Elizabeth Phillips

My whole family was groomed during my experience.

So, like, there are people who had great experiences.

I look back on mine and I'm like, well, that was just, they were grooming our whole family.

Um, but... I mean, there's so many fun things to do on the water.

It's like prime real estate along these lakes in the Ozarks.

Um, Lake Taneycomo, and there's, like, part of it that's on a different lake.

Uh, Table Rock Lake Adventures.

They take kids spelunking.

Um, there's... You can choose a sport, kind of like you choose a major in college.

You choose major.

Like, I would do dance.

Or, like, boys could choose if they wanted to do basketball or football.

Um, and they've turned out some great athletes, actually.

And a lot of NFL players have sent their kids there, because it's a good football program.

Um, you have no access to watches or telephones, and so if there is something that goes wrong, it's very hard to reach the outside world.

And I think that's how abuse proliferated.

Not that kids should have phones at camp, I'm not saying that, but, like, uh, it's pretty locked down and strict.

Like, you're up at this time, you clean your cabin, you, um...

A lot of devotionals and prayer time and talks, you know, preaching, and then some of it's really fun.

You know, just rotating throughout the day.