lake Ann camp Michigan

Lake Ann Camp

Thursday, July 24th, 2008
by Justin

Well we have one more night at Lake Ann Camp in Lake Ann, MI. Terase and I brought a group of kids from our church up here this week. We were also accompanied by one of our church plants, Lakeside Fellowship from Polk City. This has been a different trip for us because last year, Terase and I brought the kids up by ourselves. This year, Abe and Jessie and the kids, and Chad and Nataley and their kids came. So it has been fun to have them with us.

We left Sunday at 8:00am for a 700 mile trip that actually had no problems. Last year we blew a transmission outside of Newton after being held up in traffic. So we didn’t get out of Iowa until 5 hours after we started our trip. But this year we drove the whole way and stayed overnight at the camp. I liked that better.

Monday we got up, ate breakfast and then handed the campers over to their counselors for the week. One difference between Lake Ann and our camp in Iowa is that Lake Ann has fulltime counselors and IRBC uses the counselors from the local churches. There are advantages to both but I like each one in their own way. After we dropped the kids off we ate lunch, got a tour of the camp, and then hung out and watched how things went.

Tuesday, all the adults and their kids went to Sleepy Bear Dunes outside of Empire, MI. The kids had a great time and I love going there because you get to see Jesus’ creative hand at work with billions of gallons of sand that make up those dunes. We came back to the camp and ate and then watched the Sr. High Fight Night. Basically this is the culmination of two days of competition with messy games and lots of cheering and screaming. Its a blast! That night Abe, Chad, and I went into Traverse City to watch the Dark Knight and the stinkin’ thing was sold out! On a TUESDAY NIGHT! AT 10:15! For as large of a town Traverse City is, they need another theater.

Wednesday was family day. Terase and I went into Traverse and did some shopping and then ate at The Great Traverse Pie Company. That place rocks!

Today we went to Empire Beach and swam in Lake Michigan. I got fried. Who would have thought my pastey white body would soak up the whole sun?! Anyway, tonight Terase and I went into Traverse and ate at BD’s. Like Hu-Hot’s but slightly different. Then we topped it off with Moomer’s, which in my oppinion and at least 50,000 other people’s oppinion, has the best ice cream in the whole world. If you’ve never had it, according to my college roommate, it’s worth an allnight roadtrip to Michigan to not even go there. I know it doesn’t make since but ask Todd and Randy! They will explain.

Tomorrow camp wraps up. Its sad to be done but we have to go back. Look for videos to be posted to youtube and pictures to flickr later. Night!