These blog posts are about to get real deep real fast, much like how I remember starting the summer during staff training. But first, just so we all know, I'm eating peanut butter on crackers for breakfast- how american (I miss seeing things and being like "that's so american!" eg outside mailboxes with the red flippy thing/red solo cups/corn dogs).
At camp, every evening we had a time before bed with our cabins called 'devos' (short for devotionals, I think). This was simply a time to talk about our christian formation time in the chapel, ask and answer questions to do with faith/God/life in general, catch up on how each others day had been through 'how pow wow' (How you saw God today, the low part of your day and the high part of the day) and also to pray. Throughout staff training we had devo time with the female staff in our cabin, going through Rob Bell's book 'Velvet Elvis' which is well worth reading and it made for some good discussions. On the second night of staff training, through being asked to share three moments or people in your life that helped shape you (or something to that effect), we all got to know each other really well, which was awesome that that happened so quickly and easily and it felt very God-planned to me as I felt super comfortable sharing and talking with these people I had only know for two to three days. And lets be honest I probably didn't say a massive amount during those first few days so it was pretty cool to be able to talk freely knowing that even though we all came from different backgrounds, we all share in the same love of Jesus and that's what's great.
During the camp sessions, Hannah had the idea of us as counselors performing the Everything skit to our campers, knowing how it affected us when we saw it and thinking it would be worthwhile for them to see, to let them think and to spark discussions. Those of you who have seen the Everything skit will know how powerful and moving it is, the message is strong and the Holy Spirit can really hit your heart and your head with that one. If you haven't seen it and would like to you can here. This is also an example of how at camp I just went with things; at home I would never have performed like that but it's camp and it's good and fun and totally worth it. After we had done the skit, there was a dicussion and time for the campers and counselors to voice how it made them feel, what they thought of when they saw each part and how they interpreted it. Following that, during the worship, us counselors prayed for any camper who wanted it which made me feel all of the things and was a special time and I felt God knitted us all together as a community throughout the week and we had been casted off that evening (apparently I do knitting analogies now, what a granny).
Bethan
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