Camp Allendale

Kayla and I just got back from our first experience at church camp, and she is so excited to go for a full week next year!  The weather was perfect, so that made it even better.

We were there with about 20 rising 2nd graders and their moms or dads. The 1-night camp started about 2pm on Friday and lasted through about 6pm on Saturday.  It was just enough time for me to know that this is an excellent camp and awesome opportunity for Kayla...and for me to know that it is not my calling to stay for the week-long sessions that are available starting in 3rd grade!

I had no idea that the camp was so large, had been around for decades, and that it had so many amazing activities to offer. Check it out here: 

www.camp-allendale.org

Kayla went swimming in a pool with water slides (now that is a camp I can get on board with!), fishing in the lake, learned to shoot a bow & arrow, and generally had a fabulous time. The cabins are even air-conditioned with the bathrooms inside. Provided you can survive bunking with about 10 girls, you are golden! (Yikes!!!!)

Here's proof that you can catch bluegill using hot dogs as bait. Who knew?!

While you can't really tell in this picture, Kayla is wearing a VBS shirt from another church...sorry about that Chris!

Here's a little archery.

Human fooseball!

Above all, we grew together in our walks with Christ. Kayla got a chance to learn about the fruit of the spirit, when we worked on the following memory verse:

Galatians 5:22-23, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."

We are so grateful for MPCC and Camp Allendale!