I covered over 1600 miles, served at 2 youth camps, spent a weekend with great friends, and generally had a great time!
The first camp was Aldersgate in West Virginia ...
Steamed
The first part of the trip started off rough -- I was boiling - er - the car was boiling, er, uh, both. I had repairs made to my car the week before I left so it would be ready to go the 1600 miles. But something must have gotten bumped ... I ended up with a radiator crack. A patch didn't hold real well, and I left Monday morning with a noticable coolant leak. In addition, my air conditioning (which I had just recharged) all leaked out again. So I was plenty warm with no A/C. I stopped every hour to keep an eye on the coolant level, and generally felt like I hobbled the car to the camp (6 hour drive). The leaking radiator wasn't quite doing its job (especially sitting still in road construction after being on the road 5 hours), so I was running the heater before I made it to the camp to help keep the engine from getting too hot.
Flexibility
To make the trip a bit more complicated, our evangelist had to cancel at the last minute due to his wife developing some health problems. I tried to make some calls to help make arrangements both before and during my trip. I was to be song evangelist, but we had to figure out how to cover the services! We had the KMBC group Set Apart do a full service the first night, then 3 local pastors covered the other nights for us.
The Wheels That Carry Me
I took my car to a shop once I was at the camp (as I now had a week where I would not be driving). I had them replace the radiator, as well as check over everything else really good, as I had noted some other shaking and noises. The cost was more than reasonable (which could be taken more than one way, of course. I mean that they charged me a good $150 more than it would have cost me here), but I was glad to be back on the road with no more worries.
Beautiful Camp in the Hills
We won!! Thanks for all your hard work! Go Reuben!
Aldersgate Camp went great! I served as Song Leader, Counselor, Tribe Leader, and Class Teacher. We had an awesome group of young people (be sure to shout out if you read this!) and my tribe worked hard, and was 1st place! Congratulations tribe of Reuben! We built picnic tables for activities, studied "What does it mean to be a Christian" in class, led vespers (mini-service) and campfire, and had a great time getting to know each other! And who will forget the ultimate -- trying to put our entire team through the electric wire! Kudos to Zach and Seth, who got thrown over a few times too many, and props to everybody's great ideas, from the sticks (rendered against the rules, although we got points for the creativity), to the pole-vaulting (hilarious, but didn't work), to the cheerleading throws, to the just-toss-people-over throws, to handing people through the wire, and finally to the concrete blocks (successful!). It was a blast! I enjoyed having you all on the team.
I got to see and visit with a number of my great friends in WV! I appreciate you all! I enjoyed seeing you.
The tribe of Reuben! I had a blast with you guys!
Aldersgate Senior Camp 2010!
What do you do on a Weekend?
After a meeting on Saturday morning and early afternoon, I visited with a friend of mine for awhile, then headed to Apollo, PA. The car ran fine, with no more problems. I arrived shortly before the Men with Vision meeting, at which I was to give a devotion. Had a good meeting with some wonderful godly gentlemen. I gave a short devotion, and we visited for awhile afterward.
On the way back to where I was staying, I got to watch an amazing display of God's creation! There was a HUGE cloud in the sky, which was having its own lighting show! It looked like a war was going on, or like fireworks were going off. All the lightning appeared to stay within the cloud (not striking the ground), but there was lots of it! There were between 1-3 strikes per second! It went on for about a 1/2 hour. I wish I would have had a video camera.
Sunday, I visited Apollo Faith Chapel for service. I gave a greeting and got to visit with a few folks. Then, I headed across PA to my Aunt and Uncle's house. My cousin and her husband and kids were there also. I got to meet my cousin-in-law for the first time - that was pretty cool! I really enjoyed hanging out and visiting with all of them. You can SO tell that we're related, lol. :-)
To Be Continued ...
Another week of camp coming up next! Be sure to check back!
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