Extreme Camps

This past week I had the awesome opportunity to be apart of what we here at Teen Mania call Extreme Camps.  It's a weeklong camp where young people Jr High through High School can come and enjoy our campus luxuries like our high ropes course, paintball course, gym, pool, and so much more.  The kids are able to be active and have fun, but even more than that, they get to spend a week away from the pressures of life and spend time with the Lord here in Garden Valley Texas.  I had the chance to facilitate for the week which meant that I was in charge of games and other activities on campus.  At first, I was a little bummed out that I would not be a camp counselor.  I wanted to be able to interact on a personal level with these kids to pour into them and see them grow through the week.  But I had an incredible time as a facilitator.  I was able to make sure the kids were taken care of, I got to see them have fun and enjoy their week.  I was challenged to make an effort if I wanted to interact with them, and I was able to talk with a few of them and get to know them.  It was definitely an exhausting but amazing week.  I look forward to the second camp that will be coming up in a couple of weeks!