Lauren In Alaska: Bible Camp 2013

Going to Covenant Bible Camp in Unalakleet has become one of the biggest highlights of my year. There really is no place like it, and the more time I spend there, the more I love it.

During the first couple of days at camp this year, a group of us were thinking of a single word we would use to define Bible Camp. Out of the many fitting words, the first that came to mind was simplicity.

In some ways, Bible Camp is the farthest thing from simple. Logistically speaking, camp takes an incredible amount of preparation, planning and organization due to its location 10 miles outside of the village of Unalakleet. In addition, the struggles that the campers are going through when they come to camp are complex. Many have dealt with intense difficulties in their lives, and understanding and working through those experiences is far from simple.

That being said, there is an element of peaceful simplicity about Bible Camp that is known, felt, and cherished. Living in community with a group of people for a week (or more for staff), sharing meals together, worshiping together, doing chores together, having fun together, and just living life together combine to create an atmosphere of simple peace - even in the midst of intense difficulties and struggles.

I really do mean it when I say there is no place like Bible Camp.

This year, I was at camp for two weeks and counseled during Leadership Camp and Sr. High Camp. Leadership was awesome as always - getting to know the girls in our cabin, and encouraging them to continue to be positive examples to their peers. Sr. High Camp was a blast too - my co-counselor and I had 14 girls in our cabin. It was quite the week! So much fun. We needed some good zzzs when it was all said and done, but it was well worth it.

I am already looking forward to heading back up to Unalakleet later this summer for the CYAK Prayer and Planning Retreat in August. But until then, enjoy some pictures from June!