The Week of my life.....

(Mattea) So, my first day was wonderful. I went to sleep that night praising God for helping me achieve my goal. "So here I am... the place where I've been dreaming about for months.... How amazing.... THANK YOU LORD!!!"
The next day, Sunday, was my first full day of camp. We got up at 7:00 a.m. every single day. We first had personal devotions, then flagpole assembly, after that breakfast, and so on. (Because, if I told every single detail on this blog about Awana Camp there would be no room left.)
Since Monday morning was the same as Sunday, I'll tell about Monday night.
The highlight of Monday night was chapel/worship. The pastor was Steve Pigott. He really helped me get involved. And I learned a lot. He actually lost his eye 12 years ago. He has a glass eye, and he wears an eye patch. Just a little bit of inside history about Mr. Pigott.
All the other days were basically the same, except for Friday night.. the last night...
the night that touched me the most.... (especially during the camp fire.) The sermon topic Steve Pigott preached was called, "Jesus is my life". (At least I'm pretty sure that's the name.) It was amazing... utterly amazing... to see God work in so many people's lives that night. Because I know He sure worked in mine. Because of the Holy Spirit working in my life through Awana Camp, I am growing and changing into a better person, a person for Christ alone.
After chapel, all the Junior highers went out to the camp fire right by the lake. (Since the High Schoolers and Junior highers are separated.) So, we went out to the camp fire to sit down, enjoy the fire, sing worship songs, share our testimonies and glorify God our heavenly Father. Quite a few kids became Christians that night. Hopefully everybody changed. It was the most amazing, most wonderful thing to be with fellow Christians, and super new fellow Christians serving and giving and glorifying Christ. I will never forget last week... that night... That was definitely the week of my life.

Awana Camp!!

(Mattea) During Awana last year, I worked as hard as I could to achieve my goal... to be Top Clubber so I could get a scholarship to Awana Camp. Which means going for FREE! :) And guess what? I got it!!!
So last week... I had the pleasure of going to Puget Sound Camp where Awana Camp is held. I rode with the Kieswethers up there to find that what I dreamed about for so long was actually happening. As soon as we drove into the parking lot, I was so filled with joy that I almost screamed!

I got signed in, then walked around with Claire, as she found friends from last year and I made new friends. I was so amazed... "I'm actually here!", I kept saying to Claire. It was nothing like I had ever dreamed or imagined. I was about to have the week of my life.

Animals Galore!

(Zoe) Last week when Mattea and I were at the Terry's, (because Mom and Dad were at Colville), we played with their animals a lot. Although they have only lived there for two and a half months they have...

A VERY VERY cute dog named Copper, (actually Mom and dad brought it home from Colville for them),

Freddie Eddie, The Hamster (sorry, I don't know how to rotate it)

14 Chickens

1 Moma Cat, Casey, and 5 adorable kittens

And last but not least, Turbo, Austin's Turtle

In fact, today the Cole's just gave us 6 chicks, with a warning that there might be more on their way! Which makes all our animals include...

Ike

Ashes

And 6 cute little chicks!!