I attended various camps through Duffield ever since I was around 5 or 6 years old. My fondest memories were hanging out with some of the greatest people, and councelors I will ever know such as Ben, Jesse, Gary, and Sara Larson, Carlton Tanner, Ross Bennett and his sister Ashley, Ryan Whitney, Jason Cashing, and others, and some of the projects that Duffield would have us partake in.

When I was in the elementary level camps I remember spending time with Jesse Larson on painting the signs for the camp and cleaning up the seaweed from the lake bottom so that future swimmers didn't have to deal with it. Jesse always seemed to make things like that fun yet productive.

When I was in the middle school level camps I remember hearing some amazing, inspiring stories from some of the campers and their lives as well as some of the counselors and their advice on how to live life, worship God, and stay out of trouble.

As a member of the Sr. Night Owl Camp, I remember participating in a community service project with a charity in Buffalo called Friends of the Night and helping them prepare food for those in need.

Finally, the most prominent memories from camp Duffield were our times spent in front of the bonfires next to Janeway, the ballfield, and the lake. How we would all songs like Camp Duffield, Tin Soldier, Lord, I Lift Your Name On High, and You Are Holy, and praying at the nights end.

Camp Duffield was always a miraculous place for me. I had friends there no matter how many times I returned. Everyone had fun. Even during the hardest times in my life I can look back on Camp Duffield and remember how great it was and the friends I made, friends that are still part of my life, and it always cheers me up.