I started working on a small operation farm when I was 12. Throughout middle school and high school I did odd jobs along with the farm work. I built barns with some Amish boys and put in a dock every spring and fall. I did those things up until graduation, then worked a summer at Camp Michawana. Then, I shipped off to Basic Training after that summer, (summer of 24). I went through all of my military training, (Basic Training, Jump school, and AIT). Then, I came back home in time to counsel another summer for Camp Michawana, (summer of 25).
It is a small rigger shed in the corner of Columbus IN airport. We support a majority all of Indiana's airborne operations. A simple way to explain; I jump out of aircrafts, land, slave away in a hot rigger shed packing.
Counseling at camp is both a physically and mentally taxing job. We get campers for a whole week, share the gospel, play camp wide games, break up fights and mentor kids, and have fun doing it. The life guarding side is pretty simple, stand on a dock and make rescues (sometimes).
Working on the farm was just plain and simple manual labor. Including anything from throwing hay, pluming, electrical work, or weeding. It was just basic farm upkeep.