It is with great sadness that I post this podcast. It is a recording I did with Jane Ragsdale back in 2023. Jane was the owner of the Heart O’the Hill Camp near Hunt, TX. She died as a result of the massive flood that roared down the Guadalupe River in the early morning hours of July 4. As of the posting of this podcast, there are over 80 confirmed dead, 11 known still missing, and an unknown number of missing. One of the worst hit was a girls’ camp, Camp Mystic, which lost 27 dead.
Jane was from a summer camping family, as her parents, Si and Kathy Ragsdale, ran a boys’ camp, Camp Stewart, also in Hunt, TX, from the mid-1960s until 2015, when Jane’s nephew, Jeepers Ragsdale, took over the camp’s operation. Jane was beloved in both the camping community and the greater Hill Country community. She was a leader and did annual mission work in Guatemala. This podcast focused on her mission work.
I hope you will consider donating to support the rebuilding efforts that will be necessary following this tragic event. You can donate to flood relief for victims of the Kerr County flooding by going to the Hill Country Flood Relief here.
