This was Village Creek Bible Camp’s thirteenth year to host Home School Family Camp!

This was the ninth year that our family has either attended or visited.

We had not originally planned to attend Family Camp this year, but that planned changed in July and we signed up!

SO grateful they had room for us!

Family Camp fills up quick!

This is the second year that they have offered two weeks of Family Camp, and we chose to go the first week.

My amazing hubby rented us a home on wheels and I LOVED playing house in that awesome camper!

We also had the most AMAZING weather the week that we were there.

Chilly mornings and evenings but warm, sunny days!

The routine for Family Camp is a Morning Chapel, followed by a break for family devotions, followed by a Mother/Daughter and Father/Son time – all before lunch.

After lunch is FREE time!

During free time there are many things you can participate in.

Then after dinner there is an Evening Chapel followed by a bedtime snack and lots of time to be with friends.

IT WAS THE BEST!

During Chapel times the kids played “swords” (racing to look up Bible verses!), we memorized scripture, we sang together, we listened to families who shared their musical gifts, and we listened to some of the BEST teaching.

We ate ALL of our meals together in the camper this year.

In years past we would carry our food over to the dining hall, but decided not to this year.

It was a VERY relaxing and stress reducing choice!

We even had company a couple of times for a meal!

Hospitality in a camper works just like at home!!

Every day right after lunch I had Tate and Eliza rest for one hour before we started our afternoon activities.

It was a great plan!

They did SO well after a quick nap!

In the afternoons we played at the lake, rode horses, played on the playground, took long walks, got to hold and pet new puppies, and the guys did some trap shooting!

Grant had to work all week, but joined us on Saturday and Sunday!

We were SO glad to have him there!!

After evening chapel it was dark and time for inside games and just being with all of our friends.

SO fun!!

One evening David and Kayla and their crew visited for Evening Chapel!

And SURPRISED us!!

I wish you could have seen it when we realized it was their car driving toward us as we headed from the camper to Evening Chapel!

Such a great surprise.

Our whole family was together and I thought I might burst!!

Yep.

We decided we can never miss Family Camp again.

It is really hard to put into words!

To convey how important it is to be around others who spur you on to finish this race strong!

Blake said it best I think when he said it is like a ship in a harbor that has to go around in a square to reset its compass before it pulls out of the harbor.

He feels like we went around in that square.

Our compass is reset and WE ARE ON COURSE!

There have been many, many, many conversations about all we heard, learned and did at camp since we have been home.

We have made changes in things too – raising that bar higher than before!

I am sitting here shaking my head because I just cannot find the words!!

PRAISE THE LORD.

And we can’t wait, Lord willing, until next year!!!