As part of OUTLOOK’s recent photo/essay contest, Mid-America youth (ages 10-16) were asked to describe how a past camp experience impacted their lives. Participants were also asked to submit up to three photos to accompany their essays. The grand prize: a free week at any Mid-America Union-sponsored camp. The first, second and third place winners were also published in the May 2014 issue of OUTLOOK.
The winners, honorable mentions and other entries are featured below. Click the “next” or “previous” buttons to navigate between entries.
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Austin Allison
Last summer I went to tween camp and I took a friend. It was my first time going there without my parents. It was a good experience for both of us.
The best part was the activities. It was kind of fun eating only healthy foods; my friend didn’t really like it, but he was fine with it. I want to come every year because it’s spending time with Jesus. That’s another thing I like because when we learn about Him we do it in a fun way and I actually understand what we’re learning.
My sister and cousin went last year too. They had a blast. It was fun watching them splash water on each other’s heads. While they were doing that my friend and I sprayed them with our squirt guns. It was a lot of fun!
I also like the speed boats. I was going to go tubing and water boarding with my friend, but he doesn’t know how to swim so we both just stayed on the boat. I liked sleeping out on Turtle Island, but I hated the spiders and I couldn’t sleep because there were sticks. But I liked how we swam in the river there. So that was my experience of North Star Camp.
