Camp Yeshua, Part 2

Well, I will pick up where I left off on my Camp Yeshua trip.  We had just finished our adult staff meeting, and I headed to our dorm to settle in with Nicole.  We were in the Upper Girl's Lodge which was newly remodeled and so very nice!!!!!!!!!  Nicole and I were sharing a room with two good friends of ours - Elisha and Joanna.  Joanna is from Ohio, and we see her family for some of the congregational gatherings/events.  Elisha is from TN, but she is like a sister to me...so we were glad for the excuse to be together!!!  Interestingly enough, Elisha and Joanna ended up on the same tribe, and Nicole and I were of course leading a tribe together.  Nicole and I got settled in our room and headed back out to enjoy greeting everyone that we had not seen in a year. 

We had a couple of hours to enjoy fellowshipping before it was time to gather in the Tabernacle to begin Camp Yeshua 2012!  We gathered by tribe and began meeting our tribe members.  After playing an ice breaker game, we headed to the dining hall for supper.  Ephraim had taken Nicole's and my experiment from last year of having our tribe eat as a tribe and made it camp wide this year.  We were very happy to hear that it worked really well and people felt that their tribes gelled quicker this year than before.  We began to settle into our daily routine. Get up and get ready, assemble in the tabernacle, head for breakfast. After breakfast was our morning worship and prayers then encounter time which is an alone time with God for each camper. Our tribal conference which was about an hour long and our small group Bible study/midrash followed and was one of my favorite times of the day. Our tribe had great junior staff who really helped a lot in contributing and leading. Then we had our organized activities such as Brentball, human foosball, water balloon volleyball, and the ropes course. By then, we were very glad lunch was next! The afternoon meant workshops and flex time which is where you are free to choose your activity but you must be doing something with someone. :) then dinner, our evening service which was always an awesome worship and teaching time, followed by starlit dancing, our closing tribal conference of sharing what Yahweh had been doing in your life and praying together, then off to bed only to do again the next day. As you can see, Camp is amazing! I'll stop here and share some more highlights again soon.