Woodside Bible Church - Central

Getting ready to come home!!

bervin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:12:18 +0000

Well the kids are packed up and the cabins are clean and we are getting ready for the closing ceremony. Once that is over the buses should be here and we will be headed home.

More pictures are posted today of kids dragging their luggage. A lot of sad faces today as friends get ready to end a great week. Remember 5:30pm at the Troy Campus. See you there!!

Smores are Awesome – Pics are up

bervin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:06:14 +0000

Enough said really.

Thursday – Last Full Day :-(

bervin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:57:51 +0000

Well it’s Thursday and it is always a day when the kids try to do everything they can possibly do. The canteen was swamped today with kids trying to get family members gifts or something to remember camp by. Kids are running everywhere during free time to try to make it to their favorite activities one last time. Thursday is also the day the counselors blob each other which is always a lot of fun.

Last night there were several kids that came to know Christ!! This is what camp is all about. These kids are the future and camp is a great place to begin their relationship with Jesus.

Today in chapel the kids learned about how they can beleive what is in the Bible and how God speaks to us through the Bible. Kids were encouraged to read the Bible and learn what God has planned in their lives.

The camp post office closed today but we hit a record number of letters to kids. Just over 1,300 of them. The kids really enjoyed the notes from home and so did their leaders and staff.

The pictures will be up later tonight, hopefully not as late as last night. Tomorrow is clean up, pack up and closing ceremony for camp. The kids always look forward to seeing the closing video which will also be posted online after it is completed.

Thank you parents for entrusting us with your kids. It has been a great week. Getting ready for smores before lights out so got to go!

Camp Woodside Update – Day 4

bervin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:27:18 +0000

Well it is Wednesday already and kids were telling me all day how sad they were that tomorrow was their last full day at camp. Today the weather was much better and even cooler. Not to many kids down by the waterfront today because of the cool breeze. It was funny though they didn’t have a problem getting ice cream from the canteen. Lots of frogs were found today which you can see in the pictures. Well barely because they are the size of a finger nail. Also one girl lost a tooth, naturally not by accident. All in all another great day.

Today in Chapel the kids learned that God is always there no matter what problems we are having and we can always count on him. The kids worship with such excitement even after a long day of activities. It is amazing to experience and being a part of it is truly an honor.

Sorry for the late upload of the photos but I had some technical difficulties with my computer. It did finally finish but just a few minutes ago. I was able to cover a lot of territory today so there are a few more photos than yesterday. Most of the kids just love to be in a picture. Some don’t but I try to hunt them down and get them in at least a couple if I can.

Tomorrow at 5:00 the Woodside Post Office will close for this year. If you wish to send one last message to your kids you will need to do it before then. They all look forward to getting messages from home especially updates of what you are doing while they are at camp. Thanks to all those that have sent encouraging words to the kids, counselors and staff. It means a lot.

Some have asked if they can get the photos taken from camp. Although we don’t offer these for sale if you right click on the image when it is open to the large size and choose save image as or save image to you can save the image and print it for your use. The images should be large enough to print a 4×6 or 5×7 photo.

Well more to come tomorrow. Enjoy the pictures of today.

Day 3 – Rainy but still Fun!!!

bervin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:55:53 +0000

Well it pretty much rained on and off all day today. The kids didn’t seem to mind at all and it helped to keep them cool during the games. The kids have been learning about helping others and trusting others in chapel. They are following along in a video series that compares to the story of Paul in the Bible. They are really keeping up on the story and it is neat to see how they are excited to see what happens.

Today was group picture day of the two camps. Fortunately we did it before breakfast so it hadn’t started raining yet. As expected today had a few messy games which you will see in the pictures. It was hard to take pictures today but I still managed to put up 231 of them. Tomorrow looks to be sunny and cooler which will means kids will be extra excited to get the day started.

All the kids say Hi by the way. More tomorrow… Oh and check out the pictures…

Camp Woodside – Monday

bervin — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:43:48 +0000

Today is the first full day at camp. It has been a beautiful day today and as I write this the Explorer camp is in Chapel and the Adventure camp is doing small groups. The days here go very fast for the kids because there is so much to do.

Without posting a complete schedule here is how the day looks at camp for the kids. Kids wake up and head to breakfast. After breakfast is chapel or activities depending on the camp group. Activies include, boating, bb guns, bow and arrow, super slip and slide, climbing wall, flying squirrel, crafts, and more. Once both groups have done activities and chapel it is already time for lunch. Once lunch is complete there is an hour of rest time for the entire camp (We need it by then). Once that hour is over it is free time for two hours. During this time they can use the water slide, blob, iceberg, do anything on the activity list and if they signed up for horse back riding they can do that as well. After this time they again split times and head to Activity time two. After this is dinner then chapel night games, SHOWERS, and bed time.

Phew what a day they have and this is every day rotating to different activities. So look for your kids to be in pictures in one of these areas. New pictures are up now and a few more to come later tonight.

Tomorrow calls for rain but even that can be fun at camp! God is working in a lot of kids. It was so cool to see kids worshiping in Chapel and already having songs they learned yesterday memorized.

More to come!