Camp is thrill on a sugar high. Sometimes the whole staff feels like the week of activities is just one long hype train. We do some really cool stuff. It's out of the box, occasionally dramatic, and ridiculously fun. They'll play insane group games, sling paintballs for hours, and stay up late swapping stories around the fire.

It's a lot to take in. It can be exhausting. Especially when you add in a week with temps in the 90's. We hydrate and sunscreen campers religiously to ease the days. After the post-camp stories subside on the route home, fully expect for your camper to hibernate for a day or two.

Spiritually it can be strenuous as well. The teens are dealing with so much that the culture is throwing at them. Many campers are coming in with all sorts of baggage from school, home, and extracurriculars. Camp can give them some reprieve, but more importantly it can begin a process of working through those issues. We encourage you to be mindful and sensitive to that. It may provide opportunities that weren't previously there. It may strengthen something in their soul. There are real, lifetime decisions made.

We're nitrous to the tank. You're the gas that keeps them moving.