Back from Camp Meribah. Let’s see…. Here’s a rundown….
Took the kids to a Drive-In movie Sunday night for Stuart Little 2. I inadvertently parked the church van in front of some people who asked me to move it. Man, that church van is hard to drive. Thunder and lightning was crackling all over, but we managed to miss the rain. By the way, I want to suggest a solution that would remedy Stuart Little 3….rat poison.
We found a black snake Monday morning. One of the kids was stupid enough to try to pick it up, in which case the snake bit the kid. No problems….it was non poisonous.
The passenger side window on my car broke while at camp. When I was out at Dickson on Tuesday it gradually started going down. Just my luck is that there was a massive rain storm that day. So rain did get into my car. I’ve already had the driver’s side window fixed twice and the passenger window fixed once. It is a constant problem. I’m going to ask VW to make mine manual windows.
Some of the adult counselors seemed to think the shaving cream had gotten out of control. There was one incident in which the high school boys raided the high school girls cabin. It was over the top and took a bit of cleaning up…..shaving cream all over the floor….pillow feathers everywhere…..etc. However later on, the shaving cream continued. This time it was harmless….shaving cream on the ground….and also as prop on skit night. Some counselors have forgotten what it’s like to be a kid. They are still looking at things from an adult perspective. I see no harm in having shaving cream on the ground.
Being at camp pretty much confirmed to me that Camp Meribah’s facilities aren’t all that great. There’s a huge tin roof gym/kitchen which is not air conditioned. Being in there just gave me a headache since the echos were just so loud. There were very few decent places to have classes at. A plus was that the cabins had air conditioning and were kept very cool at night.
We have some very good kids at Mt. Juliet. I was in a cabin with 3 other adult counselors and 14 boys aged 9 to 12 years old. I was very surprised to find them reading their bibles with little flashlights after lights out. I never saw kids motivated like that before. We have some very spiritually mature kids for being only 12 years old. They love to worship God and are trying their best to get to heaven.