Camp 220
⊆ July 12th, 2008 by Andy | ˜ No Comments »Boy it’s been a while since I’ve blogged on here. There’s not really a reason, other than my sister finding the blog, besides laziness. I need to write more.
Last week I was at John Sherril’s Camp 220. I always heard of this camp and how exciting it was but never had been there. I finally had the chance to go as a crew member. All in all, it was a pretty good, tiring week.
The camp was held at Southwestern Assemblies of God Unversity in Waxachie, Texas. So the drive wasn’t too bad at all. At least I didn’t have to drive to Wichita Falls in two weeks. The campus was small, smaller than HBU, with several new buildings. The dorms were pretty nice, nice for college dorms. The cafeteria food was your typical Aramark food, in camp mode - so not too good at all.
Crew was pretty good. It was busy - 1 am bed times (maybe a little earlier) and 7:15 wake ups. My schedule was kind of easy, compared to others. Working the snack wagon was fun. The breeze and the fan made it not that hot. I was thankful that crew wasn’t charged for drinks or snacks. This saved me alot of money. Working the resource table was fun. Got to meet Matt S. and learn what I Am Change is about and that buying a $20 t-shirt can give 20 people clean water for a year. Pretty remarkable if you ask me. The rec field was pretty crazy. Rec Rally was a time to pump them up and stuff. Being on crew kept you on your toes and pretty busy throughout the day.
I got to see and meet new people such as Critter and Parker and Nick (who did late night Whataburger runs for yummy taquitos). I got to see people I hadn’t seen in a while like Traci Samford and Carl Jones. I got to know others better. I got to see John and Kelly in another light other than home group and the occasional worship concert event. I got to room with Parker for a night but my snoring was too much for him so he changed rooms, evidently he hadn’t been getting enough sleep and, although he said I wasn’t too bad, I guess I kept him up. It was good getting to know Taylor and Amy better. I really like those guys and miss them from home group.
The theme of the week was Restoration. About tapping into God’s restoring freedom, that we are already resotred, and there’s a life full of freedom in Christ waiting for us. I thought the theme was really good. Matt did a great job with the messages at night and they were pretty powerful, although I honestly had a hard time staying awake through the end of them all because I was tired. The Bible studies I heard during the day were good too. Being restored is definitely something we as Christ Followers should all tap into.
I definitely didn’t get too emotional at camp during the prayer times. There were a couple times I thought I would. The message was what I needed to hear, but it was hard for me. My life seems like a life of struggles: relational struggles, typical/non-typical male struggles, diabetes, being over weight, bipolar, money, etc… There always seems to be something. It seems as though I can never be free. I can safely say I”ve never experienced 100% of the freedom of Christ that Christ followers are supposed to experience. Around every corner is something new. I don’t know if God has great plans for me in the future or what or if He just loves testing me. Around the corner is something lurking, or though it seems.
John, Matt, the Bible study teachers all talked about having a free life. About God already restoring us and not condemning us. A life of joy and happiness. I think my faith is a little weak because of all the struggles. I want freedom. I want to be happy. I want to enjoy life and be happy and content. But I don’t know how to tap into this restoration that we supposedly already have as Christ followers. It seems too good to be true. It seems impossible with my life. I have no idea of what this would look like. It’s like I just need to pull up my bootstraps and pray and go through life and hope relief comes. This is what I’e always known. I just don’t know how to tap into this restoration/freeing power that we talked about at 220 last week. It’s feels like I’m just meant to not live a free life. Maybe I just need to be hit upside the head.
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