Cowboy hats.15 girls….oh…wait….16 I mean 16. MORIAH. 30 secs. MACKENZIE. flooding toilets. KAYLEE. Rockwall. MICKENZIE. one word sermons. MARISSA. 3 hr. bus rides. MADELYN. 100+ degrees. ISABELLE. 30 seconds. BRITT. 32+ girls in a room. MAKAYLA. ‘whoa dude’ –hannah banana. SARAH. storms. JEANA. dr. dodge ball. NEKM. western theme. RUTH. mark steinbach. NAOMI. blobbing. MADISON ‘hello’ -mr. narrator. loud snoring. night terrors. ‘if its yellow-leave it mellow, if its brown flush it down.’ Pastor angela. ‘uncompetitive ‘ sports. GREAT FOOD.
This week was somo kids camp. Scratch that-it was just girls camp for us! (we only brought girls) It was blast! Pastor angela and I were a little nervous since we were in charge and had never been there before—but it was a lot of fun for us. We also had 2 moms go as staff-so they were around to help us with the girls. It started with 3 hrs. on a bus in the Ozark mountains-which means super curvy roads. We got our girls registered and got our room assignment and realized we were in a large…large room that we had to share with other girls and counselors from other churches. We brought 15 girls from our church and there were @ least 32 in our room. The first two nights that we were there they informed us that we had a 30 sec. rule when flushing the toilets. This meant that the toilets would overflow if the girls didn’t wait 30 sec. between flushing-this brought on a lot of mopping through out the week.
Our services were really good. Mark Steinbach was our evangelist-I was super excited because I had never heard of them before. Him and his family wrote a script for the week with the wild wild west theme-the kids loved it. They had 6 characters that were so great! Hannah banana, the crazy surfer girl/ Mae- Hannah Banana’s best friend/ Mr. Narrator-the geek (he was all the kids favorite)/ the peach cobbler gang (3)/ skeeter- puppet. The whole family did the worship- that is always my favorite part-to see that the evangelists are doing-they did all new songs to me and my girls so that was exciting. We are now franticly looking for the song- ‘up up baby.’ Pastor Mark preached what I liked to call- one word sermons-he would take one world out of the memory verse and use that to make his points. I really liked that concept- its probably a really old concept but I like it! The girls really remembered the points later in the week. Most of our girls rededicated their life and 2 got filled with the Holy Spirit! About 5 others girls are still seeking.
The games @ somo camp were great! They have developed an ‘uncompetitive’ style of games- they have a 6 station rotation and they play games that they can add points without all the teams actually being there. They also had indoor games where we played ‘5 ball kickball,’ ‘zone basketball,’ & ‘dr. dodge ball.’ They would add up all the baskets/runs we got and then compare it to the other teams scores to see who ‘won’ the sport of the day. It was so much fun to not have to worry about the girls getting upset or not about we were going to win or if it was fair or not.
Overall, we had a great time at camp this year- it was definitely a growing experience with me. I have only gone to iowa & tennessee camps, so it was good to see how others camps do things and compare them. The one thing from iowa camp that I missed was the ‘feet off the floor” time. (which I left on my comment card J) They also had the best food that I had ever had @ a camp ground! It was well balance for kids but also extremely good tasting. Their snack shop was also extremely well priced. I got everything I wanted all week and only spent $5.00. Sadly this may have been the only time I get to go to SOMO camp but it was totally worth it!!!!
This week was somo kids camp. Scratch that-it was just girls camp for us! (we only brought girls) It was blast! Pastor angela and I were a little nervous since we were in charge and had never been there before—but it was a lot of fun for us. We also had 2 moms go as staff-so they were around to help us with the girls. It started with 3 hrs. on a bus in the Ozark mountains-which means super curvy roads. We got our girls registered and got our room assignment and realized we were in a large…large room that we had to share with other girls and counselors from other churches. We brought 15 girls from our church and there were @ least 32 in our room. The first two nights that we were there they informed us that we had a 30 sec. rule when flushing the toilets. This meant that the toilets would overflow if the girls didn’t wait 30 sec. between flushing-this brought on a lot of mopping through out the week.
Our services were really good. Mark Steinbach was our evangelist-I was super excited because I had never heard of them before. Him and his family wrote a script for the week with the wild wild west theme-the kids loved it. They had 6 characters that were so great! Hannah banana, the crazy surfer girl/ Mae- Hannah Banana’s best friend/ Mr. Narrator-the geek (he was all the kids favorite)/ the peach cobbler gang (3)/ skeeter- puppet. The whole family did the worship- that is always my favorite part-to see that the evangelists are doing-they did all new songs to me and my girls so that was exciting. We are now franticly looking for the song- ‘up up baby.’ Pastor Mark preached what I liked to call- one word sermons-he would take one world out of the memory verse and use that to make his points. I really liked that concept- its probably a really old concept but I like it! The girls really remembered the points later in the week. Most of our girls rededicated their life and 2 got filled with the Holy Spirit! About 5 others girls are still seeking.
The games @ somo camp were great! They have developed an ‘uncompetitive’ style of games- they have a 6 station rotation and they play games that they can add points without all the teams actually being there. They also had indoor games where we played ‘5 ball kickball,’ ‘zone basketball,’ & ‘dr. dodge ball.’ They would add up all the baskets/runs we got and then compare it to the other teams scores to see who ‘won’ the sport of the day. It was so much fun to not have to worry about the girls getting upset or not about we were going to win or if it was fair or not.
Overall, we had a great time at camp this year- it was definitely a growing experience with me. I have only gone to iowa & tennessee camps, so it was good to see how others camps do things and compare them. The one thing from iowa camp that I missed was the ‘feet off the floor” time. (which I left on my comment card J) They also had the best food that I had ever had @ a camp ground! It was well balance for kids but also extremely good tasting. Their snack shop was also extremely well priced. I got everything I wanted all week and only spent $5.00. Sadly this may have been the only time I get to go to SOMO camp but it was totally worth it!!!!
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