Lessons Learned at Summer Camp :: Memoir Essays

Lessons Learned at Summer CampGazing up at the clouds, I thought of every(prenominal) the great seasons I had been a part of. The whole week had been full of excitement. Every day was a egress of all of the work put into this experience. Did it have to end so quickly? I wondered to myself.Just think of next year, I said to pouf my disbelief, Its going to be ten times the fun. Ill make sure of that.After what seemed like years of waiting, the day of camp finally arrived. I hastily jam-packed my bags and threw them in my car. My sister on the other hand, was late. She took forever putting her bags together and she walked out of the house as slow as a snail. Hurry up I yelled at her.Im sorry. She replied.The only thing I could say was Sure, whatever. But, I wasnt going to let this get in the way of my excitement. I was so charged with a rush as I pulled out of the driveway.I arrived at the guest ranch that we would be staying at around the same time as everyone else. It was later in the evening so the first item on our agenda was to eat supper. After we ate, the seventeen of us students and the six counselors all had a short chapel meeting. Following the meeting, we all compete a game of capture the flag out in the trees by the ranch and past hit the sack.The next day I woke up and went through my usual morning strategy of preparing myself for the exciting day to come. I had breakfast with the rest of the base followed by an intense game of horseshoes. Then we had what is called Quiet Time. It is a time that each of us went off somewhere by ourselves and read our bible or reflected on events that have happened. I went and sat in the shade of one of the trees. It was an incredible half-hour. I took a look at nature and realized how frightful God really is. I saw all kinds of insects and different pieces of life. It was a neat feeling that I had that morning. The rest of the day the group and I played games and had some time to go where we wanted to. During a game of horseshoes, Nathan carelessly threw a horseshoe out of control towards me.