The Sabbath is an oasis from life, from the world, from chaos, from hatred and sin. The Sabbath is a blessing that God gave us. No matter where you are or who you are or what you do for a living, you can keep the Sabbath. You can take a break from the world and rest from the normal routines that you go through. It's a chance to be together with others who do the same. Fellowship is such an important element to any relationship. If we never take the time to have ...

Compass check was later followed by Orienteering. coincidence? I think not. In orienteering you have to first know how the compass works. Then you have to know where you want to go. You plot your course and then you follow the directions to get there. It was interesting watching the campers try to work out what to do and what not to do. We played a game where each team wrote one letter of a five letter word on a piece of paper and then wrote coordinates to a poin...

Campers are often faced with challenging situations. Some of them involve receiving help from others. This activity was one of those for many of the campers. It was interesting to see which ones actually held their hand out or received one from a friend, and which ones just decided to struggle on even when a friend was so close. Unlikely teams were formed. One young camper had it in his mind that his good friend would be his partner even though he was probably ti...

The middle of a week is always interesting. It's the day when we really start to feel the rhythm of the week. The fast pace and surprise of Monday is long gone and things start to feel more comfortable. At camp out its at this point that t here are usually potential problems. Things continued on smoothly overall. We had rain again in the morning, and started the pattern of combining first thing for Compass Check. The theme of the week followed the same theme as t...

The day been early with rain waking us before many others were up. The cloudy morning made for comfortable weather for climbing rock walls and building trust on the low ropes course. As the sunshine appeared and the clouds broke up and spread out, we headed out past the camp gates to where a zip line hung high above the bushes surrounding a small pond. The seniors flew through the air first while the juniors played in the mud. Then we switched. The mud was of the...