It is a beautiful morning here at camp. The sky is clear, the sun is out! What a great way to start the last day. Wish you had been here last night but I will get to that later! First, I will pick up with the message of yesterday morning. Dave Owen, one of the pastors of Providence, spoke on the calling we have as God’s chosen to share the good news with others. The students were challenged to become driven to share the good news with those they live around, at school, their neighbors, team members and ultimately the world! Students went to family groups to further talk about this and then off to recreation where the middle schoolers went to the Big Fris game and the high schoolers went to the relay games I described from the day before. Couldn’t get Big Fris pictures but there are many of the high school relays. Check them out below. Then off to lunch which was tacos (I told you that yesterday, sorry) Then seminars again with the pastors and counselors on a variety of topics. Each student got to pick two – so ask your child what they were and what he learned.
After seminars was free time where many things happened – blobbing, swimming, water basketball, tubing, the finals in the basketball tourney happened – ask your student if they played in the tourney. I did and lost in the quarter finals – bummer! I got to talk to one student during this time that struggles with being regretful over the past and fearful over the future. We talked about how God has all of that under His wing and this student had decided that he should concentrate on today and not the past or the future….a good lesson for us all.
After free time was dinner, lasagne, salad, cake, veggies, fruit – you can eat them in what ever order you want or mix them up if you want! Then back to worship and teaching where Pete spoke on how we were created as a masterpiece by God long before we even were a twinkle in our parent’s eyes. He created us and has purpose for us. He desires for us to understand how fearfully and wonderfully made we are and to live in Christ’s image as we walk and breathe and move each day. Not just on Sundays or at Bible study but everyday! Wish you could have been here – the worship was heavenly. Wish you could taste and see your students as they experience this and please pray that they can not only experience it here but bring it home. Ask about the family group flags and the neat wall mural that was unveiled during worship behind the flags!
After worship, teaching and then another family group meeting, it was time for the Hawaiian 4th of July! Because our luao got rained out, we combined the two and had an amazingly fun night of dancing and dunking counselors and staff in the dunking booth and jumping on inflatables and eating snow comes, cotton candy, popcorn, hotdogs and luao fruit (pineapples, watermelon, cantelope, grapes)!
We finished the night with fireworks! What an amazing night! Pray for us as we have our last day! Pray for spiritual growth, protection from injuries, life decisions to be made today that will influence the world for Christ, fun to be had, etc.
Thank God for the Chris and Miriam Gardner, who are the camp directors, and have done an amazing job planning and putting their lives and hearts into this week for your students! They are truly amazing! Have a wonderful day and enjoy the many pictures!
by Heather
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