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Essay / Camping Experience - 765
Camp ExperienceWhen life is perfect, I feel peace in my heart. Like I want to scream or scream just because my life is so incredibly perfect. I felt this way during the summer of 2002 at Lutherdale Bible Camp. I didn't know why it was perfect, but it was perfect. What is the real difference between here and there? There, I feel content and at peace. Instead of being in the real world, hearing and seeing what's really happening. When I was at camp, it felt imperfect, like it completed me. Like people want me to be there and they want to know me and they just want to be with me. Of course, I have a lot of friends and family back home, but the people there are somewhat different. They make me feel important. When I open my eyes and see the bottom of the top bunk, I say to myself, “first day of week five.” At 7:00 a.m. the alarm goes off and I hear the groans of eight middle school girls as they slowly begin to get out of bed, half awake. “Arise and shine and give God the glory.” As my typical morning song continues, I receive eight sets of looks from my campers. For some reason this makes me smile. “I wish I had my hair dryer.” “I really want my makeup.” The usual teenage comment I hear on my first day. “Five minutes to finish getting ready before Alpha!” I shout, “I’ll meet everyone outside the cabin!” » I found myself outside the Mount Horeb cabin, sitting on the picnic table, smiling to myself for no particular reason. During our short walk up the hill toward the lake toward “God Is There,” my campers were chatting and laughing. “What God is here?” » asked Megan. "It's a place just at the end of a path overlooking the lake. There is a huge wooden cross behind a place for a campfire. Printed evenly in yellow paint on...... middle of paper ......Today." » commented Dre. First she poured water in the middle of the table. Then she reached down and pulled out a piece of my hair and placed it in the water. “Now I need everyone to come in and look really closely because that’s the only way to really see it.” » Advised Dre. While all the girls were bent over the table, Dre slammed his hand in the middle of the puddle! Camp is one of the best things that has ever happened to me and let me tell you, I am truly lucky to have met the people that I have. This is what I believe makes life perfect. What a picture can't tell you about a person. This thing in this is inside you, say it's not that you're lying or you're afraid or maybe you just haven't found it yet. I hope everyone finds this same opportunity that will have such a big impact on your life, like I did. Trust me, you'll want to scream and scream.