Summer is in full swing at Twin Lakes! Campers during Overnight Camp 1 experienced WOW week – full of secret, surprise activities for the whole camp. We had fun in the sun and just a little liquid sunshine (rain), but it didn’t slow us down at all. For WOW week, we saw a surprise Fireworks show and a Candy Drop from a Hot Air Balloon! Finally, our ON1 campers all went home with an “Eat Mor Chickin Dawgs at Twin Lakes” t-shirt.
One of the newest additions to Twin Lakes this summer is our human foosball court. We took the classic rec-room game to the next level – making it jumbo sized and even more fun with the addition of water sprinklers!
Our camper photographer had this to say about one experience on the new foosball court:
“Today, as I was passing through the tennis courts, a group campers were playing human foosball and having a blast! The tennis courts are out in the open and get very hot without the sprinklers going, yet I noticed one of the counselors was not wearing her shoes. It turned out that she had given her shoes to one of the campers, who had left her own behind at the pavilion.
For some reason this story stuck with me throughout the week. This is what camp and our lives with Christ are all about: sacrificing ourselves and our comfort all for the glory of God and the advancement of His kingdom. “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.” (1 John 3:16) “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” (Ephesians 5:1-2)
This counselor didn’t have to sacrifice her life for this camper, but she did sacrifice her own good for the benefit of the camper. As we share Christ’s self sacrificing love with these campers this summer, we have the privilege and challenge to walk with them and before them in the same way that He walked.”