Mystery Camp

The 4 of us went away to Mystery Camp this past weekend with the AMBC Student Ministry. It was exciting because the students had no idea where we were going, who the speaker was, who the band would be, what activities would take place, etc. They had to wait until we arrived Friday night to find out the details. All they knew was the time we would leave the church and the time we would return!

I had the privilege of leading the students in 2 team-building sessions during the weekend so Aaron and the boys decided to come along too! It was so much fun going away to camp as a family and it was the boys 1st camp experience! Now that the surprise is over, I can tell you what the weekend entailed:

We drove out to Camp Buckner in Burnet on Friday evening and I was very impressed with the facilities there! Our little family had our own lodge room which was top notch and the cafeteria food was very good for camp food! And believe me I should know! The speaker for the weekend was Chris, a youth minister in Burleson, who Scott used to work with before coming to AMBC. He did an excellent job discussing the theme for the weekend "Gifted," which was basically a focus on the fact that as Christians, we are all apart of the Body of Christ and have each been given spiritual gifts. The team-building sessions reinforced this theme. The band for the weekend was Look to the Sky from Abilene and they were excellent! I highly recommend them. We really enjoyed getting away and getting to know the students better and of course Anderson and EJ had a blast! They got to go down to the barn and see some goats, horses and a donkey. Anderson also enjoyed playing with the other adult leaders as well as Chris' kids, Carsyn, Drew and Reece. EJ loved the attention he received from the youth girls!

To close out the weekend, Look to the Sky performed in The Modern service at AMBC this morning! Again, excellent! Our family decided to sponsor a child through a group that the band is partnered with called Mission of Mercy. We let Anderson pick out which child he wanted and he chose a little girl from Honduras named Johana. We are going to use this project to teach the boys about giving and praying, so that this little girl and many others can not only have food, shelter, etc. but can also attend a school where they will get an education and more importantly, learn about Jesus!

Here are some pictures from the weekend:

Checking out the goats...

Playing with one of the balloons leftover from team-building...

Playing soccer with Reece...

Listening to the band with Randy...