Comments on: Yes, Camp Can Be Life-Changing http://jendisjournal.com/2009/06/16/yes-camp-can-be-life-changing/ Wit & Wisdom from my Journey through Womanhood Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:15:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kirk http://jendisjournal.com/2009/06/16/yes-camp-can-be-life-changing/comment-page-1/#comment-4182 Kirk Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:21:25 +0000 http://jendisjournal.com/?p=2921#comment-4182 i couldn't agree more, aside from all the fun that the kids (and well the kids at heart) can have at camps, the things that you mentioned very much sums up most of what kids can benefit.. equally important to gaining a closer relationship with God, i think, is independence... i feel that it's something that you cannot directly teach to anybody, you live it, you experience it... i couldn’t agree more, aside from all the fun that the kids (and well the kids at heart) can have at camps, the things that you mentioned very much sums up most of what kids can benefit.. equally important to gaining a closer relationship with God, i think, is independence… i feel that it’s something that you cannot directly teach to anybody, you live it, you experience it…

]]> By: Abbie http://jendisjournal.com/2009/06/16/yes-camp-can-be-life-changing/comment-page-1/#comment-4169 Abbie Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:40:08 +0000 http://jendisjournal.com/?p=2921#comment-4169 I agree that camp can be life-changing. This is my son's first week at summer session/camp. (He is not quite 3 years old.) Although it is for just a few hours in the morning, I knew the first day it had a postitive impact upon him. He was speaking more clearly, in complete sentences. He was incredibly hungry (which he has never been in his life.) And he was calmer, and more attentive at home. I think playing, the interaction with different authority figures, and being on his own a bit helped him mature in just one day! For me, I went to an overnight camp when I was 11 or so, and it was a christian camp. I believe that experience led me to convert to catholisim 15 years later. I feel my life is fuller with God in it, and the individuals and experiences I took from that time at camp, really led me to where I am today. Thanks for a great post Amanda! Abbie <abbr><em>Abbies last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Organizing-life/~3/u1SRDQZ1EXk/">Getting Rid of Clutter is Work</a></em></abbr> I agree that camp can be life-changing. This is my son’s first week at summer session/camp. (He is not quite 3 years old.) Although it is for just a few hours in the morning, I knew the first day it had a postitive impact upon him. He was speaking more clearly, in complete sentences. He was incredibly hungry (which he has never been in his life.) And he was calmer, and more attentive at home. I think playing, the interaction with different authority figures, and being on his own a bit helped him mature in just one day!
For me, I went to an overnight camp when I was 11 or so, and it was a christian camp. I believe that experience led me to convert to catholisim 15 years later. I feel my life is fuller with God in it, and the individuals and experiences I took from that time at camp, really led me to where I am today.
Thanks for a great post Amanda!
Abbie

Abbies last blog post..Getting Rid of Clutter is Work

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