So here we are, Hume Lake, Day 3. It’s been a blast so far, but there’s still a lot more to come. In these past 24 hours, I think I’ve spent more time singing than I’ve spent sleeping. I wake up around 6:45 to get to the shower first then I’m on my way to Early Morning Worship, after that, there’s another hour or so of Chapel accompanied by more awesome worship. After Chapel, our teams assembled for Rec. and we once again sang our heads off for a few hours earning loads of Spirit Points. Later at evening chapel, the Hume Lake band, Campaign, lead us in absolutely amazing, rockin’ worship! I absolutely love looking around the chapel and seeing all the singing faces, hands lifted high, eyes closed, worrying about nothing but the Lord and the song. Every year, the worship up here at Hume Lake is intensely moving. Tonight to top it all off, Chris (the speaker) rocked our minds with an equally intense message about Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego as they stood up to the frightening King Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 3). Chris asked us to stand up – to not bow to evil and sin – and put our lives in the hands of Jesus, just like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did. Tonight we had eight St. Matt’s students stand and entrust their lives to the Lord. The things that God does in this place never cease to amaze me!
-Robert Niese
Saint Matthew HSM
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Monday Night
Today we were divided up into our rec. (recreation) teams. This year’s teams are “Thorlak” (green shirts) and “Ingimar” (blue shirts). This week there are 1000+ students and adults attending Ponderosa Camp. Because of the number of campers from Saint Matthew, (110), we are split among a number of different sub team (28 total). With names such as Blarg, Neald, Olaf and Brad (to name a few). The competition games included Joust Do It, Slippy Reckie, Menneske Bowler and Frisson (goofy names and even goofier rec. games).
Forty of our campers ventured to the High Adventure course (15 more will go tomorrow) and went up the pampa poles (telephone poles), the climbing wall, the ropes course through the trees and the activity that separates the men and women from the boys and girls . . . the screamer. The screamer is a platform forty-two feet up on a rock. Campers are harnessed in and suspended by climbing ropes between two trees. They can face their fears by jumping forward or falling backwards and are caught on belay be a staff member down below. It definitely was high adventure!
PD et al.
Forty of our campers ventured to the High Adventure course (15 more will go tomorrow) and went up the pampa poles (telephone poles), the climbing wall, the ropes course through the trees and the activity that separates the men and women from the boys and girls . . . the screamer. The screamer is a platform forty-two feet up on a rock. Campers are harnessed in and suspended by climbing ropes between two trees. They can face their fears by jumping forward or falling backwards and are caught on belay be a staff member down below. It definitely was high adventure!
PD et al.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Sunday Night
Well what an adventure getting here . . . after a few missed turns by the lead bus we made it safely up to Hume Lake.
This year there is a new worship band called Campaign. They led a fantastic opening worship. We're looking forward to a Spirit filled week.
This week's speaker is Chris Brown who is one of the pastors at North Coast church in Vista. (Chris used to be the campus pastor at Azusa Pacific University.) He started our journey into God's word and the book of Daniel with an adventure story . . . he's kind of ADD (his label) but kept everyone's attention. A lot of the students are looking forward to hear him speak each evening.
The opener was amazing. This year it was held out at the pond (behind Meadow Ranch - the middle school camp). The setting was a peasant village that ended up being sieged by Vikings. Mandy Klem (one of the Hume staff from Saint Matthew) was one of the peasants and Aaron Davidson (one of the Hume staff also from Saint Matthew) shot flaming arrows at the Viking long boat. It was awesome. All of our students who wanted, got signed up for Paintball and High Adventure . . . and a few signed up for Exodus which includes either rock climbing or a creek walk.
Well the bell rang so it's off to bed. We'll post a few pictures tommorow.
PD et al.
This year there is a new worship band called Campaign. They led a fantastic opening worship. We're looking forward to a Spirit filled week.
This week's speaker is Chris Brown who is one of the pastors at North Coast church in Vista. (Chris used to be the campus pastor at Azusa Pacific University.) He started our journey into God's word and the book of Daniel with an adventure story . . . he's kind of ADD (his label) but kept everyone's attention. A lot of the students are looking forward to hear him speak each evening.
The opener was amazing. This year it was held out at the pond (behind Meadow Ranch - the middle school camp). The setting was a peasant village that ended up being sieged by Vikings. Mandy Klem (one of the Hume staff from Saint Matthew) was one of the peasants and Aaron Davidson (one of the Hume staff also from Saint Matthew) shot flaming arrows at the Viking long boat. It was awesome. All of our students who wanted, got signed up for Paintball and High Adventure . . . and a few signed up for Exodus which includes either rock climbing or a creek walk.
Well the bell rang so it's off to bed. We'll post a few pictures tommorow.
PD et al.
Friday, July 27, 2007
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