Anna at Church Camp

For the first time, Anna got to spend a week at church camp. She attended Junior Bible Camp at the Wesleyan Campground in Fairmount, Indiana. Dorene was there the whole week working in the kitchen, occasionally "spying" on Anna and the other kids from our church that went, but otherwise leaving her alone.

Anna had a great time. She said her favorite part was the chapel speaker. She has a cassette from the speaker that she has been playing non-stop since she got back. That was kind of nice to hear that with all the activities going on, she liked the chapel services the best.

Towards the end of the week, there was the big altar call service where emotions ran high (a church camp staple). Practically the whole camp went forward and tears were flowing. Dorene was there and said that as all this was going on, Anna and another camper were just sitting in the back, passing notes back and forth, basically oblivious to what was going on. The next day, all the kids went forward to gather aroound the speaker and sing a farewell song. Again, Anna just sat in the back, oblivious to all the emotion. Dorene finally went and got her and Anna went forward but asked "Where are we going . . .and what for?"

I remember attending church camp and how during the latter part of the week you'd have these services where it seemed everyone was crying and there was this emotional high. I too would have been just like my daughter, just sitting in the back waiting for all this to pass (and of course knowing that as soon as camp was over, a lot of what happened during those intense emotional times would all be forgotten).