His Kids Camp - Week 1

Our first week of His Kids Camp started on Wednesday night. For those of you who don’t know what His Kids Camp is, I will explain. It is a camp for people with special needs. They have a staff member buddy and do many activities and we share the love of God. We met our buddies and had supper and a message time with them. Thursday and Friday were similar in schedule. We had Chapel on Thursday and Friday and heard great messages. We played a few different games in our groups and did crafts. After lunch we had nap time for a few hours then headed to get a snack at Trading Post. Then there was time for the campers to go swimming, boating, play games or just watch others both afternoons. We had a hayrack ride to the waterfront area and back. Campers seem to love this and I enjoy it myself. :) Thursday night we had a dance and watched Finding Nemo. At the dance we did square dancing, the chicken dance, the YMCA, the bunny hop, Hokey Pokey and a few other fun dances. Friday night we had a talent show. There was a variety of talents that were shown in this show. Some campers sang and others danced. A few did their own unique things. Including making meowing sounds and putt putt golfing. It was very entertaining and fun to watch.

My buddy’s name was Lori. She was really fun to hang out with and be around. I would tell her people’s names and the schedule and many other random things and she had a pretty good memory about almost all of the things I told her. She liked to color and participated in many activities. At the talent show she sang Jesus Loves Me. There were many memorable moments with Lori, but too many to tell. So I will just tell of my favorite moments. She woke up early the last day and was ready by about 6 am. She was packing things up for about an hour because the rest of us were still sleeping. We got out of bed at around 7 to start getting ready and she kept telling us to hurry and that we were being slow pokes. I had a great time with her and can’t wait until the next camp.

Lori and I

~ I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. - Philippians 1:3-6