PRETEENS!

Hey, PreTeens! It's time for us to have some fun, do some crazy stuff, and learn from the Word of God! Lets get together on the 5th after the Sunday Night service and play some wii, worship, get in the word and EAT PIZZA. It's gonna rule.

Video from the week...

Here's one of the videos (plus other church videos) we presented Sunday Night. It's all pics from Ted's amazing skillz with the camera. All props to the man with the cam. Thanks to Mr Bird for getting the video together.

videos

(You'll hafta provide your own copy of The Lads music, I can't post it legally... their site http://www.theladsband.com/)

It's Friday? REALLY????

I've never seen a week move so fast. We say that all the time but WOW, this zipped on by. The kids have done great. We've had a fantastic time. It's sad to pack up the vans this morning, but I know they're looking forward to seeing their own rooms and seeing their family again. No one is home sick, but there's nothing like home.

See you about 3:00 today.

OMC

The Group

The Director's Cuts, ready for OMC

Halfway...

It's hard to believe tomorrow is the last full day. It seems like we just got here. For me it seems like it's flying (the 2 hour nap I got today helped, thank you leaders). We've done camp here so much, I know all the mechanics of it, eating, schedule, dorm, freetime, tracks, etc. So, nothing is suprising about that. God is suprising, always is.

God's gotten my attention this week, and it sounds like he's gotten the attention of others as well. Tonight I read the story of Jesus healing the man born blind, and how after his conversion he just dropped and worshiped... I've needed more drop and worship days. Days filled with one on one conversations with God. No frilly church talk prayin'... but "Hey God, here's my heart..." prayin' . I'm thinking you'll see some changes in your kids. Please help your kids keep the fire burning. How?

Instead of the normal "was camp fun? did you eat alot? did you ever shower?" kind of questions... Well OK, you can ask the shower question and solve that. THEN ask new questions:

1. What did you learn about Jesus this week?
2. Did God say any stuff to you this week?
3. Tell me about the songs you learned.
4. How did you grow in your faith at camp?
5. How can I help you to stay excited about the things you learned at camp?
6. Where is your quiet time book? I hear it's got more stuff to do at home.

(yeah, the book is cool encourage them to use it)

Chris <><

Wednesday Photos

The kids during quiet time...



I know this looks posed, but this is all natural...

Of course, this is NOT posed...

Madison in one of her tracks--archery.

Derrick in one of his tracks--soccer.

My goal was to have at least one photo of every kid in a track activity. Logistically, that is impossible with so many kids with us this year. They have activities spread to all 4 corners of this campus! However, I do have photos of all the kids. I've also been shooting footage with a high-def video camera--I'll figure out some way to share that with folks. That camera is new so I'm still on the learning-curve with it--but should be able to make something that you can view on the computer.

The kids are great this year--especially given how many we have. They've had a blast. After they sleep through Saturday and wake up Sunday AM, I'm sure you will be hearing all the stories.

--Ted

PS: Chris was wrong about the fall-asleep time on Monday night. It was 3:30AM for the boys. Tuesday night, on the other hand, was 8-14 seconds after their heads' hit the pillow.

Pictures:

Here's the main directory for pictures: (see password info below)
http://pvsbc.shutterfly.com
Instead of using the password supplied in the handouts, we are using the generic password to access all PVS events. (This password given out at the meeting will not work.) If you do not know the ‘general’ PVS password, please contact Ted via e-mail and he will give you the password. Sorry for the confusion. However, in the long run it will actually help because there will not be different passwords for different events. This password will allow you to see photographs from all PVS events.
Here is Ted’s E-Mail: tbuckenham@nwga-cac.org

Meanwhile, here are some pics!