Camp Corinth
it happened. the Shepherd-Fold-Counselor-Mary was needed.
that is right needed. pack your bags kids, we found a spot in the mountains of Lebanon. that is free. and our little family of four fresh off a week of jet lag nights and sleepy days jumped right in with our Lebanese friends to do a 3 day weekend of camping and camp.
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what is the difference, one might ask? camping = tents, making your food over a fire, songs around a fire, wilderness, no bathrooms, roughing it a bit. check.
camp= programs and team. games and night games. initiatives and pretending like you are on survivor. cabin talks and family groups and trust falls.
mafia and games and getting-to-know-you-games and yes..mingle. check.
escaping from the heat of the city into the glorious views of the mountains is honestly enough to make you want to do this often. like once a week often.
then throw in incredible weather, brilliant lighting and lebanese friends that are up for anything. you have yourself a weekend!
2 days before camp i had sort of a panic. was i seriously doing this? taking my jet lagging babes into the wilderness. my 2 year old and 10 month old. hm. just thinking through packing felt like a mountain i did not know how to climb. but i called our pastor's wife and asked if we could stay at their house at night ( she had thrown that idea out there)...and she was insistent- phew. so that's what we did. The girls and i would stay until around 11 pm and then hike 15 minutes to the car and drive another 15 minutes up the mountain to their home.
it was so worth it. it was so meaningful. and fun. and bonding. and Layla was in heaven. she loved all the new things and people and was surrounded with love and attention.
the second night after an awesome time of worship and a powerful call into a love relationship i had one of those moments.
i had 3 girls talking with me. i was asking questions and trying to get to the inner core of them. I finally got to untap some of their deeper needs and thoughts and then shared some of my life changing revelations from Jesus. i could feel two of them hanging on my words. and i was praying that they would really encounter the Love i was talking about. it was one of those moments that i feel in every fiber of my being that i was made for this. it feels so natural and supernatural at the same time.
i love making moments. and i love facilitating moments for people. i love watching groups of people turn into deeper friends and love seeing how challenges and games and conversations can help make that happen.
so...honestly...just can't wait for more of these times!
that is right needed. pack your bags kids, we found a spot in the mountains of Lebanon. that is free. and our little family of four fresh off a week of jet lag nights and sleepy days jumped right in with our Lebanese friends to do a 3 day weekend of camping and camp.
-what is the difference, one might ask? camping = tents, making your food over a fire, songs around a fire, wilderness, no bathrooms, roughing it a bit. check.
camp= programs and team. games and night games. initiatives and pretending like you are on survivor. cabin talks and family groups and trust falls.
mafia and games and getting-to-know-you-games and yes..mingle. check.
escaping from the heat of the city into the glorious views of the mountains is honestly enough to make you want to do this often. like once a week often.
then throw in incredible weather, brilliant lighting and lebanese friends that are up for anything. you have yourself a weekend!
2 days before camp i had sort of a panic. was i seriously doing this? taking my jet lagging babes into the wilderness. my 2 year old and 10 month old. hm. just thinking through packing felt like a mountain i did not know how to climb. but i called our pastor's wife and asked if we could stay at their house at night ( she had thrown that idea out there)...and she was insistent- phew. so that's what we did. The girls and i would stay until around 11 pm and then hike 15 minutes to the car and drive another 15 minutes up the mountain to their home.
it was so worth it. it was so meaningful. and fun. and bonding. and Layla was in heaven. she loved all the new things and people and was surrounded with love and attention.
the second night after an awesome time of worship and a powerful call into a love relationship i had one of those moments.
i had 3 girls talking with me. i was asking questions and trying to get to the inner core of them. I finally got to untap some of their deeper needs and thoughts and then shared some of my life changing revelations from Jesus. i could feel two of them hanging on my words. and i was praying that they would really encounter the Love i was talking about. it was one of those moments that i feel in every fiber of my being that i was made for this. it feels so natural and supernatural at the same time.
i love making moments. and i love facilitating moments for people. i love watching groups of people turn into deeper friends and love seeing how challenges and games and conversations can help make that happen.
so...honestly...just can't wait for more of these times!
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| i brought a blanket.good mom moment. it was clutch. little boo was quite the draw with her cuteness and the advantage of offering a place for a tired body to sit without getting filthy. |
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| she was entertaining herself for a long time standing like this and singing "ketchup in the water" maybe because the tent was red and blue? |
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| drew sharing |
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10 years later doing Camp with their kids!!! whohoo!
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