Game On!

July 7th, 2010.

So we left the church around 8:30am on Monday morning with 13 students and 3 leaders. It seemed like a long trip especially with the "I have to go to the bathroom" comments tagged with the "Is it time to eat yet?" questions. We pulled into the camp @ Rock Mountain Bible Camp just 30 minutes north of Scranton, PA, and it was on!

Our students went on a scavenger hunt after getting settled into their cabins to get acclimated with the camp setting where they saw the lake, the pool, the rec room, the all important dining room, and soccer field. It was great to see our guys and girls walking around and doing stuff together in their free time leading up to dinner.

I think our kids were blown away with the service. We started off with some screaming for our team (DC Comics), followed by some incredibly loud and awesome worship from Scott Kemper and his band, mixed with video and lighting that was off the charts! Our students were up front with a big crowd of the majority of the camp jumping up and down singing along. They sang and jumped so much that the floor was bouncing up and down! I'm not gonna lie, it smelled like some serious body odor when they went back to their seats!

Our speaker, Mike Haley introduced the camp to the greatest Hero of all time, Jesus. He shared how he prayed a prayer when he was 5 because other people were doing the same thing. It wasn't until he was 14 that he understood what accepting what Jesus did meant, and gave his heart to Christ. Our students really connected with this part of the message, as we had some great conversations in the cabins later about this very point.

The game for the night was Capture the Flag in the dark, separating the teams with glow sticks. Then the rain came. The whole camp was so pumped up to play capture the flag in the rain! It was seriously one of the coolest, funniest things I've seen. I walked out to see glow sticks all over this open field, slipping and falling and all you could hear was rain and laughter! What a great time!

We closed the night with some in-cabin discussions and wrap ups from the day which was probably my favorite part of the day. We have some great guys and girls that we brought from our church.

My camp duties put me in bed around 2:30 am. Woke up at 6:00 am to get a 3 mile run in, had counselor meeting with all of our leaders, and ready to start the new day! Make sure to check in later for some updates of how the day is going! Thanks for stopping in!

Ron Foster