I got home from summer camp late Friday afternoon and was pretty tired. Yesterday was a come-down day and today we spent three hours or so after church setting up for our Vacation Bible School, which takes place this upcoming week. I had a lot of people ask me how my summer camp experience was today, so for those of you who asked or those who haven't asked yet, here's my 16 favourite memories of camp:
- the campfire on the last night (it was such a neat time - the first half we sang silly camp songs and told funny stories about our camp experience, and then in the second half we got serious and sang worship songs and shared testimonies of how camp has changed our walk with Christ)
- going swimming in Dollar Lake (we had a beach day on Wednesday and drove to a lake about 20 minutes away - so much fun! We rode in a big bus and belted camp songs all the way there and all the way back. The water was a beautiful temperature, and, all in all, it was a great day!)
- going horseback riding for the first time (I went horseback riding Monday and Tuesday. So cool!)
- the food (yes, though camp food is usually pretty bad, the food at Mount Traber was great! From a turkey dinner to sloppy joes, it was awesome!)
- the Bible class (the teacher, Miss Angie, was so kind; she was also very bold. She didn't pussyfoot around sensitive topics; she was as bold as the Bible is on those topics. Each day we'd have 4 rotations - crafts, Bible class, swimming or horseback riding, and then a different activity each day (i.e. Archery, rock climbing wall, warrior training). Bible class was my favourite!)
- winning the Memory Verse award and the female Christian Character award (Dad and I have memorized a chapter and a half of Colossians, so I recited that and other verses. The Christian Character award goes to the guy and the girl camper who have most demonstrated the fruit of the Spirit in their actions and words during camp)
- the Woofy the Witnessing Dog that was my memory verse prize (he's so cute!)
- meeting three really sweet, really kind girls (When I left camp, I had three girls from my cabin's e-mail addresses and am sending them a list of books that I recommend! They are kindred spirits.)
- the great music (a nearby church's youth band played in chapel every night, and we rocked out and worshipped Jesus until we were exhausted)
- cabin devotions (every night before bed, we'd have cabin devotions that our counselors would lead. We got some great discussions going!)
- playing Minute to Win It (at the beginning of camp, we were divided into four teams. Throughout the week, we did team events and this was one of them! I had to unravel an entire role of toilet paper around my arm in a minute - crazy!)
- getting nicknamed 'Anne of Green Gables' (I took this as a compliment, since I just finished reading through the entire Anne of Green Gables series before camp!)
- pulling a tractor, yes, pulling a tractor (this was crazy! We had to hang on to this thick rope and pull a tractor across a field to a certain point - nuts! But we did it.)
- telling all my lame jokes (and still having friends at the end of the week)
- winning the best cabin award (each cabin got tokens for things that they did during the week (like good behaviour, clean cabin, etc.) We got 80,000 points at the end of the week and 2nd place got 20,000 – memorizing Colossians earned us a lot of points!)
- and learning a million new camp songs that will drive my family nuts for the rest of the summer
