Mud Mud Mud - June 20th

Philbot here. Fact: Camp Phillip is located in Waushara county, which means the soil is very sandy. Sandy soil + water = MUD! (I am very good at math, if you didn't know). The rainy weather yesterday made all of the sandy Camp soil damp and muddy - it was everywhere. This could have gotten everyone at Camp feeling down since the regularly scheduled programming was interrupted, but the counselors here have great attitudes that easily adapt in situations such as these, and they managed to make yesterday fun and memorable for all the campers!

One activity we have at Camp Phillip during summer camp is called Creation Encounters. Campers go on some kind of adventure in nature and explore God's creation by playing a game, identifying things in nature, or crafting something out of natural materials. Yesterday with the overabundance of mud caking everything at Camp, campers got down and dirty in the MUD with MUD PAINTING during Creation Encounters! How fun!



This obviously was a fun time!!

The passage for Monday comes to us from Acts 3:19. Peter was addressing a large crowd of people when he said:

"Repent, then, and turn to God, that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord..."

God tells us to repent, to turn from our natural, sinful human ways, and turn to Him for forgiveness and peace. Every day, each one of muddies our lives with the countless sins we commit against God; yet, He forgives us! He cleanses us from every mud clod that wrecks the stainless image God intended for our lives. Even more so, He gives us "times of refreshing"! Not only does He refresh us with forgiveness of our sin, He gives us times in our lives where we get built up in faith by the Holy Spirit. Camp Phillip is a "time of refreshing from the Lord" for me. It's very encouraging to have the chance to spend every day surrounded by such strong Christian friends - what a blessing from our God!

Next time you get stuck in mud - remember that He takes away all our sin!

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