the trip started off well...i forgot my toothbrush. i may or may not have just stopped at meijer to buy a new one because i was too lazy to climb three flights of stairs to get to my room [judge all you want].
our driver, who just happens to be my boyfriend, wasn't too thrilled. i however, found the experience and my new toothbrush quite enjoyable.
the theme for the weekend was aroma [as in what kind of smell do you have?]. the thing that stuck with me the most was this analogy that they gave:
restaurants smell. each individual restaurant has an individual smell. when you go to restaurant you smell the smell. if you stay in the restaurant you become numb to the smell. when you leave the restaurant you take the smell with you. people smell your restaurant-ie [yes that is a word] smell.
sin. when we partake in sin. we feel bad. but when we bask and abide in that sin we become numb to it. we don't notice. we don't notice the stench we are letting off. but the people around us do. ouch.
what a great realization i had. there are things i have been holding onto that don't necessarily mimic the actions of Christ. what kind of stench are you letting off?
we always rent a 15-passenger van [party car].
beautiful facial expressions from Al, Dana, and Zach.
this would be dodge ball. notice the line of females not playing.
i am one of those people.
since the olympics are happening, we were divided into teams with a team country.
ours was the best [also known as Jamaica].
each team made a banner. apparently people in Jamaica eat goats so obviously we drew a goat, a fork, and a knife. obviously.
one of the games was a couch relay thinger. each team had a couch...and we had to CARRY it in the SNOW all around camp and do different challenges. every member of the team had to be touching part of the couch AT ALL TIMES [we unscrewed the pegs from the bottom and used that as part of the couch].
[also, i was obviously breaking the rules by taking this picture and not touching the couch. big deal.]
one of the challenges was to take pictures with our couch in the four corners of the gym.
there was a different type of picture in each corner.
this was duck faces and peace signs.
awkward family photo.
planking.
spelling "QHC" [Quaker Haven Camp].
Rusty and Tabitha Lumpkin were the speakers for the weekend.
They did a wonderful job and taught us lots of interesting facts about whale vomit.
[google it]
me and the boy. this is my camp/soccer mom look. ha
zach was upset because a snowplow was ahead of us.
we could barely see because of the snow it was stirring up.
i LOVED it.
even if we did have to go 1000000 times slower.
it took out a couple mailboxes too.
no trip to quaker haven is ever complete without a stop at dairy queen.
really.
i think the kids would cry if we didn't stop.
so we did.
i mean...i'm not complaining.
until next time,
B
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