tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912616867175316170.post741139781055472684..comments2023-10-03T06:33:08.456-07:00Comments on In A Spacious Place: Boys' Camp Revisited - Know Christ; Know Your ChildCHRISTOPHERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782680365899516462noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912616867175316170.post-77547521223869744382009-01-04T14:11:00.000-08:002009-01-04T14:11:00.000-08:00I enjoyed the "Boy's Camp" comment (revelation) o...I enjoyed the "Boy's Camp" comment (revelation) of asking Christopher if he owned the camp, kind of like when people start to call you Sir!.<BR/>Agree that you should not send your children to hava an experience if they are not ready.<BR/>The challenge is what is the difference for a parent between a Christ centred camp and one that is not , at least on the surface.<BR/><BR/>In my case I was placed in a Boy's Home at about eight years old until I went to work at sixteen.<BR/>In the summer though from end of school till start of school in the fall, we all went to Camp in the country side of Quebec.<BR/>About 200 of us where we had sports, campfires, swam, canoed, had overnight campouts, sailed, fired rifles and fought at times.<BR/>What would you expect with kids from eight to sixteen.<BR/>We also ate , got sunburned and developed into better humans.<BR/>Looking back , it was a miracle for a city boy to go away from a hot city for 2 - 3 months and be in the country during the summer.<BR/>The leadership worked hard in effort and love to ensure us lowlifes had a great summer and would learn values like respect, sharing , love one anoyther.<BR/>We did have a worship area in the camp that we all hiked to each Sunday and sang with the pump organ to God's creatures.<BR/>Who is to say though we had no choice in going that Christians did not live amoung us even thogh it was funded by secular organizations.<BR/>We also had boys who did not want to go, hopefully they grew also.<BR/><BR/>RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912616867175316170.post-75970112286706887812008-08-18T12:09:00.000-07:002008-08-18T12:09:00.000-07:00Thanks Kirsten, They are an absolutely amazing gro...Thanks Kirsten, <BR/><BR/>They are an absolutely amazing group of people. I cannot think of a group of people with whom I would rather have children I know spend time. The people in this picture love Christ and show it in their desire to serve and love others. It was great to be with them at Camp.CHRISTOPHERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782680365899516462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912616867175316170.post-11051759186705368232008-08-18T11:42:00.000-07:002008-08-18T11:42:00.000-07:00Great photo! Good to see it up here :)Great photo! Good to see it up here :)Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07136118227261500188noreply@blogger.com