We found a used roll of film at camp. By the end of the week, it remained unclaimed, so I took it home. I’ve dropped it off at Kmart to see what develops. I hope I’ll recognize the people in it. Otherwise the film might not make it to its intended recipiants.
We didn’t have any baptisms at camp. Used to I would judge a camp’s success by the number of baptisms by the end of the week. Now I know that this is a missused factor. All we can do is prepare the soil. God provides the increase. Baptism is a very personal decision. It was a subject which was frequently brought up during those late night cabin discussions. I never strongly urge any camper to be baptized. I wait for them to come to me to ask about baptism. I don’t want them to make a decision based on someone else’s views. I did have a few campers in my cabin who matter-of-factly admitted they weren’t baptized. I would just say to the rest of the cabin it was a personal decision and didn’t carry it any further than that.
On a similiar note, the camp director did not have any invitations given during the nightly sermons at camp. I can understand why this decision was made. I’ve been to many camps before where invitations songs were sung and many people came forward to be baptized or rededicate their lives to God. While this can provide many opportunities for spiritual motivation, it can have a negative long term effect. These type of decisions can be based on emotionallism. Once the emotionalism is gone, so is the person’s desire to go to church. Important decisions shouldn’t be based on emotionalism.
Once again I’ll be putting together a slide show CD Rom of the pictures I took at camp. I’m continuously looking for songs to put as background music. Last year I used “With a Little Help from My Friends” by Joe Cocker and “Time of Your Life” by Green Day. Here is a partial list of songs which I am considering this year:

• Right Now – Van Halen
• Forever Young – Joan Baez
• Flood – Jars of Clay
• In My Life – The Beatles
• Superman – Five for Fighting
• Good – Better than Ezra
• True Colors – Cyndi Lauper

I am really dreading going back to work on Monday. I’ll probably find out that I’ve been laid off or something. That’s what usually happens when you’re gone for a long time.