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My Favorite Moments from June Camp

ONE OF MY Favorite things about camp:

-Encouraging and empowering the counselors & staff.  I love watching God use people, and at camp it's like God's using steroids because he shows up BIG!!!

Favorite Overall Moment:

-Watching all the counselors pray with their campers on Commitment Night.  (Scores of campers gave the rest of their lives to Jesus Christ for the first time this week at camp and many others recommitted to Jesus affirming that they wanted to continue to live strong for him, and others who had drifted from God asked for forgiveness and came back to him.)

Favorite Funny, yet serious, MOMENT:

-Hearing about one of the campers who, during communion, held the bread in this left hand and when presented with the cup and juice dipped HIS FINGERS into the juice with the other hand....then licked them and ate the bread!  YUP that's what happened!  (guess you had to be there....it was great let me tell you!)

Favorite Quote:

-From a girl who I just blobbed higher than her friend.  "DC you might have blobbed me higher because I farted on the way up!"

Favorite GSM Staff Team Moment: 

-Hanging out last night after the week was done just sitting around a table talking.  Eating meals together.  Worshipping together.  Jumping off the high dive while the whole camp cheers together...every moment we get together i love...(Clearly I made up this Favorite category just so I could talk about my team.  It's good working with people you like, but it's GREAT working with people you love.  Thanks team for loving each other well.)

Favorite Disciplinary Moment:

-Telling a camper "run for his life" because he touched our Boxer Dog Gino and the bears were coming to get him....the funny thing is he actually ran away belly laughing.  (One of the rules, for safety, is no petting Gino)

Favorite Fatigue Moment: 

- "....right now...I'm toast! haha"  Nah really it was when I tripped and almost fell on the way back to my cabin because I couldn't seem to pick my feet up over the pebbles I was walking on.  Unfortunately no one saw me because it was 2 a.m. and everyone was sleep.  Note to self: Don't take a walk to relax if you're already THAT tired....go to bed!

Favorite Photo:

-Counselor Ty Robbins surfing down a 200ft steep downhill slip and slide STANDING UP!  Photo taken by Mark Beeson! 

Favorite John Moment: 

-See him in all his glory that is known as Camp Beautiful.

Favorite Seth Moment:

-Dance party last night, on stage, front and center with movies I didn't even know were legal in the state of Indiana.

Favorite Jeff Moment:

-uuuuum many! But listening to him slip into various movie character roles during Mail Call.  "CHARLIE MURPHYYYYYYY"  (Yep, he said that! That's why I love him)

Favorite Katie Moment:

-Dance party last night, gettin' her groove on to the cha-cha slide.

Favorite Steph Moment:

-watching her GO NUTZ and flail in her cabin because she had some little visitors  Favorite Pastor Beeson Moment: -Hearing him yell out "watch your eyes children" as Jeff HURRRRRLED envelopes into the crowd attempting to throw them to campers during Mail Call.  SOOO FUNNY!