Camp Favorite Things

NIght 2 Camp Pictures

Anna helping lead camp in worship by reading scripture.

The best water slide EVER! The girls LOVE it!

Missions Rotation learning how wells are built in Ethiopia.

More well digging...

Helen and her friend, Alexis, seeing what it's like to carry water from the well to their home.


Sydney getting excited for the Ethopian Night Market!


Caroline was trying to catch lightening bugs.

Caroline and Sydney dancing on the way to the night market.


Sydney attempting to try Ethiopian Coffee.

Learning about Ethiopian culture.

Night 2 of Camp

This afternoon campers began their rotations of missions activities, swimming, and campers choice which varied from cooking, basketball, drama, and canoeing. This week our camp offering is going to an organization called Water if Life. This organization helps drill wells in Ethiopia to bring clean water to places that don't have access to water. During missions rotations the campers are learning about what it is like without clean water and how they drill wells.

Tonight after worship we had our second night party, the Ethiopian Night Market. During the market the children went on a scavenger hunt, meeting different "natives" from Ethiopian who taught the campers about their culture. The girls had a blast as they learned about how others in the world live.

More pictures to come soon...

Day 2: Morning

Our began with morning celebration where all the campers play silly games, sing songs, and hear announcements for the day. After morning celebration the campers divided up in their Bible Study groups for recreation and Bible Study.

Today's verse of the day is John 10:27, "My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me." Today the campers are learning about following God, and how the more we trust God the easier it is to follow.

Here are a few pictures from morning celebration, bible study, and recreation.

First Time at Camp!

Night One: Worship & Toe Jam Rec Party!

This evening the campers enjoyed worship outside in God's creation as they were challenged to give their worries over to God and trust in God, even when life gets tough. After worship I told the girls that we were going to do something that was messy, dirty, wet, and fun! One of the girls said that was the best thing I had said all day! The Toe Jam Rec party was tonight after worship. It was full of messy and wet relay games. The girls had fun as their Bible studies competed in the games and a cheer competition. Enjoy the pictures from the blast that was the the first night of camp!

Our group of fabulous girls


Worship Night One:

Toe Jam Rec Party:

As you can tell, fun is being had by all!

PASSPORTkids! Camp Day One

Early this morning 9 girls, one brave chaperone, and I packed the church bus and headed to Crossville, TN for 4 days of PASSPORTkids! Camp! After a four hour drive of singing along to Radio Disney and every Justin Bieber song on our iPods, we made it safely to camp.

Once the girls unpacked their things and got their bunk beds set up we headed to the pool for a short swim to escape the heat (and enjoy the AWESOME water slide!). The campers just got finished meeting their new Bible Study groups that they will be with each day and have a few minutes of down time before we have to get ready for our first worship session.

Today's theme is trust. In their Bible study groups they began talking about trusting each other and God and the things or worries that get in the way of letting go and fully trusting God. Our focus verse for the day is Matthew 6:34a "Don't worry about tomorrow. It will take care of itself." (CEV)

After worship tonight we will have our first night party. Tonight's party is the Toe Jam Rec Party! The kids will participate in fun, wet, and messy games. While some of the girls are worried about messing up their hair, most are excited for the fun times ahead!!

Our theme for the week is "Barefoot" based on the verse Romans 10:15b "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" Before we left for came we were instructed to take a picture of our feet doing something. Below is the picture that the girls came up with.

"We use our feet to serve God by Stepping Out on Faith!"