Summer Camp
My husband and I were talking the other day about summer camp. A ton of the Jr. High students that are in our small groups are at summer camp or going to summer camp.
The only summer camp i have ever been to was a week long church camp. But it was so fun! There is something about going for a whole week, and not a weekend that is fun, it promoted unity in my group of friend, it allowed down time to just chill….and i personally think there is something powerful in getting away from your parents for an entire week.
My favourite camp memory was when my youth group _tag went to Keystone resort in Colorado for Coram Deo (Summer Camp)….i know, a ski resort for camp….tough life. But one night we decided that we wanted to be the girls in camp that pulled a prank. So we didnt have too much resources so we took newspapers and packing tape and taped all of the newspapers to our youth pastors car with a note that had several demands to be met or we would bring the pranks back to the Springs (Colorado Springs). We were convinced that we were going to get caught in the process, one of the staff leaders was like right there is a breezeway and we were hiding behind a little shack and one of my friends was laughing so hard she peed….and i wont tell you her name bc that would break the bond of secrecy. But that is one of my favourite camp memories….the friendship and the fun and the memories….facilitated by summer camp…a week away. so so so much fun!
When I was a kid my parents sent me to Serria Vista ( Summer Camp in Texas) for two weeks. I loved it! My best/ scariest memory was when we had a camp out night away from our cabin. We had to take our sleeping bags and everything. One of the counselors told ghost stories and one was about if you shine your flashlight in the sky aliens would come and eat you. Then she said for everyone to turn on their flashlights and point them in the sky to see if they would come. Needless to say, I didn't sleep and thought I was going to be eaten by aliens. It was a rough night but I persevered!