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Make Camping a Tool

  When I go into the auto shop at our camp, I am always amazed at how the mechanics there can skillfully use the tools at their disposal. When it comes to doing the impossible, they smile and get all excited about their latest purchase and the chance they will have to accomplish a difficult task with relative ease. It is even more impressive if I have been working on a problem for some time, and they come in when I am bloody-knuckled and on the edge of despair; they walk to their tool box, pick up a new tool, and walk over and solve my problem. It is equally impressive watching mechanics talk to the Snap On (Tool Company) representative. Their discussion revolves around the latest and greatest in tools that can solve a host of problems. As they talk, the adrenaline flows, the eyes widen, and the disaster stories of unsuccessful attempts to fix the problem without this tool flow like water over Niagara. Those who understand Christian camping get excited, just like our mechanic friends ...