Zach's trip to UCYC

On Sunday Zach headed off for camp with our church. He has been gone almost all summer, but he is always with family and I never cry...but this time, I cried. He has never been on a trip all by himself before and I was sad to send him off into the room knowing that he was all grown up. Of course he was fine...excited and couldn't wait to ride the BIG charter buses. Our church is keeping a blog for us parents this week and trying to post pictures and notes each day.

Day 1:

We have successfully spent the last 24 hours with your children!! We have had quite a blast! It has been so much fun getting to know everyone and hanging out with all the kids. You all back there don't know what you are missing. We arrived safe and sound at UCYC yesterday around 6PM. We got our suitcases and headed off to our cabins. After checking in we had dinner and our first chapel time. We are beginning to learn about Jesus and that he was a real person! Some of the comments we have heard so far are amazing. The kids spent lots of time today digging through their Bibles to find descriptions of Jesus. It has been great to see their gears beginning to turn. The rest of the day we spent doing our rotations which consist of all types of exciting things!! It has been warm but, very nice. The evening are cool HOORAY!

The top picture is of Guy and Zach after we check them in at church. Neither were very thrilled about having their picture taken. The middle photo is of the kids loading up on the buses. The bottom photo is Zach's group at church. He is on the left in the blue shirt and wearing the hat. Looks like they are having fun.More pictures will follow when Zach gets home...I bought him a camera, he was VERY excited to be able to take his OWN pictures.