Northwood

This past week was spent in the company of some particularly wonderful children of God. Five of us drove up to the Toledo area to spend a week in the town of Northwood. We had a wonderful time. There were 30 or so campers, so most of us co-counseled, which was nice for a change.

The kids were great, and they loved singing "When We Worship God." Sarah (the other permanent outreach counselor, whom I will rarely get to work with) and I were able to co-counsel together, and we had the 4th through 6th graders. They were incredibly well-behaved and receptive of all the Bible stories, games, and crafts. We had a fun time.

Our host family was wonderful. Much like Vandalia, we didn't actually spend much time with our host family. Instead, they opened their beach house for us - located right on Lake Erie. We all got our own beds, and just two counselors had to share a room; the rest of us had our own. I got to fall asleep to the sounds of waves lapping the shoreline. It was incredible. Not to mention we got to go out on the lake one night in a sailboat - which we all got to sail ourselves as well.

Our church coordinator's fiance happened to be a retired chef, and he made us the most delicious meal Tuesday night at the beach house. We cooked over a Swissmar Raclette and made kabobs, and cooked all sorts of veggies, beef, chicken, shrimp, and carmelized mushrooms. It was delicious, and I would post pictures, but I have no way of uploading them right now.

All in all a very exciting week. I'm excited for next week as well; I get to go with two of the same people I went with this week.