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!
