Well, even though LIFE Camp
was a ways back I am still doing a post about it. I have been blessed
to attend this camp for four years now. This year, as I said in an
earlier post, the theme was about the Armor of God. It was very
thought provoking as a new Bible teacher took one part of the armor a
day and spoke about it. Also, the people in biography as well as our
chapel speaker each night spoke of the same part of the armor. I would like to share each of the biographies that we
learned over the next few weeks by posting about one person at a time. We studied D.L. Moody, Charlotte Diggs
Moon, William Tyndale, and Pete Flemming. Also each day we learned
one hymn and a brief biography about its author. Some examples are I
Surrender All, Take My Life and Let it Be, and
A Mighty Fortress is our God. Perhaps
I will also do a weekly post for five weeks each with a hymn. I would
love your input as to if you would enjoy this or not. Here is a brief
explanation of what a day at camp would consist of:
We
wake up at seven. (Or at least that's the set time...) A few minutes
to 8:00 we raise the flag to several patriotic songs and prayer and then march on to breakfast. After that there
are three classes: Biography, Bible, and a new class dubbed
Discussion. (More on that in a minute.) Then there is lunch which includes mail delivery, camp and cabin cleanup, swimming,
and field games. Verse memorization, snack, and two hours of free
time are next. Directly after free time, we lower the flag, eat
dinner, and then rush over to chapel. To end the day there are night
field games, snack, and devotions. And then, one of my favorite parts
of the day, lights out! (Zzzzzz)
Although
we are busy, it is a good busy. Most years instead of discussion we
have missionary class but I think that I enjoyed discussion better.
During this time, the entire
camp (boys and girls) are divided up into several small groups. We
talked about the part of the armor that we studied that day in more
depth depending on your age category. Biography
was my personal favorite class. I enjoy learning about such
influential people in the Christian faith. Studying
them helps to encourage me to follow their examples and being more
open to God's plan for my life.
Thank
you all so much for your prayers and thoughts. I felt like I was
encouraged in my walk. I had a super cabin and superb counselor. As a
cabin we got into great discussions and truly had a blast. Sorry
that I don't have any pictures but again thank you all very much!
Sounds like you had fun. Glad you got to go, and thanks for telling us all about it! :D
ReplyDeleteLike I said, sorry that it took so long but thanks for reading! Also, thanks for commenting. As I've said many times before it helps me know that at least someone is reading my blog and enjoys it. God bless and thanks again!
DeleteWow, sounds like a great time at Life Camp, Bethany. You had a lot of time for study, socializing and recreating! I'm looking forward to more of your blogs. I love biographies, too. Love learning about other peoples' lives as they are very encouraging to me. Thanks for sharing!!!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Carla
Yes! Thanks for commenting and supporting me! I too am looking forward to sharing with you all!
DeleteIt sounds like you had a great time! I can't wait to read more.
ReplyDeleteThis post reminds me that I still have my last camp post that still needs written up...Yikes! I've gotten way behind.
Me too. I still have a post from the beginning of July I want to post! Thanks for commenting!
DeleteWow! It sounds like a lot of fun!!! I'm so glad you were able to go. Was there people you remembered from other years? Pictures would have been fun also, but do you know what it means since there isn't any? You were having too much fun to take any!
ReplyDeleteHave a fantastic day!
~Mary =D
Yes, there were several girls in my cabin I know who used to be in our homeschool group. Also several others. Yes, it was quite fantastic. I found a few pics of my sister going off the diving board but that's about it! Thanks for commenting!
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