Last week, my sister and I went to a
Christian camp, called LIFE Camp, by Lake Lopez. The goal of this
camp is to help kids live in faith
effectively. The fruits of the spirit was the theme
this year and our “challenge passage” (a passage out of the Bible
for the kids to try to memorize as well as the daily and theme
verses.) was Galatians 5.Our mom and dad dropped us off Monday
morning and picked us up Saturday. Although it was a long time to be
away from our parents and home, my sister and I had a marvelous time
growing closer to God and having fun.
I like everything about Life Camp
especially just growing nearer to the Lord. In the morning, the first
of our three classes is Missionary where you learn about one
missionary all week. This year it was Dr. Carl Becker,
missionary/doctor to the people in mid- Africa– especially the
Pigmy people. Our second class of the morning, Biography, was taught
by the director. We discovered the lives of a different person every
day. A few examples are Joni Ericson Tada, Eric Liddel, George
Washington Carver, and Jim Elliot. Our last class was Bible where we
learned about Ruth, Paul, Joseph, David, and more. In the evening we
had chapel with a different speaker every night.
Life Camp offers lots of fun, active
activities. After lunch girls go swimming for about an hour to an
hour and a half. Directly afterward is field games where we play
multiple different games such as: capture the flag, belly bumpers,
soccer, dodge ball and that is only scratching the surface of all the
games. Soon afterward, everyone enjoys what is probably most people's
favorite activity– free time! At this time the campers are allowed
to do just about anything. The only hitch is that if you want to go
outside the boundaries or into the creek that flows by, you must have
a staff person who is willing to accompany you or at least keep you
in their sight. During some free times the staff have organized
activities for the campers. One day there was a gold hunt in the
creek where whoever wanted to go could learn how to pan for gold and
the likely places gold would be. Another exciting expedition was when
a group of campers hiked a ways up the mountain to search for
fossils. Most kids found one– or two– or even more! I was in the
category of “even more”. I found two rocks but combined in the
two rocks was a total of three clam fossils. I was given two more
rocks with fossils, their total– six plus!!! The last activity at
the end of the day is “night games”. During “night games” we
mostly play “blob tag” which is similar to family tag. The only
other game that I can remember playing at night was capture the flag.
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| My LIFE Camp cabin group. |
Everything about Life Camp was a lot of
fun- so much fun that is- that I can't choose which thing was the
funnest. I was blessed to be in a small cabin with only three other
girls and one fantastic counselor. Between night time Devotions and
Missions, swimming and free time, snack and dinner, everything was so
fabulous. I feel like I grew closer to God and will be able to be
better at the fruits of the spirit. Thank you, Jake, for putting on
Life Camp so faithfully each year and for being interactive with the
campers! Thanks everyone who sent me and my sister letters at Life
Camp! It meant a lot!
