#177 i'm back

so after two camps, being away 8 days back-to-back

well, i'm back.

so obviously i need to update.

so i'm thinking

i will update backwards,

ie. i will talk about what i did on those particular days

so, today was the last day of summit (RMIT CU camp)

so it involved:

- waking up and having to pack up stuff

- going to the last talk

- and manuscript discovery

where we pulled everything together, and answered all the remaining questions we had from 1 john

- and then taking some photos

- and leaving

here's a pic of everyone in the camp (though it was taken on the wednesday)

#176 last full day of summit

involved:

- finishing the last of steve william's talks

- another 1 john talk

- more manuscript discovery

- a workshop about science and christianity with john diacos

- a night walk

which i did not go to because i started to feel sick, but i kind of wished i did because they saw SNOW! :( sigh.

- staying up til 4.30 am because it was the last night

and this involved playing multiple games of angels and assassins

which was really frustrating

because the game involves getting people to trust you

and though i was telling the truth (most of the time)

the times when i was telling the truth people didn't believe me

and it was really annoying.

but the games were really funny,

i think we ended up playing about 7 games

LOL.

also, played up and down the river

which i came second and beat steve williams

(which if you do not know, beating him is an achievement)

:)

#175 superheroes vs. supervillains

the third day of summit involved:

- more talks

- manuscript discovery

- a heroes vs villains themed night

pretty much everyone dressed up and looked awesome

i dressed up as violet from the incredibles

and got best dressed :)

though it was funny because when they announced it, i was in the bathroom

and when i came out someone was like

'you won something'

and i was like 'what?'

:)

also, i enjoyed the activities

which involved building a human pyramid

and my team had the fastest record

of building the pyramid in 1.4 seconds

and also, drinking water with a bit of detergent in it (we thought it was shampoo at the time)

because the boys wanted to

just so we could beat the other team

(it was completely disgusting, btw)

- last activity for the night was campfire

and i made awesome damper

(leila can vouch for that :)

- after campfire,

we played a game of up and down the river.

and more poker :D

♥

#174 day two

involved:

- the first of steve denness' talks

- another talk from steve williams

- manuscript discovery

- a workshop about quiet time with God

- going into town to the cafe (and taking many photos of baby josh) and to buy some things, i ended up buying a cool scarf from the op shop :)

- and at night, playing POKER

which i won one of the games :D

♥

#173 SUMMIT

- woke up at around 8.30 to get ready and got picked up at 9 to go to summit :)

- we got there at around 10.30 which was pretty early

check out the view :)

the days activities included:

- settling in

- ice breakers, which were pretty fun

we played charades and pictionary, and tower building games, and scavenger hunt, and others

it was funny because one of the words we had to act out was 'antique roadshow'

which took us ages to guess

and having to draw 'openminded'

:)

- our first manuscript discovery group with heather reid, where we read the whole of 1 john without stopping 3 times to analyse it and extract things from it. i found it quite enjoyable and it was a great way to learn from the bible.

- our first talk from steve williams about the love of God

(and this is a photo of jacky doing a book review)

- and being good kids and sleeping pretty early at 12am

though its the way it always is

sleep early the first night

and sleep progressively later and later the other nights

:D

#172

in the morning us kids

(kids, as in the english congregation)

all woke up late and missed the prayer meeting

since we stayed up til late the night before

playing cards and pictionary

and ended up eating 2 minute noodles for breakfast

then we had another talk and discussion

this time looking on God's blessings in the psalms

after that we had lunch

packed up

and left

when i got home

and i had to put all my dirty clothes in the wash

and then pack again for summit

and get my costume ready.

♥

this is a pic of everyone in the camp

(though it was taken the day before)

#171 mcbc church camp

so we got to the campsite on friday night at around 10.30

and just chilled and played games

the bulk of the activities was on today:

we had talks and bible discussions

and went on the giant swing

and played on the trampoline

we also spent a considerable amount of time taking pictures of toddlers

by we, i mean me, emma and steph

and the night time,

i organised the trivia night/activities

and the taste testing round was by far my favourite round.

my favourite guess was pj

guessing it was berry yoghurt when it was clearly jam (blackberry jam at that)

and my second favourite guess was ronald

with apricot caramel syrup

when it was pureed apple baby food