BAICA camp 2008

I'm tired. Muddy. And smelly. BAICA camp 2008 ended today. It's where we take our high school students out to a retreat center out in the countryside and have games and competitions and talks. All relationship, fun time rather than academic, class time. Baseball, mud fights, a mud soaked soccer game in the pouring rain (my favorite), worship time, little sleep, a banana treasure hunt...all were part of it. Of course, the question, "meester, do we must do this?" was asked many times by various students. Some students it was like pulling their teeth the whole time. Others really enjoyed it.

It's an extremely exhausting time, both emotionally and physically, for the teachers. Our efforts and responsibilities during a normal school day are a lot less taxing on us. But, we do it because it's an encouraging time for the students to grow in their relationships with each other, with us teachers, and with all of it ultimately pointed with the end goal that they would claim Christ as their own. And hopefully some of them let God move in their hearts. With that hope, BAICA camp is well worth it.