Youth camp - pictures

Before camp began, we surrounded the campgrounds with banners, declaring the place as belonging to the Lord.

Every morning began with a Bible study. Here I am teaching...I was a counselor for a group of ten 13-15 year olds.

A good friend came to visit and we sang together - Mark Schultz's "Remember Me." This was during one of the evening services.

Cheer dance competition! Every afternoon we (in four random groups) played games. In our counseling groups, we also participated in a singing competition and a spiritual cheer competition. It was definitely..interesting, to say the least.

Our bonfire on the last night....Before the bonfire some campers and leaders reenacted the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal.

With my and another counseling group - this was our group for the singing/cheer competitions.

Water baptism in the South China Sea took place on the last afternoon. Around 15 kids were baptized.

Every evening we of course had a service and praise and worship. We had a guest speaker from another church in Laoag come and speak for three nights -- wonderful teaching, but I could only understand some of what he said because he preached in Tagalog and I speak Ilokano. (Tagalog is a language, Ilokano a dialect, for those of you who don't know.)

And of course, we had lots of time to just have fun! Here we are on the beach before going to take a swim.

So much to do, so little time!

Well, I made it through one week of camp -- one more to go!

Last week was the CMMP annual summer kids' camp. It's basically VBS in a camp setting. I taught one of the classes (12 years old). I definitely enjoyed myself, but it was an exhausting week. We stayed at CMMP's campground property in Gabu, a small town/village/whatever-you-want-to-call-it about 35 minutes outside of central Laoag and located right on the South China Sea. We all slept in tents and spent our week singing, playing games, learning, swimming, and getting pretty sandy. I don't think I got all of the sand off of me until I got home and took a bath.

Camp was for sure an overall success. I know the kids (and the staff!) had a great time. Many children were exposed to the Word for the first time, and on our last night of camp several of them accepted Christ. Praise God!

Agenda for this week: Leaving in a few hours for youth camp. Same type of setup, but totally different atmosphere. Hopefully my camera batteries cooperate and I'll have some pictures for you! (I'm serving as a camp counselor, praise and worship leader, and learning-new-songs instructor this week.) Keep us all in your prayers!

In Him,k

P.S. I don't know if you did or did not receive my email, but I still have many expenses to make and my funds for the rest of the year are running pretty low. I would appreciate any help you are able to offer me financially -- even $10.00 will help. If you'd like more information on my needs or where to send your checks, please email me at icekater19@yahoo.com. If you are not able to help me financially, I always appreciate and solicit your prayers. All my love --

Theme Thursday (late): Style

I'm posting this week's Theme Thursday a few days late, as I had a hair crisis and didn't want to post this picture until it was solved.

Style. How perfect, seeing as I just got my hair cut! Here's my new "style."