Elijah is now rolling over to his tummy. One morning I went to get him out of his bed and he was on his tummy looking around his bed. Later the same day after I changed his diaper he rolled over onto his tummy again. That time he was on my bed. It won’t be long and he’ll be crawling.
Church camp was great. We all discussed before bedtime prayers what our favorite parts of camp was. The kids agreed that they enjoyed different sermons several of the pastors preached. It’s always a joy to hear your children retell sermons. There were a few sermons I had to miss because I had to step outside with Elijah, but Friday evening my kids filled me in on all those sermons plus the sermons I didn’t miss.
Of course, the sermons weren’t the only part of camp my children enjoyed. Joshua also enjoyed buying lots of Sodas. He brought his own money with him so instead of just having the drinks and snacks we bought him, he enjoyed the freedom of buying as much as he wanted. Then he said he also enjoyed swimming.
The girls enjoyed swimming also. Hannah enjoyed having grandparents at camp. Where her Daddy and I might not give her everything she wants, grandparents love to buy their grandchildren things. The funny part is that even after camp was over she says now she wants a balloon from the gift shop. All I can do is shake my head.
It reminds me of a scene from Veggietales. Bob the Tomato asks Larry the Cucumber, “How much stuff do you need to be happy?”
Larry replies, “I don’t know. How much stuff is there?”
Hopefully she will figure that lesson out as she gets older and we continue to teach her.
Ruth enjoyed the swimming and enjoyed hearing people tell the story of when they were saved. She also liked singing a special Friday morning before her daddy’s devotional. She sang a song she had written a few years ago entitled, “I Love You, Jesus.”
Jonathan said that he enjoyed Wal-mart. We can only assume he meant the gift shop. I think favorite is a difficult concept for a two year old. But I’m pretty sure he enjoyed all the time he got to spend with his Daddy this week. Scott also mentioned that Jonathan enjoyed watching the boys that dived off the diving board durng swimming. For Jonathan watching them splash was like getting to watch fireworks.
Scott enjoyed teaching the High School/ College class. He also enjoyed spending a lot of time with Jonathan.
I enjoyed teaching the third grade class again this year. I found I had quite a few of the same kids I had last year. Several of the kids were 10 years old this year which is the age I was when I was saved. I shared with them my testimony. At the end of class on Wednesday, I told the students that if they wanted to talk to me they could stay after class was over. One of the girls from my dorm stayed. I shared with her the same verses we talked about in class. She then prayed her own prayer asking God to forgive her of her sins. During testimony time that day, she gave her testimony and I believe from her testimony that she understood what I had shared with her.
Over all we had a great camp. The only problem I had at camp was getting stung by a bee. I had stepped outside with Elijah during one of the services. I went to sit down in a chair and my arm went down right on a bee. I’m just glad it was me and not my baby that got stung.
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