Monday Morning Excitement or Something Else?

I know every Monday morning I'm excited as a fresh group of campers enter the campgrounds for their week of camp. The fact that our staff gets to invest an extreme amount of time and energy into these campers lives really is exciting to think about! However, there seems to be something else in the air as campers are going through the registration process and saying "good-bye" to those parents and others that have brought them. For some kids it is the first time they have ever been away from home for five whole nights. This fact brings on a certain amount of uncertainty not just with the kids themselves but also the parents. If I must be honest it is probably harder on most parents than it is the campers. It is a time of realizing that perhaps my child can survive a whole week without me! That understandably can be a tough pill to swallow for some. I would like to think of it as a sign of growth and that if a child can adjust it shows the parents have done a superb job of raising their child to adapt. Not to mention Camp Nathanael is in my opinion the best place for any child to spend their first week away from home. We provide an environment to enjoy Gods creation and fellowship with others without a lot of outside distractions. We play hard, eat well and study truth from Gods Word. As we finish our last week of camp with 103 4th and 5th graders, I hope most will agree it was a week of growth and excitement.