How was camp?

I love that this picture cannot even begin to describe the action that took place on the lake and beach last weekend. There were moments when every single boat was launched with 2 or 3 5th graders in it. There was another moment when there wasn't a place to stand while we waited to see which teams cardboard boat would survive the longest (a one point a team boat held all 200 lbs of me!)

I do have pictures of all these exciting thing but I wanted to use a picture that often isn't used to describe our weekend retreat. One challenge that Chad issued to these soon to be 6th graders was to take the things that they learned home. Not the retreat "high" that everyone leaves with. But to take home the understanding that we need our lives cleaned out of all the junk in our lives and the only person that can do that is Jesus. Then Jesus hands us back the key of our life to live like he wants us to. The best way to live our lives for Jesus is to "do something" rather than "do nothing." God gives us endless opportunities to do something that we have to choose to use.

That's why my prayer is that these students grab hold to the idea that Rock Mountain is just a camp. God was there and they knew it. We often sense God greater when we spend extended time focused on him. But God is also at their home and school and everywhere they go.

Thus the picture. It is only a beach. Nothing spectacular. We had fun. But we travel on our journey more when we make progress in everyday life.