Camping : Family's First

First of all, I am truly sorry for leaving this blog silent for so many days.  I have been very busy with numerous matters.  Yet, I am here again and excited to share my stories.

The whole family went to Camp during the holidays from April 2-4, 2015.  Our venue was Cuenca, at the foot of Mt. Maculot. This was our church's Summer Youth Camp .  Pakner4lyf and I had been organizing this camp intended only for our church members, but we were also privileged to have another church join the event.  This year's theme was "The Voice for the Philippines. " Our work to prepare everything for the camp started a few months before the date.  More workloads had to be accomplished a few weeks before the camp started. I had sleepless nights, but I was happy doing this.  I am also thankful for those people who worked hard to make this camp possible.  Our work paid off as we saw the impact the camp made in the lives of the campers.

Yeah, the whole family was at the camp - we couldn't leave the kids, so they joined us. We feel more comfortable having the kids with us; that way, we don't worry about them while we're gone.  I'm so glad to have helping hands, especially for taking care of the kids, because there are some sessions I need to attend and facilitate.  Having someone look after them while I was working was a huge help. Thank you, guys; you know who you are.  

This camp made me even more excited because it was my first time staying in a tent and spending nights sleeping in one.  It was also our family's first camping experience.  Since the kids knew we would go camping, they were thrilled.  I actually ordered a tent online, but we decided to give our tent to other campers and used a much larger tent owned by another camper instead.  We had Zymon, my kids' friend, spend the last night in our tent, as it could accommodate more people.   Her mom, Sis. Aida, just wanted to visit her children at the camp. She came with Zymon to see how her four children were doing while at the camp. However, when it was time to go home, Zymon insisted to his mom that he wanted to stay at the campsite. This made my kids, especially JC, even happier since they had a friend to play with.

This was an enormous event I want the whole family to remember. There are many wonderful memories to cherish.