory that\u2014they\u2019re going to have so many basketball games, but this opportunity with their dad\u2014you don\u2019t know how many times they\u2019ll get to do that; so \u201cChoose that.\u201d They took some heat, and they lost without them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And who\u2019s going to remember that in ten years, right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes, nobody.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Cousin camp\u2019s the same thing. This is a memory that is building values that will be lifetime.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Speaking of memories, have there been some things you\u2019ve tried one year and you said, \u201cBoy, we\u2019re never doing <em>that<\/em> again!\u201d [Laughter] Any activities that just didn\u2019t turn out the way you envisioned them?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Yes, there are several. We thought it would be <em>really<\/em> fun to have a whipped cream <em>fight<\/em> with the kids. You know, hotels give away those shower caps for free in your rooms?\u2014we put shower caps on the kids that wanted shower caps, so their hair wouldn\u2019t get sticky. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe first year, I used shaving cream; and it was <em>awful<\/em>. It <em>stung<\/em>; it tasted bad; it was terrible! The kids groaned. The next year, we switched to whipped cream, which they <em>loved<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> We made that same mistake once; because at the end of the school year, we had a slip and slide.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014<em>every<\/em> year.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014every year. All the neighbor kids would come. The year that I used the shaving cream\u2014when it gets it their eyes, it <em>hurts<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You learn.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Yes, you learn. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That was a learning. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan: <\/strong>That was a real mistake. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the things we\u2019ve had to learn is balancing realistic expectations with surprises. In the beginning, John and I thought, \u201cThis is going to be <em>such<\/em> a great time for us to bond with each of the grandchildren and to have <em>significant<\/em> conversations with each of the grandchildren.\u201d I mean, the first year, even with five, that did <em>not<\/em> happen. I felt like, \u201cUhhhh, I\u2019m such a failure! I didn\u2019t have a significant conversation with this grandchild.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat was really an eye opener\u2014that this really is not about building <em>my<\/em> relationship with <em>them<\/em>\u2014that\u2019s not the priority for this time\u2014it\u2019s about <em>their<\/em> relationships with one another. We had to let go of that expectation and realize that it\u2019s during the year, when we\u2019re with individual families, that we work on our individual relationships with <em>those<\/em> grandchildren, when it\u2019s not so overwhelming with all the cousins. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Susan, you\u2019ve got kids who are going to church\/raising their kids in the church. There are a lot of folks listening, who are thinking, \u201cI\u2019d love to do this with our grandkids, and have a memory verse, and be discipling our kids; I\u2019m not sure my kids would let <em>their <\/em>kids come if they knew we were trying to indoctrinate them.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> I tell a lot of stories in the book that are not mine\/that are from other people. I tell the story of one friend of mine, who comes from a really <em>painful<\/em> heritage. The families disagree on a lot of things; but she still said, \u201cI am going to take a risk, and I am going to have a family reunion.\u201d This was a multi-generational one. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe one thing that this family has in common is: \u201cWe\u2019re all connected to military\u2014most of us in some way\u2014service, or siblings who served, or different involvements in military.\u201d So she had a military theme; it was just a day-long reunion. They had competitions, and they talked about character. People came a little bit hesitant; but they left, building new relationships, and having taken one step.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe said, \u201cYou just go with where you can.\u201d The purpose, the first time, is to build these relationships.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I\u2019m thinking of the listener that\u2019s wishing their parents would do something like this. Could you ever see some kids asking their parents, \u201cCould you do this for us?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Yes; two answers to that. One is you have to be careful; you don\u2019t want to put a guilt trip or an expectation on your parents that\u2019s going to make them uncomfortable. I think you have to carefully approach the parents out of your relationship with them and within your own context. Perhaps say something like: \u201cHey, Mom, I want to run this idea by you. Would you be willing to bring the grandkids together for one day?\u201d and \u201cHow could we help make this happen?\u201d and \u201cHow could we support you in this?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr perhaps you are listening\u2014and you\u2019re a single parent or a single grandparent\u2014bond with another single parent or a two-couple family, whose kids\/grandkids are in the same general age group, and do it together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> word. I\u2019m thinking of a lot of single aunts or single uncles, who could really make this an investment and have a terrific ministry in the lives of their nieces and nephews. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Or if you\u2019re somebody, who doesn\u2019t have parents that would ever do this\u2014and there\u2019s a lot of people\u2014you could do it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> You could do it yourself, yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You could say to your brother or sister, \u201cAre you okay with me bringing your kids over and getting our kids together; and the cousins getting to know\u2026?\u201d and you lead it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> You lead it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Have you and John ever gotten to the end of Cousin Camp, and looked at each other, and say, \u201cYes, this may have been the last year that we do this.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Yes; as a matter of fact, we <em>have<\/em> finished, after 11 years, now that our grandkids are bigger. We had our last one after year 11. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur children said: \u201cWhat if we begin, as a family, to commit to meeting over Labor Day? We can pull little kids out of school on Friday. We can come in Thursday; stay until Monday.\u201d We have a big <em>family<\/em> camp.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think you have to be wise about when you\u2019ve done it long enough. Now, our oldest is 21; so it\u2019s time for a change; it\u2019s time for a change. You have to realize that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We have to recognize that, as grandparents, as we get older, our stamina\/our\u2014I mean, it\u2019s just the reality of aging. Things we were able to do ten years ago, we may not be physically able to do with young grandkids, especially 21\u2014I\u2019m imagining you and your 21 grandkids\u2014that\u2019s part of the reality of aging, isn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> It is. Most people don\u2019t have 21 grandchildren. This book is not written for somebody in our situation, necessarily. [Laughter] One of the things we\u2019ve done in the book is\u2014the middle chapter is about creating <em>your own<\/em> camp. I\u2019ve found so often, as you all know, you\u2019ll read a book, and you\u2019ll just be <em>overwhelmed<\/em>: \u201cThere\u2019s too many ideas; there\u2019s too much stuff. I can\u2019t do all of this!\u201d You\u2019ll get to the end of the book, and you\u2019re discouraged. You just sort of want to throw it on the couch or in the trash. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat I\u2019ve done in this book is I\u2019ve stopped in the middle, which is Chapter 5, and said, \u201cNow, given what we\u2019ve laid out, this is your chapter to begin design your own camp or family reunion.\u201d There\u2019s a lot in here about family reunions according to your needs. It\u2019s a working chapter <em>right<\/em> in the middle of the book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen we go on with other ideas, with the idea that you can circle what you\u2019re going to read in subsequent chapters and then go back and enter it in Chapter 5. The purpose of that is to keep anybody from feeling overwhelmed and to enable everybody to design what\u2019s right for them, because no two families are alike. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> The exciting thing for me\u2014I\u2019m not kidding\u2014I\u2019m inspired to do it. I can actually say I\u2019m younger, so I can\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Got a little more energy? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, I\u2019m thinking my oldest grandchild is four; is she five yet?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> She\u2019s five.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> She\u2019s five. [Laughter] So if I did one this year\u2014I\u2019m saying <em>I<\/em> would do it; <em>Ann<\/em> would do it\u2014Ann would do it; who are we kidding? There would only be one grandchild, so I\u2019m going to have to wait a few years. But aren\u2019t you excited? We can start planning this thing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> You can start at three; you don\u2019t have to wait until four. That\u2019s just what <em>we did. <\/em>Again, everybody\u2019s different. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI would just want to say one thing about marriage. What Johnny and I had to realize, early on, is we have to be careful: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are going to get tired\u2014that\u2019s a given.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re going to get irritable\u2014that\u2019s a given.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are going to get put out with some different children\u2014that\u2019s a given. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re going to feel like failures\u2014that\u2019s a given. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThings aren\u2019t going to go the way we planned\u2014that\u2019s a given. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo what do we do when this hits in our marriage? We have to learn that we are not <em>competing<\/em> with each other, but we\u2019re <em>completing<\/em> each other. So when I am about <em>done<\/em>, I say, \u201cHoney, I\u2019m done; I need you to take over.\u201d And he does the same thing. I think it\u2019s a great lesson in how to work together in your marriage and play to one another\u2019s strengths. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I\u2019m assuming, after 11 years, you\u2019ve had some sweet moments\/some hard moments. Do you recall some moments that, when you and John went to bed that night, you were like, \u201cWow; that was <em>really<\/em> amazing what God had done.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Yes; I think our last camp probably was the one that had us in tears, because with older children\u2014again, the philosophy of having the kids speak into the younger kids\u2019 life. We have a special ceremony that marks the end of camp; it\u2019s called the BOC Ceremony, which stands for Band of Cousins. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe process, with candles, to an outdoor area on our property. It\u2019s a solemn procession, and the kids have made a cross with all the carpentry stuff. We have the little ones say a pledge: \u201cWe pledge to love the Lord and take care of each other forever,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s our pledge. The new ones are initiated into the pledge, and everyone claps. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOver the years now, because they\u2019re older, everybody\u2019s been initiated; so we think, \u201cOkay, what can we do?\u201d Johnny always gives a little mini-message, like four minutes, on what this means. \u201cWhat can we do as they get a bit older?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis past year, we asked our 11 oldest\u2014they were all 10 or up\u2014to take some sharing time during the BOC ceremony and share 3 things. Again, I pulled them together\u2014positive peer pressure at work here\u2014I pulled them together and I said: \u201cI would like you all to share three things. The first thing is: \u201cWhat is your favorite verse?\u201d [Second]: \u201cWhat is one thing you want God to do in your life in the coming year?\u201d Then, three: \u201cWhat is a piece of advice you have for your younger cousins?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe had <em>no idea<\/em> what they would say. It was unrehearsed; it was those very simple questions. What they shared was amazing! One of my grandsons shared the verse in Proverbs about iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. That was his favorite verse; he said, \u201cYou really need to pick good friends, and stick with those friends; because you need buddies for your whole life.\u201d I thought, \u201cOh, my goodness!\u201d One of them shared that he wanted God to give him patience; that was his prayer for the coming months. Another one shared to the younger cousins: \u201cBe thankful to your mom and dad.\u201d I\u2019m thinking, \u201cOh, my goodness; the parents ought to be here!\u201d\u2014you know? They weren\u2019t.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat was <em>really<\/em> special for us; because you don\u2019t know\u2014especially as you hit those pre-teen years or the ten or eleven-year-old that\u2019s really reticent to open up\u2014you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on inside of them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And we know that\u2014if Poppy says that, or Grandpa, or Grandma says that\u2014zing! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>But when a cousin says it? You know, as a pastor, when somebody comes in and preaches something, everybody goes, \u201cOh, my goodness!\u201d I go, \u201cI\u2019ve been saying that for ten years!\u201d\u2014they never listen. But when the cousin says it?\u2014it\u2019s going to stick. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Just having this conversation\u2014and it has been motivating and inspiring\u2014I\u2019m reminded of what a treasure you are and how all of us have benefitted from your writing over the years: <em>And Then I Had Kids\/And Then I Had<\/em> [<em>Teenagers<\/em>]; the books that you and John have written together; the books that you have written; your contribution to the <em>Art of Parenting<\/em><sup>\u00ae <\/sup>[video series]\u2014and being a part of that with Dave and Ann\u2014we\u2019re just grateful that you\u2019d be here with us and that you keep passing on the wisdom.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> We\u2019ve got a little bit of Cousin Camp right here. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Thank you for training and teaching so many.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Oh, well, thank you! You know, we haven\u2019t done it perfectly. Again, I want to leave with one thing: we\u2019re all going to feel like we\u2019ve ruined our kids, but our ability to ruin our children is not nearly as great as God\u2019s power to redeem them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, that\u2019s great; thank you, Susan. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Susan:<\/strong> Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Thanks for the book\/for a manual for all of us to have a guide for how to do this. The book is called <em>Cousin Camp<\/em>. You can go to FamilyLifeToday.com to order your copy, or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Again, the title of the book: <em>Cousin Camp<\/em> by Susan Yates. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com and order online, or call to order: 1-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy the way, Susan has created something special that we want to make available to you. It\u2019s a downloadable PDF called \u201cCamp at Home: 100 Practical Ideas for Families\u201d; it\u2019s free to download. Go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, and you can download it from there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know, for many of our listeners, these have been challenging months. I know some folks are facing financial challenges like you\u2019ve never faced before. Honestly, here at FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, we\u2019re in a similar situation. The president of FamilyLife, David Robbins, is here with us today. This has been a hard couple of months for us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>David:<\/strong> It certainly has been for us, and I want to speak to that; but I\u2019m motivated, by what families are experiencing, and how we can help <em>them<\/em>. I recently sent an email and asked for ways I could pray for listeners of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> and other people connected to Family Life. I spent half a day praying. Here\u2019s a few examples: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI could use prayer for my marriage. My husband left me two weeks ago. I wrestled with God last night; feelings of anger and extreme weariness came over me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m grateful my family\u2019s healthy, yes; but yesterday, my employer cut my position. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are indeed in need of prayers. You can pray for our church; our pastor died during COVID-19. We need wisdom for another pastor to lead our church.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt goes on and on. I was overwhelmed about what families are facing in this season; but yet, how intimate God is and how important it is for us to continue to bring help and hope to people\u2014the one <em>guaranteed<\/em> hope, Jesus Himself\u2014and the way He can transform a family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAt FamilyLife, we are at a unique position; we are in need. These last few months have been financially hard, as you could expect and imagine, amongst a pandemic, as a donor-supported ministry. We have this unique opportunity, with this matching gift, to set the sails for the rest of this year; it is a critical moment. If you are able, I would ask that you give whatever you can to help us as we continue this year. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>With the matching gift, keep in mind any amount you donate right now is going to be matched, dollar for dollar, up to a total of $345,000. It\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> opportunity to see your gift <em>expanded<\/em>. We\u2019d like to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d for any gift you\u2019re able to give by sending you a copy of Barbara Rainey\u2019s new book, which is called <em>My Heart, Ever His.<\/em> It\u2019s our gift of appreciation for your support of this ministry.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019d like to join <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> as a new Legacy Partner\/a monthly giver, here\u2019s what\u2019s going to happen: your first gift, along with every gift for the rest of the year, is going to be matched, dollar for dollar, up until that total of $345,000 is met. <em>And<\/em> we\u2019re going to send you, as a new Legacy Partner, a certificate so you and your spouse, or someone you know who you\u2019d like to gift this to, can go to a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaway. Yes, those are going to be happening again. This gift certificate will cover the cost of the registration fee for the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em>. It\u2019s our gift to you when you become a new Legacy Partner during this matching-gift season.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to FamilyLifeToday.com; you can make your donation online. Or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to donate. Thanks, in advance, for whatever you\u2019re able to do during this challenging time. We are grateful for your support.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we want to introduce you to a couple who, at one point, their marriage was a real <em>mess<\/em>; but God has turned that <em>mess<\/em> into a mission. We\u2019ll meet Tim and Kathy Bush tomorrow. I hope you can join us for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our hosts, Dave and Ann Wilson, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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