There were three activities to choose from on the Friday and Saturday... canoeing, hiking, or the "lazy day" of going to the Othello tunnels and then just hanging out at the beach at Kawkawa Lake.
There was lots of time for other fun and games too:
One of the biggest hits was the "slip and slide" that a couple of our youth came up with. The camp is built on a slope, which was perfect for this! They spent hours on it!
We also used it in a relay-type game of "Ultimate Spoons". Definitely a fun twist to that game! (Going around the crates down the slip and slide, running for a ball, putting an olive in our mouth on the way to popping a balloon for a ribbon inside it and then running up the hill for a spoon!)
I got to spend my birthday up at camp this year. They decorated the dining hall for me... and this was my "breakfast birthday cake" :)
As the intent for this weekend was not only to grow in our relationships with others, but also in our walk with God, we also spent some time in His Word. The theme for the weekend was "Denying the power", which is a little phrase taken from 2 Timothy 3:5, which says that in the last days, there will be people "having a form of godliness but denying its power". The focus was on powerful godliness - what prevents it, and how we can have it. Definitely practical and relevant.
We had a fantastic bunch of youth come out for this - and it was a tonne of fun getting to know them. Of course, something like this can only happen as a team effort... and so again, thanks to those who met with us several times to plan the camp, those who volunteered to chaperone and help out with driving, etc., our fantastic cooks, and our speakers. Camp wouldn't have been the same with out each one of you!
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