{can't believe its taken me a almost a month to finally post this!}
This year was the biggest family camp yet, with around 250 people in attendance!
God once again just moved way beyond what we could have imagined. The week was full of testimonies and times of healing and strengthening for every family present.
It was an amazing thing to be there and to be a part of it all.
Everyone said it definitely was the best year yet. =)
(below-pictures from the week, posted in random order)
Families were put into groups of 5-6 families per group.
Each group was given a tool from "the old days".
(dad had gotten these tools from a friend of ours who collects antiques)
Dad told each group what the tool used to be used for.
Then one person from the group told the true meaning of the tool, while three others made up stories of what the tool was used for.
Everyone else had to guess which of the four stories were true.
It was hilarious. We found out that we had some amazing, um "story-tellers", in our midst. =)
Above, Josh shares on of the "made up" descriptions. He had everyone in stitches by the time he was done!
Dad led/organized the chapel hour each morning, as well as the father/son times.
little girls coloring during the mother/daughter session.
One afternoon I (along with a friend) taught a workshop on remaking clothing.
Josh, preparing to jump off the top deck, onto the blob
If you haven't ever experienced "the blob", well then, you should come to camp. =)
it is a great invention-basically a big ballon type thing. One person sits on the one end and another person jumps unto the other end, sending person #1 flying into the air and eventually into the water. =)
panel discussion with some ladies during the mother/daughter time
the great, the marvelous, the exhilerating...SPEED VOLLEYBALL!!
{some of us may or may not have played til 4:30am one morning =)}
waiting for rescue!
mitchell saves the day by getting through enemy lines and bringing back a trophy!
The theme this year was "The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom".
Our theme passage was Psalm 111:10-112:3,
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do His commandments: His praise endureth forever. Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in His commandments.His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. Wealth and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness endureth forever."
Dad, giving instructions
But being the little fish that they are, they just couldn't stay out of the water!
So they jumped in anyway, fully dressed..
Allison & Joshua, watching the activities
This situation looks bad, but it was actually pretty funny.
Denver had a little miscommunication with his paddler guy and their kyak got stuck under one of the water slides. Denver was sandwiches in between the slide and the boat.
{from his expression, it looks like he is hurt, but really he wasn't-he was frustrated and trying to explain to everyone why he didn't win =)}
the misses Sarah Edwards (Hannah)
& Annabelle Rose Wicks (Allison)
interuppted the mother/daughter sessions each morning, bringing laughter & fun as
a news broadcast duo from TLC, which stands for...
well, Miss Sarah Edwards said it stood for "True Life Counsel"
BUT
MIss Annabelle Rose Wicks was SURE that it was much more appropriately
"The Love Crisis".
{smile}
They were MOST entertaining.
I was in heaven. =)
the last night Mitchell invited all the young people to the dining lounge for a time of sharing, prayer, and worship. It lasted several hours and was definitely one of my highlights of the week! Its so amazing to come together with other young people like this and to push each other deeper into truth and knowledge of God and His Word. It was awesome!
there was special music every night. On the last night our family sang.
And I'll end with the slideshow, in case anyone is interested in seeing all 500+ pictures. =)
:::::::::::::::::::::::
{posted by chelsy}
7th Annual Family Camp || Recap
Rating: 100% based on 975 ratings. 91 user reviews.
Rating: 100% based on 975 ratings. 91 user reviews.
No comments:
Post a Comment