Well, my camera is busted, so I’ve been late in giving a report on how camp went. It was spectacular. We baptized 4 kids on Friday night, including one boy from our cabin. That was the highlight, the rest is just filler.
I was a cabin dad, played in the worship band, talked at campfire one night, led a small group twice a day, played the role of a human pinata on the water basketball court every day, bruised my entire body on the slip and slide, had egg in my face, went head first into the mud pit during tug-of-war, was entirely covered with shaving cream during the shaving cream battle, scored a record for the most straws ever collected as a “natural disaster” in the Foxes and Frogs game, played some vicious Pong with Joe from Minerva, Ohio, ate pretty well, whitewater rafted down the river about 7 or 8 times, learned a magician’s card trick, never got found during the faculty hunt, and helped take care of Samantha whenever I got the chance.
Michiana is a great camp and I look forward to going back next summer. The dean, Rob Schwarz, is a great guy. And the other faculty members were great also. I made a few new friends, as always (what’s up Jerry?) and hopefully made a difference to a few kids during the week. I did my best anyway.
I might be involved with their wilderness camping program in some aspect next year, though, instead of Jr. High 1. We will see what the future holds!
If I ever get my camera fixed I’ll try to remember to come back and post some pics of the week here….
