An Exciting Week!

It's now the last night of camp and I can tell you they've had an exciting week. Our Eclipse Campers have been enjoying "breakfast" at 11 PM made by the Camp Director himself. All kinds of night time activities to include a late night swim! They stay up late and sleep in until lunch time. And I can imagine that once they start to get their bodies adjusted to their new time schedule how shocking tonight and tomorrow will be for them! They're up at a normal hour tomorrow to prepare for their final activities before greeting families and saying good bye to friends and counselors.

For all campers, they have enjoyed a week filled with creek hiking, playing on the lake, and just enjoying being at camp. Everyone has had a great week!

Somethings to think about as you make the drive home. Make sure, at some point after they've had time explode with wonderful camp stories to tell you, ask them about some of their quieter moments. Those moments that were spent during their devotion times, or the quiet times meant purposely for the kids to think and be still. Ask them about worship and the band. It seems that a recurring theme throughout this summer has been that the worship time has been "awesome". I believe some of the terminology I've heard is "worship rocks!". My own kids came home asking why church couldn't be more like worship. Hmmm. Let's think about that for a moment.

Along with all the "camp" stuff the kids love and enjoy all week long, the goal is to open their eyes and hearts to what God might have in store for them. It's a week of exploring. Exploring camp and exploring their faith. What an exciting week on so many levels!

My prayer is that you have some meaningful conversations with your camper at some point. They probably won't happen right away. They'll probably happen maybe even a week after they've come home. There's a lot for them to process right away. Don't miss the opportunity to do a little exploring of your own! Good luck!