Camping

This post was supposed to be me telling you about all the fun my family had while camping this past weekend. Unfortunately, that was not the case. We did go camping, And, it was fun. Well, not fun for me. I woke up sick the first morning there. I felt awful! Achy body, throbbing head, sore throat and my ear was bothering me. But, because I love camping so much, I thought I could rough it out. We were supposed to stay 3 nights. The boys explored and we all went down to the swimming hole. I didn't do any swimming but the boys did. And they had lots of fun. Even baby girl enjoyed playing in the water with daddy! I'm glad they had that 1 great day at camp because the next morning I wasn't any better, and my eye was now bothering me. I couldn't rough it out any longer. It was time to go home. Which really saddened me. I truly enjoy camping. I hadn't been in 2 years and I was determined to go this year.

I planned, I packed, I got things ready. Interestingly enough though, all of my planning and packing, we still didn't have everything we needed. When we got to the campsite we noticed that things weren't there. Didn't we just buy 3 flashlights? Where's the stakes to the tent go? You want ketchup and mustard on your veggie burger? I could go on but don't want to shame myself too much. In the midst of it all though, on our first night at camp, the campers next to us were gently playing a guitar and sing praise and worship songs to our Lord and Saviour. It was wonderful to hear all of those young voices singing so lovingly that evening. Even though so many things were going wrong on our camping trip, those songs were a gentle reminder that He is enough. Yes, we may have forgotten some stuff. Yes, I was ill. But, through it all, He was with us. We had that one good day together, as a family. And that's what the camping trip was about - family togetherness.

I thank the Lord for our 1 day camping. I am thankful that we were able to spend some nice quality time together in God's wonderful creation. The scenery was beautiful. The weather was nice. Yes, I think it was a great camping trip after all!