District Conference- Kids Camp!
District Conference was a blast. Our kids did EXCELLENT on the airplane, except on the way there until dawson fell asleep (2 hours into the flight) he kept saying. "Gotta get off" we are lost. "Gotta get off" we are lost! He was cute, but I gave him some phenergen which knocked him woozy and then he could relax for the next 2 hours. He can be a bit uptight. :) I guess I should probably add here. YES! WE FLY 4 HOURS TO GET TO DISTRICT CONFERENCE! , It's like the distance from NY to LA almost to get to the east coast. However, on the way home he did excellent, let's just hope they keep up this track record for our flight to the states in December. Back to district conference. We arrived at camp on Saturday morning at 9:00 after a three hour drive, from Melbourne to an island called Philip Island. It is normally really cold and windy, but for the most part we had really good weather for Melbourne.
The kids showed up at 9:30. And, I was a bit stressed at first, just because I didn't know where anything was, I brought 20 kilos of craft supplies. But, I got organized quickly and we had a Super week learning about super heroes in the Bible. (This material "Super Heroes unmasked was donated to us by Cuba Wesleyan church) and this is the second time I have gotten to use it and I thank Cuba for blessing us with the materials! THANK YOU! The kids studied Daniel, Esther, Noah, Jesus, David and Goliath, and we did many crafts, and the most exciting thing, was for the first time in at least 5 years I know of, the kids sang on Sunday night for the adults in the service. They did such a good job! We also got to use outdoor equipment, which I was a bit scared since I was the person trained to use it, so here I am pregnant and spotting all these kids. But, we had a wonderful time doing the low ropes course, a boulder wall, a flying fox ( Had 2 staff help on this since I can't really lift), and many other activities. The only major problem we had, was my DVD's would not work on the DVD player in Melbourne, wrong code. (Isn't that weird!) But, they do play in Perth, so anyways. we just came up with more games, and things to do, in place of the 20 minute veggie tale super hero clips. Well, I will attach some pictures. But, I felt great the entire time, I had SUCH A good time. There was one scary moment, and I will share this... Because I believe people were praying on Sunday night 7:00pm (Sunday morning 7AM, your time)...
This campground is quite large. Probably about the size of Chambers camp if you have ever been to Central New York District Wesleyan Campground. But, we were in the dining hall having dinner and we were sitting at a table, Chris, Myself, Dawson, and a bunch of adults (all talking). Well, Makayla came up and asked me to take her to the bathroom. So, I took her, were were gone maybe 2 minutes. Came back, and dawson wasn't in his chair. But, I thought he must have gone into the sanctuary, where I told all the kids to go. When I got in there he wasn't there. Then, suddenly this lady comes running up to me and says there is a baby crying REALLY loud up in the dorm rooms. So, I thought .... " I am the only one with a baby?? (2 yr old)". So, I went tearing up there, and he was not in the dorm rooms, but dawson was all the way up past the dorm rooms, through some trees, through a field, and up in the next set of trees, right next to a busy main road. Standing up there SCREAMING! It was pitch dark! He was completely safe, but completely terrified. All he had was a few scrapes on his face from sword grass, tall grass. But, God protected Dawson from all the terrible things that could have happened, there were two lakes on the campground, surrounded by main roads, and how he got up there... I did find out......
The kids ran up to check on their super hero capes in the crafts room, took Dawson with them.... then when they came back, they forgot him... So, then he was lost and did not know where to go... FUNNY enough. he did go to our dorm room, but then when the lady who heard him opened the door, he took off running up into the woods, but would not let her touch him or pick him up. So, God also sent an "angel" in the form of this lady who happened to be at the right place at the right time, so that she could watch over him and make sure even though he was RUNNING ALL OVER screaming, that he would not be harmed.
After this whole ordeal. I held Dawson, and within 2 minutes he was asleep. So, he did not get to sing Sunday night with the kids even though he knew all the songs. Here are some pics from the weekend. IF you would like to see all of them. Email me and I will send you them in an email attachment.
District Conference was a blast. Our kids did EXCELLENT on the airplane, except on the way there until dawson fell asleep (2 hours into the flight) he kept saying. "Gotta get off" we are lost. "Gotta get off" we are lost! He was cute, but I gave him some phenergen which knocked him woozy and then he could relax for the next 2 hours. He can be a bit uptight. :) I guess I should probably add here. YES! WE FLY 4 HOURS TO GET TO DISTRICT CONFERENCE! , It's like the distance from NY to LA almost to get to the east coast. However, on the way home he did excellent, let's just hope they keep up this track record for our flight to the states in December. Back to district conference. We arrived at camp on Saturday morning at 9:00 after a three hour drive, from Melbourne to an island called Philip Island. It is normally really cold and windy, but for the most part we had really good weather for Melbourne.
The kids showed up at 9:30. And, I was a bit stressed at first, just because I didn't know where anything was, I brought 20 kilos of craft supplies. But, I got organized quickly and we had a Super week learning about super heroes in the Bible. (This material "Super Heroes unmasked was donated to us by Cuba Wesleyan church) and this is the second time I have gotten to use it and I thank Cuba for blessing us with the materials! THANK YOU! The kids studied Daniel, Esther, Noah, Jesus, David and Goliath, and we did many crafts, and the most exciting thing, was for the first time in at least 5 years I know of, the kids sang on Sunday night for the adults in the service. They did such a good job! We also got to use outdoor equipment, which I was a bit scared since I was the person trained to use it, so here I am pregnant and spotting all these kids. But, we had a wonderful time doing the low ropes course, a boulder wall, a flying fox ( Had 2 staff help on this since I can't really lift), and many other activities. The only major problem we had, was my DVD's would not work on the DVD player in Melbourne, wrong code. (Isn't that weird!) But, they do play in Perth, so anyways. we just came up with more games, and things to do, in place of the 20 minute veggie tale super hero clips. Well, I will attach some pictures. But, I felt great the entire time, I had SUCH A good time. There was one scary moment, and I will share this... Because I believe people were praying on Sunday night 7:00pm (Sunday morning 7AM, your time)...
This campground is quite large. Probably about the size of Chambers camp if you have ever been to Central New York District Wesleyan Campground. But, we were in the dining hall having dinner and we were sitting at a table, Chris, Myself, Dawson, and a bunch of adults (all talking). Well, Makayla came up and asked me to take her to the bathroom. So, I took her, were were gone maybe 2 minutes. Came back, and dawson wasn't in his chair. But, I thought he must have gone into the sanctuary, where I told all the kids to go. When I got in there he wasn't there. Then, suddenly this lady comes running up to me and says there is a baby crying REALLY loud up in the dorm rooms. So, I thought .... " I am the only one with a baby?? (2 yr old)". So, I went tearing up there, and he was not in the dorm rooms, but dawson was all the way up past the dorm rooms, through some trees, through a field, and up in the next set of trees, right next to a busy main road. Standing up there SCREAMING! It was pitch dark! He was completely safe, but completely terrified. All he had was a few scrapes on his face from sword grass, tall grass. But, God protected Dawson from all the terrible things that could have happened, there were two lakes on the campground, surrounded by main roads, and how he got up there... I did find out......
The kids ran up to check on their super hero capes in the crafts room, took Dawson with them.... then when they came back, they forgot him... So, then he was lost and did not know where to go... FUNNY enough. he did go to our dorm room, but then when the lady who heard him opened the door, he took off running up into the woods, but would not let her touch him or pick him up. So, God also sent an "angel" in the form of this lady who happened to be at the right place at the right time, so that she could watch over him and make sure even though he was RUNNING ALL OVER screaming, that he would not be harmed.
After this whole ordeal. I held Dawson, and within 2 minutes he was asleep. So, he did not get to sing Sunday night with the kids even though he knew all the songs. Here are some pics from the weekend. IF you would like to see all of them. Email me and I will send you them in an email attachment.
Craft Time
Singing in th Sunday night Service. Jesus You're my super Hero
Chris riding the giant swing. They take you up in the air. and then drop you and you swing notice how high, he is to the building behind.
Super Camp kids
Dawson riding half of the flying fox. We only pulled him up about 6 metres instead of 8.
