Mission Adventure Camp

Man it has been a long time... Mission Adventure Camp was awesome! 13 kids accepted Christ, 12 said they want to be missionaries and there were 5 other decisions including baptism and reccomitment to living for Christ. Several kids from Hope made decisions! The kids loved the being plummeted into the air by the blob and landing in the lake. They also enjoyed their class times. Abbey can now tell you how to start a fire and a lean to shelter if you are stranded in the forest. She took outdoor survival, which was taught by a man who had spent several years in the military. Emma took archery and got pretty close to a bulls eye. They both took Arts and Crafts with Mrs. Jen and made tie dye shirts, frames, and sand art. Very cool! Our missionaries this year were from China, they were a young family with three kids and did a great job helping the kids to understand what it means to be a missionary. The camp pastor was Amos Albright who is a pastor in Hunington Indiana. He was a great balance to some of our crazy counselors...Jim being the craziest one of all.

One funny thing that happened. Jim took Corbin to tp the girls cabin with the leaf blower. (later that night we used the leaf blower to shoot toilet paper all over the worship center...very cool something we saw when we saw the Blue Man Group one time). When Jim and Corbin finished tping Corbin turned to Jim and said... "Pastor Jim, I think we need to pray and ask God for forgiveness now." So they did. So cute!

We had several wonderful counselors that made the week possible. If you are a parent of the kids that went be sure to say big thank yous to Jen, Tina, Seth, Isaiah, and Jim. They really did do a great job with the kids. We had one man from another church who was 78 years old as a counselor and he said he couldn't wait to come back to be a counselor again next year! Now that is someone who loves the kids!

I'm at the SBC convention in Louisville now and can't seem to hold an internet conection long enough to post pictures, so be sure to look at my FACEBOOK to see MAC pictures!!