Back From Camp!!
It was a fun week. Lots of hard work, but it was well worth it! I have to say that one of my favorite memories from the week was watching all the kids worship during Bible time. There was much dancing and singing and a lot of joy on their faces. We taught them a few new songs this year...some of which were "adult" worship songs...but they got so into them. It was truly beautiful.
One of the biggest hits this year in terms of songs was "Put A Little Love in Your Heart" and it was so beautiful to see the kids walking around camp singing "we want the world to know, we won't let hatred grow...put a little love in your heart". And we also had the classic "kids" songs such as "Our God is A Great Big God". It was funny because my friend Rob who was choosing and playing the music for the camp said to me that he had been going through all this different music, trying to choose songs for camp, and noticed that the "adult" and "kid" type worship songs were fundamentally the same. It was something that made me take notice of the words of the songs that the kids sing. Yeah...they are kids songs, but the words are just as effective and as important to an adult as to a kid, they just happen to be a bit more fun!
I learned a lot this year at camp. From other staff, from the kids, from nature, from different ways that God was showing himself to me. One of the best things was this one day when I was feeling a little stressed and a little bit sad, we were watching a movie with the kids and one of my squad kids walked by and gave me a big hug around my neck from behind me and said..."we really love you Heather" and I really felt that God was reassuring me of His love through one of His children. It was beautiful.
Another really beautiful thing at camp was this one little boy who decided that he wanted to make butterfly wings and antennas in craft time. He wore them for the whole rest of the camp. It was so adorable. Kids just bring so much joy to the world!
There are so many more stories that I could write, but I'm so tired and exhausted and must get some rest!
One of the biggest hits this year in terms of songs was "Put A Little Love in Your Heart" and it was so beautiful to see the kids walking around camp singing "we want the world to know, we won't let hatred grow...put a little love in your heart". And we also had the classic "kids" songs such as "Our God is A Great Big God". It was funny because my friend Rob who was choosing and playing the music for the camp said to me that he had been going through all this different music, trying to choose songs for camp, and noticed that the "adult" and "kid" type worship songs were fundamentally the same. It was something that made me take notice of the words of the songs that the kids sing. Yeah...they are kids songs, but the words are just as effective and as important to an adult as to a kid, they just happen to be a bit more fun!
I learned a lot this year at camp. From other staff, from the kids, from nature, from different ways that God was showing himself to me. One of the best things was this one day when I was feeling a little stressed and a little bit sad, we were watching a movie with the kids and one of my squad kids walked by and gave me a big hug around my neck from behind me and said..."we really love you Heather" and I really felt that God was reassuring me of His love through one of His children. It was beautiful.
Another really beautiful thing at camp was this one little boy who decided that he wanted to make butterfly wings and antennas in craft time. He wore them for the whole rest of the camp. It was so adorable. Kids just bring so much joy to the world!
There are so many more stories that I could write, but I'm so tired and exhausted and must get some rest!
