9/20/08

Summer Fiesta - 2008

Camp Memories of Fiesta!

Excited About Camp

Over 30 students including Big and Little Buddies joined together the first week of August for our annual Day Camp at the Schulz home in Bend. We spent the week learning about what God has in store for us this year - enjoying and exploring all kinds of things from Mexican food, music, and stories. Each of our 5 small groups took on destination resort names from Cancun to Puerto Vallerta!

The Cancun group started off the week sharing ideas about taking care of God's creation. Our "go green" team taught us about recycling and living simply to help preserve the earth for the next generations to come. The Playa del Carmen team taught us about the ways we can serve God by serving others - at home, at school and in our community. A highlight of the week came when playing our "trust game" being led blindfolded around the ranch by our partners... as we learned to lean on one another for support and friendship!

Mazatlan members helped us to understand ways of facing challenges and overcoming the fear of facing change. Campers had a blast as they tuned up their "slip 'n slide" skills during game time.



Puerto Vallerta teammates helped us to understand ways we can turned changes into opportunities while Cabo San Lucas campers helped to show us how we can be excited about growing spiritually.

From our opening welcome chat on "the bridge" to our closing songs around the campfire - we experienced God's love in ways we couldn't have known in advanced.