Passport Camp

For the past three years our church has taken the kids to a church camp called Passport Kids Camp (there is also Passport Youth Camp for our older kids). It is a wonderful camp and the kids all have so much fun there! I have been fortunate enough to see first hand just how great the camp is by being a chaperone for our church. The camp we have been to is a 4H camp, so the kids get to stay in cabins and experience a "real" camp lifestyle (some of the Passport camps are located at college campuses... it moves to different locations all summer). I got to stay in the girls cabin which was really fun and a great way to get to know the girls so much better... they are a great group of girls and so funny! Each day begins with a morning celebration, which is very upbeat and lively and gets the kids going! It is a lot of fun! Then the kids break off into their Bible study groups for an hour, and the adult chaperones also have their own Bible study time. Then the kids go to recreation until lunch time... lots of fun games! After lunch they have three, one hour rotations where they go through a Missions time, camper's choice, and swimming. At night there are different activities... the first night is everyone's favorite.. Rec Fest. The Bible study groups compete against each other (like the Olympics) in different crazy games. I was on the chaperone team... so much fun! Everyone gets really wet and messy, which the kids love... the messier the better! The other two nights they had an International Market where the kids took items to trade, and a Variety Show where we get to see both amazing and strange talents. We had a blast with our great group of kids, and they are already looking forward to next summer! The Passport Camp staff was amazing (so full of energy and fun!) and taught our kids a lot about this year's camp theme "Trading Spaces", which was all about putting yourself in someone else's shoes and thinking about how you should treat people who are different than you. What a great lesson for all of us!