Day Two-July 17th-The Masters Inn-Altavista, VA
Posted By: Travis
Arriving back to camp late last night, we all headed to bed around 1:30 a.m. on the floor of the patmos house (little cabin near the climbing wall). I think most of us didn’t really get much sleep since we’re spoiled when in comes to sleeping comfortably. Jeremiah wanted to sleep outside on the deck and apparently did for awhile until he got too cold. With the exception of Jeremiah, we all slept till about 10: 30 a.m. and had the suprise of being awaken by a female presence in the room. One of the workers, Casey, was coming around to collect trash and was surprised to find a bunch of half-naked dudes laying around. I’d have to say the most exciting event of the morning involved an electric mosquito zapper racket, a few nipples, and Jeremiah’s finger. Jeremiah worked up the nerve to stick his finger in the racket to see how much it would hurt. Once he found out it wasn’t so bad and had heard that it had been done before, he wanted to see what it would feel like to get his nipple shocked. And yes, it was hilarious. That’ll be one story that we’ll take from this tour that will always draw a smile and a laugh. After Jeremiah did it, John (the other councilor staying with us) had to live up to the challenge and had his nip zapped as well. We enjoyed a day o in the pool, and chilling at the lake and watching Jeremiah get launched from the blob.
In the afternoon, we enjoyed some Salisbury Steak and rice and at the cafeteria. The worship service was led by Dave and Travis from the band, Station Two, and they did an excellent job. Towards the end of the service, there was an altar call and several kids went up for prayer, repentance, or to deal with issues in their lives that they wanted to hand over to God. As the kids were making their way out of the building, I was in the back watching their faces pass by. I don’t really know why this happened, but it was definitely a moment where God gripped my heart. With every body that passed me by, I thought of them not as kids that I may never see again, but as souls with a value that I could not put a price tag on. My heart went out to them as I remembered the responsibility we have as believers to make disciples. I went in and sat down while the worship was finishing up and just gave a silent prayer up to God and dedicated the show and the rest of the tour to making an impact in the kids we talk to. For the rest of the night, it was bliss. We played a great set with almost no mistakes and high energy. I think we’re getting back into the groove we were in when we left for the summer. The kids seemed to have a great time and we sold a lot of merch. We also want to thank some very special people who wanted to help us out and give us some gas money in order to support us while we’re on tour. They didn’t have to do it, but it means a lot to us (you know who you are, thank you so much). Along with the camp kids, we had some locals from in town come to see us, along with our friends Mike and Scott and Aaron’s girlfriend Tiffany who ran merch for us. Overall it was a great day and we left the kids to high hopes of a wonderful week at camp. We then gathered our belongings and are currently heading to Fredericksburg, VA to enjoy some time with the Stone Family and kayaking.
Arriving back to camp late last night, we all headed to bed around 1:30 a.m. on the floor of the patmos house (little cabin near the climbing wall). I think most of us didn’t really get much sleep since we’re spoiled when in comes to sleeping comfortably. Jeremiah wanted to sleep outside on the deck and apparently did for awhile until he got too cold. With the exception of Jeremiah, we all slept till about 10: 30 a.m. and had the suprise of being awaken by a female presence in the room. One of the workers, Casey, was coming around to collect trash and was surprised to find a bunch of half-naked dudes laying around. I’d have to say the most exciting event of the morning involved an electric mosquito zapper racket, a few nipples, and Jeremiah’s finger. Jeremiah worked up the nerve to stick his finger in the racket to see how much it would hurt. Once he found out it wasn’t so bad and had heard that it had been done before, he wanted to see what it would feel like to get his nipple shocked. And yes, it was hilarious. That’ll be one story that we’ll take from this tour that will always draw a smile and a laugh. After Jeremiah did it, John (the other councilor staying with us) had to live up to the challenge and had his nip zapped as well. We enjoyed a day o in the pool, and chilling at the lake and watching Jeremiah get launched from the blob.
In the afternoon, we enjoyed some Salisbury Steak and rice and at the cafeteria. The worship service was led by Dave and Travis from the band, Station Two, and they did an excellent job. Towards the end of the service, there was an altar call and several kids went up for prayer, repentance, or to deal with issues in their lives that they wanted to hand over to God. As the kids were making their way out of the building, I was in the back watching their faces pass by. I don’t really know why this happened, but it was definitely a moment where God gripped my heart. With every body that passed me by, I thought of them not as kids that I may never see again, but as souls with a value that I could not put a price tag on. My heart went out to them as I remembered the responsibility we have as believers to make disciples. I went in and sat down while the worship was finishing up and just gave a silent prayer up to God and dedicated the show and the rest of the tour to making an impact in the kids we talk to. For the rest of the night, it was bliss. We played a great set with almost no mistakes and high energy. I think we’re getting back into the groove we were in when we left for the summer. The kids seemed to have a great time and we sold a lot of merch. We also want to thank some very special people who wanted to help us out and give us some gas money in order to support us while we’re on tour. They didn’t have to do it, but it means a lot to us (you know who you are, thank you so much). Along with the camp kids, we had some locals from in town come to see us, along with our friends Mike and Scott and Aaron’s girlfriend Tiffany who ran merch for us. Overall it was a great day and we left the kids to high hopes of a wonderful week at camp. We then gathered our belongings and are currently heading to Fredericksburg, VA to enjoy some time with the Stone Family and kayaking.
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