Still Sore From Camp

This past weekend we had our annual winter camp retreat. We headed to Sunshine Cove Christian camp in Union MI with 31 campers, 9 counselors, and a dining hall/kitchen crew composed of 3 high school students. The weather in southwest Michigan was perfect for the weekend! We had roughly 6 inches of snow on the ground and sunshine.

Our theme for the weekend was "Real Love" taken from 1 John 3:16-18. We talked about the amazing, sacrificial, selfless love of Jesus, and how we can demonstrate and display this same type of love to others. The kids really grasped the chapel lessons, and we had great discussions during our break-out times. Even this week during programs they have made statements connecting what we have read for tutoring back to the topic of the weekend.

The schedule was so full of activities that one of our students stayed home from school on Monday due to "soreness." Her first day back at our after school program she requested that we pray that her "soreness from camp would go away." We played indoor games, snow football, broomball on the ice, and went ski-tubing on two different slopes with varying degrees of steepness. We consumed large amounts of Ms. Rhonda's famous cooking and many cups of hot chocolate.

We concluded the weekend with a Sunday worship service at First Baptist Church of Elkhart IN. Pete's dad is the pastor there. They were very generous to us all weekend! They provided us with bus transportation to and from camp, and also had a "pizza buffet" lunch for us after the Sunday service. We are very grateful for all of their assistance over the course of the weekend!

Our kids are already looking forward to summer camp, and they are our best recruiters!