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The help we needed
It was the second session of the summer, and I was working as a counselor-in-training at a camp for Christian Scientists. I was part of a seven-day backpacking program, and our trip had gone very well. We were on our last peak climb and had to get up and over Mt. Harvard. There was decent climbing weather in the morning, and it didn’t look as if there would be any threat of rough weather. This soon changed, though, as we got closer to the peak around noon, which was supposed to be the ideal time to reach the summit, since we needed time to head back.
Clouds began to roll in on our group, and we soon lost sight of the top of the mountain. That’s when a friend joined us.
About the author
Riley Capp is finishing up his senior year of high school. He was in the play The Diary of Anne Frank in the fall, and is currently in the musical Legally Blonde. Riley also enjoys choir, dance classes, and spending time with a good book.

March 23, 2015 issue
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Letters
Janet Durup, Debra Brandell, Pam, Jodi, G from California
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Learning motherhood’s true meaning
Samuela Orth-Moore
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Be true to your true self
Patrick M. Collins
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Nip fear in the bud
Lance Carden
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Facing the foe with courage
Marie Fox
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Still, still with Thee
Photograph by Steve Ryf
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Stepping out of darkness
Lidya Sanchez
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The help we needed
Riley Capp
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Nothing out of place
W. A. Collins
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Our daughter’s freedom
Gina Marie Murphy
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Injury healed quickly
Helen St. John
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‘Love is the liberator’
Jane M. Murfin
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The Mind that heals
David C. Kennedy