NOTE: If you are just looking for the pick-up instructions please scroll to the bottom of this post.
Then the day was filled with the last day of rec activities and family group bible studies. Our students did several team building activities during rec time that they all seemed to really enjoy, despite the (yet again) blazing temperatures. It makes it easier to continually remind students to drink water when a camp staff member passed out from dehydration during morning celebration. Thankfully he was just fine! But it does really put the importance into perspective.
I could tell at lunch today that the students were done with camp food. It is hard to do a full week of the stuff, even when the food has been as good with as many options as UTA provided.
During free time the campus was a lot more open. There were several churches that went to play in a dodgeball tournament at Cowboys Stadium that would have cost us extra per student, but our kids didn't care, because that meant fun indoor activities like pool, bowling, billiards, ping pong, air hockey, and fooseball were all wide open. It was the first time this week I felt like the students didn't want free time to end. A lot of unity made and friendships strengthened.
Worship tonight was again just awesome and incredibly challenging. God really used Aaron Ivey to lead us into His presence and I saw many of our students actively participating in worship in ways that they had never been comfortable doing before. I hope they bring that back to EVC and it really starts a fire with congregation there. How cool would that be?!?
Jeff Mangum talked tonight about what it means to remain a devoted follower of Christ in the midst of the storms that life throws our way. One thing that I have absolutely loved about Jeff is the way he doesn't dumb down things for students. He engages them as just as important and intelligent as adults, and it grabs their attention. That means a lot to me because that is the same philosophy I have. The last thing I want is for a camp pastor to baby these students, I want them to be challenged!
We ended the night with our church group time. We took communion together and I really challenged the students to remember what God had done for them with Jesus on the cross and how that made this entire week possible. That is why we are devoted. It was a great way to wrap up our last church group meeting.
I just want to say, and I've said it a lot. This is a great group! I could not be prouder. Looking and listening to some of these other students (not all of them, but a select few) it makes me really realize how lucky I am to have such a respectful, funny, kind-hearted group of guys and girls. It just makes my heart swell with joy and pride.
Pick-up Procedure:
Our pick up plans have changed a little. The check out procedure was not clearly defined by the camp until this evening so I had to shuffle our plans. Pick up will still be at 10:00am, but the location is slightly different. If you dropped your student off then you are aware of where we will be picking up. At the parking lot next to the two dorms the students are staying in.
Our morning session ends at 10:00am, so know that if you arrive at exactly 10:00am that we might not be there yet, but we will be there soon, so just hold tight. I will have my cell phone on me so if you have any questions, feel free to call me or send me a text.
If you are not going to UTA to pick your son or daughter up then please be at EVC around 10:45am to pick them up.
Again if you have any questions please let me know, send me an e-mail, a text message, or call me. I will get it!
Thanks!
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