Saturday, July 24, 2010
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Friday, July 23, 2010
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
A girl came and visited me
Last weekend Sarah was able to come visit me for a few days. I surprised her by taking her to the Pine Knoll Shore's Aquarium. It wasn't the most extravagant one I have I ever been too, but at $8 per person, it was well worth it.
The rest of the pictures are from downtown New Bern. Does it remind you of a Nicholas Sparks book? Well, that's because he lives there and most of his novels are based on this area. Weird!? We walked around downtown for a while before having a fantastic dinner at The Chelsea. We only had burgers, but I promised myself to go back sometime and eat a real dinner. The Seafood Filet would have satisfied my appetite, but would have came in at about $32 (Filet Mignon stuffed with Lobster and Crab Meat).
The rest of the pictures are from downtown New Bern. Does it remind you of a Nicholas Sparks book? Well, that's because he lives there and most of his novels are based on this area. Weird!? We walked around downtown for a while before having a fantastic dinner at The Chelsea. We only had burgers, but I promised myself to go back sometime and eat a real dinner. The Seafood Filet would have satisfied my appetite, but would have came in at about $32 (Filet Mignon stuffed with Lobster and Crab Meat).
I really love my new camera and can't resist taking pictures of almost everything so be prepared to keep seeing more. This might turn into more of a photography blog more than anything else.
Camp is almost over and I am soaking in the last 2 weeks before a great vacation to Florida and the relaxing weeks before starting school. Summer is beginning to dwindle away and I am ready for normalcy, but not for papers and exams. Oh well.
Sarah really liked the Shark tank a lot!
and the Jellyfish, They are her favorite
I think she just realized that I take lots of pictures and that she is now going to be a model
Defender's Cup Regatta
This last week has been a fun week of family camp. This means much more relaxing for me and less things to do. There have been lots of sailing going on as well as some recuperating from this crazy summer. These are some pictures from the Defender's Cup Sailing Regatta. This regatta raised over $2000 per entry. Some participants raised the money themselves via facebook and friends while others paid the entry fee. All monies are going towards the much needed sailing center.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
A few photos
Campers sailing on Flying Scots
I found a jellyfish off the pier. I know someone might appreciate this.
Myself and Hannah as suspects in a real life game of Clue
Swim Buddies During the first week of camp
I just had to put this one on here. Best weekend all summer!
This is from the Durham Bull's game on the 4th of July
A Different Experience
I love camp! I freely admit that although I am having a great summer here at Don Lee I really miss my camp back in Florida. Warren W. Willis Summer Camp is one of the places I consider home and I truly to miss being there. It is interesting because I left my last summer knowing that I would never go back as a counselor. I was graduating and moving on in life and I was ok with that. This summer has really reminded me of all of the things that I loved about camp and by that I mean "my camp".
It has been a very interesting experience being here at Don Lee because of my extremely narrow view of camp ministry. Don Lee is not a bible camp. It is not an evangelical, bring your church group, and get your kids saved kind of camp. Don Lee has been described to me as a sailing camp with where tradition and faith intersect. Faith and Spirituality is a part of everything that we do here. It is the underlying current that moves us along. It took quite a while for me to see it and understand what that means.
I am not Mr. Superevangelical and amongst many of my friends from undergrad I am quite the opposite, but I have struggled with the lack of evangelicalism here. At WWW we had worship every night, small groups (bible study) twice a day, usually some other kind of Christian teaching time and praise time every day. Everything built up to Thursday nights in which we would have a time for commitment for those who were wanting to commit their life to Christ. It is especially meaningful to me because it was in 4th grade that I walked up to the altar in the Graham-Sapp Chapel and Warren W. Willis Camp and committed my life to Christ. It was in 7th grade that I remember recommitting my life. It was in 10th grade or so that I felt my call into ministry. And February 2009 that I again heard my call into ministry and God began ushering me towards Duke and calling me back towards Himself. That time of commitment, that time of being talked to about God and my relationship with Christ was something that was very meaningful and impactful in my life. My experience was meaningful to me and valid, but was only meant for me and during a very certain time in my life. By bringing that into what we are doing now and expecting everyone to have the same experience that I had at camp is denying the mystery that God is working in all of our lives. I am now the one helping provide this experience for the staff or the campers and am participating in God's work.
Something that I have had to learn here is that these counselors and staff members have grown up having a very different experience. They have grown up going to a camp where they have seen God in a very different way. It has not been as explicit as my camp experience, but they still want the campers to see God here. This is a place where the Don Lee staff have seen God and continue to see God, year after year. Don Lee is a special place is a place that campers, staff and volunteers encounter God. It is a place that kids get to learn about sailing, cooking in the woods, how to fish, how to kayak and canoe, and how to build camp fires. Don Lee is a place where kids are taught to see God in everything that they do. Maybe I need to start living my life as less of an explicit ministry, but simply start living and let Christ's ministry flow through me.
It has been a very interesting experience being here at Don Lee because of my extremely narrow view of camp ministry. Don Lee is not a bible camp. It is not an evangelical, bring your church group, and get your kids saved kind of camp. Don Lee has been described to me as a sailing camp with where tradition and faith intersect. Faith and Spirituality is a part of everything that we do here. It is the underlying current that moves us along. It took quite a while for me to see it and understand what that means.
I am not Mr. Superevangelical and amongst many of my friends from undergrad I am quite the opposite, but I have struggled with the lack of evangelicalism here. At WWW we had worship every night, small groups (bible study) twice a day, usually some other kind of Christian teaching time and praise time every day. Everything built up to Thursday nights in which we would have a time for commitment for those who were wanting to commit their life to Christ. It is especially meaningful to me because it was in 4th grade that I walked up to the altar in the Graham-Sapp Chapel and Warren W. Willis Camp and committed my life to Christ. It was in 7th grade that I remember recommitting my life. It was in 10th grade or so that I felt my call into ministry. And February 2009 that I again heard my call into ministry and God began ushering me towards Duke and calling me back towards Himself. That time of commitment, that time of being talked to about God and my relationship with Christ was something that was very meaningful and impactful in my life. My experience was meaningful to me and valid, but was only meant for me and during a very certain time in my life. By bringing that into what we are doing now and expecting everyone to have the same experience that I had at camp is denying the mystery that God is working in all of our lives. I am now the one helping provide this experience for the staff or the campers and am participating in God's work.
Something that I have had to learn here is that these counselors and staff members have grown up having a very different experience. They have grown up going to a camp where they have seen God in a very different way. It has not been as explicit as my camp experience, but they still want the campers to see God here. This is a place where the Don Lee staff have seen God and continue to see God, year after year. Don Lee is a special place is a place that campers, staff and volunteers encounter God. It is a place that kids get to learn about sailing, cooking in the woods, how to fish, how to kayak and canoe, and how to build camp fires. Don Lee is a place where kids are taught to see God in everything that they do. Maybe I need to start living my life as less of an explicit ministry, but simply start living and let Christ's ministry flow through me.
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