Camp Update 4

Yesterday we finished our week of Junior Camp. We had a really fun week and enjoyed the young campers. One of the staff wives reminded us of the importance of decisions made when children are young. It is exciting to see the Lord change the heart of a child and witness the childlike faith that the Bible talks about. We praise the Lord for several children who were saved or made assurance of salvation. Matt reminded the counselors to be very sensitive about not pushing decisions, and it was a blessing to see the Lord work in the young hearts throughout the week.

Junior camp always brings interesting events to the campsite--lots of visits to the nurse for scrapes and bruises, although most of the time a band-aid will do the trick. And there is home sickness--it runs rampant through most of the girls' cabins. And then a lot of fun--laughter and silly antics all the time. It was nice to have a group of kids that didn't need to be entertained all the time simply because they could entertain themselves on their own. Of course, the counselors loved the nap time and will miss that immensely during our last week of teen camp which begins on Monday.

Matt, Sarah and I drove to Phoenix yesterday to drop off someone at the airport. Benton did pretty well in the car. He has discovered his voice and wants everyone else to know that he has discovered it as well. He would decide to chat (more like a friendly scream) every thirty minutes or so at length with Sarah in the back seat of the truck. It was really funny, but at hour 6 I think he decided that he had had enough. Thankfully we were just 10 minutes from our stop. He welcomed a trip out of the car seat and was just fine once he was able to wiggle around.  We will stop every 3-4 hours on our trip to Canada, so hopefully he will not fall apart too often. 

We have enjoyed a little rest over this weekend and are excited about the last week of camp in AZ before heading to Canada!