Thursday, April 30, 2009

Camp Hebron...teen retreat


This is my cabin...I had 7 young ladies in this cabin. Tyler hanging out...
Let the fun begin...John showing off his tumbling abilities....nearly gave me a heart attack!!

Andrew competing with John...
Seth and Josh waiting for supper to be done.
My brother in law, Justin, cooking the hamburgers and hot dogs.
Richard and Grant bonding!

Andrew, John, Indy and Richard...part of the "Man Club" they created. haha

Each teen had an envelope to receive encouraging notes throughout the weekend. They loved reading them all at the end of the weekend.
Dodge Ball....OUCH...that's about I'll I can say.
Indy showing off his beat boxing talent.
Pastor Gary, from Selinsgrove Naz, challenging Indy in beat boxing.
The teens getting ready to play capture the flag(mission orders).
The "jail" for capture the orders.
Some of the teens trying to find their mission orders.

John doing part of his mission orders. He still was able to run a straight line...after spinning 10 times.
Our group of teens...they are amazing! Great time!
The dining hall...the food was actually good.
We arrived on Friday evening to Camp Hebron in Halifax, PA. We all unloaded our stuff, registered, unpacked and got ready for supper and the evening mission and service. This year's theme was "007 Agents of Christ". Throughout the weekend each team had missions they had to complete...finding Bible verses, searching for clues, memorizing verses, etc.. The teens all had a positive attitude and we all had alot of fun. The speaker was Pastor Brian from Manheim, Pa. He did a great job of inspiring the teens and challenging them to grow in their relationship with Christ.
My cabin remained relatively calm...no pranks played on me!! haha I was prepared and ready to retaliate if needed! haha I did manage to get poison oak over the weekend. I never even thought about that possibility, because in 34 years...I've never had any kind of poison. I guess my time was due, because I've got it good. I guess it's making up for all the years I didn't have it! :(
We had many teens come to Christ and rededicate their lives to Christ. It was awesome. We came back to Mifflinburg Sunday afternoon. Revival at our church started Sunday morning. We had many teens show up for the evening service, even though they were exhausted from the weekend. The evangelist was Dr. Chick Shaver. He preached on sanctification on Sunday night. We had 2 teens go up to the altar during that service and many more throughout revival week.
Pray that God will continue working in the lives of these young men and ladies. They really need our prayers and dedication in their lives. They are an awesome group of teens! I really enjoy being one of their leaders.

1 comment:

Greg & Stephanie said...

That looks like so much fun! Glad you were able to have such a great ministry opportunity. Sorry you had to end up with the skin poison! Take care - talk to ya soon!