Everybody had quite a good sleep today. It was pretty windy last night and the tent shook quite a bit but apart from that we were all warm and comfy. Over night the tarps fell down and the rain started up. We got up and put the tent back together which was great. After that we got up we had breakfast. Next was the morning meeting.
The meeting was a lot better today. There was a really good speaker from Wellington called Justin who had an awesome testimony. He also made a point of telling everybody that christian life is hard and that sometimes you have to deal with feeling physically separated from God. He also gave us some advice on how to deal with these times in you life.
1. A good diet – Must have a strong relationship with God and not a ‘Coke a cola Jesus’
2. Training – You must reguarly spend time in worship with God.
3. People to help you out – Have people to depend on who can help you through.
4.Loosing altitude – Everybody falls and stumbles but you just need to pick yourself up.
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Next we had lunch and I had a nap. After that we went out on the Hurricane ride which was awesome fun but we felt a bit sick afterwards. When we got back to camp all of the girls were there and they got on the horse. Shortly after we invented what we have now named the playground challange. The best time was by Carlo at 16:25 sec followed closely by Anna at 16:35.
At dinner time we adopted a pet duck which we named Larry. Also we made the boys do the playground challenge on the way to the big top. That night the worship was good and the Youth all seemed to enjoy it. They had a new Speaker challed Chris. I thought that she was good in reaching the Youth but I felt like she opened a whole can of worms with her questions but didn’t seem to answer them. She asked the classic question ‘How can God let bad things happen to good people ?’ but never actually attempted to answer it.
Once we got back to the tent it was pretty cool to see that most of the youth perferred to stay and just talk instead of going out and doing activities. It showed that they really opened up and felt comfortable with each other. I think if anything, that was the most beneficial for our youth right now. I do hope for more but if that is all we gain from this weekend I’ll be more than happy.
We all stayed up late and talked that night and had an awesome time.
Tags: Easter Camp 2008
