Deerwander 2014

A couple weeks out, I'm pretty sure my junior year of camp was the best yet.  It's my sixth summer in a row with these people :)  I didn't think I'd be able to go (I had a lot of schoolwork to catch up on) but at the last minute Mom and Dad told me I was going to camp anyway.  So it was another week of GaGa Ball, Ultimate Frisbee, terrific dining hall food (thanks Bethany), great preaching, cute little kids running around among us teens, laughing until I cried, ridiculous clan activites, and the coolest cabin in the world.  Some highlights from the week...

A gorgeous sunset, only visible on the girls' side of camp

Emma :)

My cabin- Maddi (in pink) had to leave early, so we all took pictures together.

The only year where Sam, Emma, and I are all together as campers.  This is us in our skit costumes: Sam's a news anchor, Emma's a cannibal, and I'm in chocolatey Celtics pajamas.

My cabin- Addie, Praise, Kayla, me, Alisa, Leah

Sam on top of a pyramid

Most of my wonderful grade- Addie, Ben, Nathaniel, Nate, Ryan, John, Praise, me, Jason, Schaeffer, Ethan, Asher, and Sam

Ben, Addie, Alisa, Sam, and Asher at the banquet

Emma and me

One interesting thing that happened at camp was the appearance of Paul Andersen, a man my parents have known for ages.  Over a decade ago when our church was without a pastor for several years, he provided pulpit supply for us a lot.  I knew he was a counselor at Deerwander when Alex was a camper, but I didn't expect to see him; he'd never shown up in my years as a camper.  It was fun meeting him again, not as a little kid anymore.  ^_^

Thanks for the awesome week- see you all next year!