We did the drive down on Saturday, and once we arrive had a short devotion and then went to bed. Sleep was something that I didn't get a lot of on this trip. The camp we stayed at had a high and low ropes course that we hit early Sunday morning. We spent the morning on the low ropes course, which consisted of a lot of team building activities. It was great to see the youth work together. It was especially cool because the group I was with struggled at the beginning on one of their activities However, they overcame, and ended up doing extremely well on the rest of the obstacles. It was great to see them continue to push through, even though they struggled. Then, after lunch, the students did the high ropes course. It was a lot of stuff that I knew I couldn't do, but it was great to watch the kids do awesome, and especially encouraging each other if they struggled. Our youth group truly is something special. They are a very close nit group.
On Monday, we hit the parks early. We headed to Disney's Hollywood Studios on New Year's Eve. It was absolutely packed! But we still had a good time. We hit all the major rides like Rockin' Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror. It was a fun day. Around 6:30 that night, we left the park, and headed to the town of Celebration, Florida. There they had a band and lots of cool things going on out in the streets. The weather was absolutely perfect for the entire trip while we were there! So we stayed there till about 12:20 am, after an awesome fireworks show. It was a little over an hour drive back to where we were staying, so we arrived just before 2 am. Next came a very short night, because we left for the parks at 8 am the next morning. The day before, they had closed Magic Kingdom, where we were headed on New Years Day, at around 9:30 am because it was so crowded. So we knew we had to get there early. We got into the parks right about 9:30 am and it was crowded. But we had a good day, and got to cover most of the park and do everything we wanted to. We did Space Mountain, Buzz Light Year Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and Haunted Mansion as well as many others. It was a really fun day. But we were absolutely exhausted from 2 straight days of being very busy in the park. So we headed out of the park about 6:30 again, grabbed dinner, then got back to the camp. We got some good sleep and then hit the road home. overall, it was a great trip. I had so much fun. Here are some pictures from the trip:
Before we got on the Tower of Terror!
The Band KattyShack at the New Years Eve Party.
The group I hung out with at Disney in front of Cinderellas Castle! Salt and Sugar! Haha
Cinderella's Castle
Cinderella's Castle at Night all lit up!
Our group at the Mickey's Phillar Magic Show.
2 Corinthians 5:17-22 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
. This was a verse we used on the trip: God has made each and everyone of us new. I was very thankful for the opportunity to get to experience this newness with the BUMS. It was a great trip. I love the BUMS so much. Chad Deetz does a great job leading the BUMS, and the group acts so much as a family. So thank you BUMS for such a great trip. I love being able to come back and just plug right back into this family that has always meant so much to me.
