Besides the teaching times, there many activities that most of these kids would never have an opportunity to do otherwise. Archery, a water slide, bikes, low ropes, pontoon boat rides, canoeing, fishing, go carts, and the challenge course are just some of the few things we were able to do. My cabin even got to camp out in the woods one night! (A first for many of the guys.)
The week's theme was "Long Live the King"; we had medieval-esque teams formed by the cabins, as well as the evening games and activities.
God really provided a neat group of guys in the cabin that I was co-counselor of along with David Wesner (shout out to you, brother!). We had the oldest age range, mostly 14 year olds, with one camper who was fifteen. A huge blessing was that we had next to no discipline issues! Thank you for your prayers!! It was incredible to be able to really focus on the teaching and talking about it with the campers instead of having to constantly be correcting behavior. I had several good conversations throughout the week, including sharing the Gospel outside of the teaching and small group time. Something that I really was taught that week, (and am being reaffirmed in another part of life right now) is that it is not up to us to who we are to share the Gospel with, based on those that we think will or won't accept it. It's not our work that saves them, but by Jesus alone! Praise God! Often, those we think the most unlikely to even being open to talking about such matters are just waiting for us to start talking to them.
Katie also had many opportunities to share the Gospel with the girls in her cabin, and was used by God in a situation that was very serious, but by God's grace, all turned out fine. Please pray for Nikki, that camper who has had some extremely hard events in her life (as many of these kids have), and desperately needs Christ in her life.
After returning to Indy, the next few days were a joyous time spent visiting family and friends. We'd like to thank everyone who was a part of our time back in the Midwest: Aaron and Debbye, Abells (thank you again so much for doing the stanky camp laundry... such a gift!), Maakestads, Amy, Peter and Becki, Barges, Weavers (thank you for hosting the get-together!), Tom and Christine (I dream of that amazing lunch now! AHHH!), Troy, and everyone else not above mentioned.
This Wednesday, Katie, Luke, Grandpa and Grandma Paige, Chris Grieggo (a family friend who also happened to be flying out), and I flew out of the Indy airport for "the Springs". We arrived without event, and are unpacked and getting used to family life again. Thank you so much for your prayers during this trip; it was so good to see God working around the country. I think that's about it, so, farewell for now!
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