Tonight’s memory is short but sweet.

Memory #4: Senior Camp 1999

Senior Camp 1999 – the entire camp – stands out to me as the best camp I’ve ever attended. Many different reasons contribute to this…ranging from Aaron Bear and I becoming good friends, to finally being put in the same cabin as Joel Senior, and the church services being so timely and the Spirit moving in each one.

It was also Rainier Camina’s last year directing Senior Camp, and he had carried on the theme from the previous year, “More Than Conquerors.” We had a guest speaker each night share with us how we can become conquerors through Christ’s power and grace. I remember the altars being packed with kids seeking God’s blessings and receiving them in a mighty way.

SC99 was also huge in number — we had over 100 teens for one of the few times anyone can remember.

Most of my friends from that era have moved on to other churches, other states and other stages of their lives, and I rarely hear from most of them. I think that’s what also helps to make me miss everyone from Senior Camp in that era so much…the fact I’ve lost touch with a bunch of my friends I grew up with.

You can’t keep everyone around forever.