Summer Camp

I know it has been forever since I blogged. I'm not going to bore you with all the excuses...I'm just going to catch up.

First on the catch up list is Summer Camp. We went to Summer Camp a couple weeks after we arrived in Virginia. There were some things that were very different than other camps we had been to...and there are some things about Summer Camp that are universal to any camp, any where.

I'm just going to tell you about my favorite moment of camp:

Well, some of our favorite new friends that we've met, are a group of dudes who are college-age who also happen to be in a band together, called Restless Street.   If you are a friend from California, think Brothers at Sea, but with a much larger pre-teen girl fan base. Anyway, they also were counselors at camp, and needless to say, the middle school girls were big fans of this. 

So, my super creative funny husband came up with a challenge for these guys. They each had to choose a middle school boy to become their mini-me and on the last night of camp they had to dress up their mini-me exactly like them and come to dinner together. Let me just say, that they definitely rose to the challenge. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. 

 They were such a hit that night, that they got brought up on stage. We were very proud!

So in conclusion, Summer Camp was great. Although a lot was different that we were used to, it was a great time to get to know all the new faces and actually learn names and get to know students and volunteers better.  AND...a ton of our students learned a lot and made many new commitments to their faith. Can't complain about that!

Here is a picture of all the leaders and middle school students our church brought to camp!