What a weekend! We just finished our fourth week of Snow Camp here at WOLBI. Luckily I was able to counsel for my home church CFC. It was a great experience. Not only did I get to spend time with friends and family that I had been missing, but I was able to watch as 6 of our girls dedicated their lives to Christ. Follow me as I take you through a quick review of the weekend. Because there is so much information to share I will be posting the days one day at a time.
FRIDAY
I'm not sure what was wrong with me, but for some reason I woke up at the early hour of 5:20 AM. Since I had a LOT of time to kill I took a long hot shower. I hadn't been feeling well the night before and it definitely helped to relax my tense muscles. After my shower I went down to breakfast and studied for my Ezra quiz and Bible Survey quiz. Then it was off to do Quiet Time. That ended at about 7:45 at which point I had to drag my luggage for the weekend up the hill to the bus parked by the Health Center. Classes went from 8-12. I passed both exams, which was awesome, but it was really hard to pay attention knowing that CFC was on the road to NY.
After class we had a Snow Camp chapel until 1. They dismissed the counselors a couple of minutes early so we could get on the bus and drive to our cabins to drop off our luggage. CFC girls were staying in Town Hall all the way down by the Ranch end, which is a bit of a hike. I definitely have a greater appreciation for the location of my dorm room now. After dropping off luggage we ate lunch and then went to the lounge to meet CFC, who had already arrived. The girls had 9 counselors. They included 5 overnight counselors (Brittany Burke and myself) and 4 day counselors. The guys had about 9 counselors as well. Once CFC pulled up to the lounge we all pilled into the bus and rode down to Embers. There was a lot of hugging!!! Once we got to Embers everyone went inside and the couselors all got sweatshirts and T-shirts. They are AWESOME. Many thanks to Mr. Fabian!
After we were inside registration began. Mr. Landry gave me my care package (thanks Mommy and Daddy!) and I went to show my sisters my dorm room. When registration began we were driven to the cabin and the chaos began. None of the girls seemed to be happy about where they were sleeping. It took a while to straighten things out and we had to make a couple of room switches. However, all in all, it could have been a lot worse. After all the unpacking we went to dinner. After dinner we had Soccer and Flag Football competitions right away. I'll list the awards CFC won at the end. Then the rally was at 7:30 so we all walked in the cold to the meeting. After that was the main event, which in my opinion was a little lame. I will putting in suggestions to remove it for next year. It was required outside games. Some of the kids enjoyed it but it was cold and a lot of them asked to go inside, so I took a group of girls into the gym. At least it only lasted half an hour.
Right after the main event we had Dodge Ball and Speed Paintball. It was a lot of fun watching everyone play. I made rounds around the gym and got to talk to a lot of the leaders. Then we made our way back to the cabin for devos, showers and 'sleep'.
I was supposed to do devos on Saturday but because of certain circumstances I ended up doing them Friday night. It was really nerve racking. I mean it's hard to give your testimony to strangers but even more so to people you know. I guess they went ok.
I was very impressed at how quickly everyone went to bed. I didn't have to yell at ANYONE from CFC, but I made a couple of trips to the room down the hall. I think it was only about 1 AM by the time I went to sleep.
Stay tuned for Saturday's Events tomorrow! :D
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