Summer Camp '06 EPIC

So I just got back from our summer camp. What a great week. Our speaker was great, the band was great, the weather was hot but not dealy hot, I lost five pounds, a great way to boost up you diet, I have broken the 260 barrier, the kids bonded in ways that really surprised me, and the food was actually really good (bigger surprise.) All in all, it was great fun. I was in charge of the river tubing activity which was the only off-site activity this year. I wish I could say that it was smooth and flawless, but alas no such luck. The river was just plain slow, and what I was told was a 20-30 minute ride was actually an hour and fifteen. So that was a bummer because we just didn't have enough time to get all 300 kids down the river. If we had one more day like we usually do then that would have been different. Or iif we had used the small group time everyday to run down the river, and then have the groups who went do their small group when they got back. That was a solution that I never really thought of so I'll take the blame for that. I really learned this week that God is in control and not me, he's in control of the river, as well as the faith progress that our students make. I honestly think that each student made some progress over the week. i brought 6 students from our ministry and they all grew. I have been at Northgate (now Creekside) for 1.5 years. (Now since we have officially changed our name do I have to start counting over?) And all of these students have grown so much since we first started. It's amazing what prayer, time and energy can do in a student's life. I wish I would have had more time to hang out with our group, but I was away with the tubing group a lot. Next year I don't know if I will be involved in that level of leadership, but if I am I am definitely going to delegate out the days better so at most I would only have one day away from my group. All in all it was a great camp. Check out some pictures over in my sidebar