Youth Camp '08

Well, this is only my second blog ever, but it's all good. I just got back from my final youth camp as a camper. It is another chapter in my life that I am going to miss. This year was great. God's presence was felt every night there in service. I felt like I had an conversation with God every single night about situations in my life along with my future. I realized that I haven't been honest with Him and that I needed to let some adversity in my life go. I am going to miss camp services. You can go into one and be completely tired from the day's events, but when it is time to get real with God, you tend to wake up.
During the day, Hendersonville was paired up with Bellshire and Elizabethton First Assemblies to create the Orange team. We competed against the Purple, Pink, and Green teams in gladiator games and other sporting events. We finished in third place when it was all said and done, but coming in first didn't matter to me as much as I thought it would when I first arrived. I don't know about Bellshire and Elizabethton, but I think HSYM came together this past week. This week showed me that this summer is a turning point for this youth group. It is almost like a new beginning because of graduates moving on and more middle schoolers getting involved. God is about to do something powerful in HSYM and I feel it started at Camp Jackson.