Light Switch Rave!!!

One of the many things I learned at camp this week. See, these people from the Silver Ring Thing did a presentation at camp, and they had to figure out how to do a low-tech version of their show in our chapel. What happened was there was this poor lady toggling the light switch while someone else was waving flashlights...the band people dubbed it a "light switch rave". They came to the conclusion that all you have to do is make techno beat noises with your mouth, and you can have your own light switch rave at home. It's hilarious. Oh, man, oh, man...I had such an awesome time at camp. It was physically and spiritually exhausting, but it was so rewarding seeing the campers grow in their faith even in the course of a week.

The band was cool, too. They were a little louder than punk, but not quite metal. Hearing a loud version of "My Glorious" tripped me out to no end. And the kids just sang along, or rather yelled. But chapel was so fun. Everyone who spoke did a really good job, and the kids did get something out of it in the end. A nice-sized little group went up to accept Christ on the last night, and three kids got baptized Friday morning.

Now, I'll leave you with some quotes I faithfully gleaned over the week:

"Our legs are tiiired!"
-Karen, Crystal and I said this to get Cabbil to push us on this long swing. When three girls say this in unison to a guy in a certain tone of voice, he has no choice but to do our bidding. Meh heh heh...

"OIINK!!"
- Cabbil's call for our group of younguns. Every group was some kind of animal, and we were the Pigs. He did it really deep and loud, so apparently his pig had a lot of angst...it was a very angry pig... The kids got a kick out of it, though.


"I got beans in my hair....this is cool! I can style my hair with beans!"
-Ethan, or "Bill" as he insisted on being called for the first 3 days of camp. One of the games was bobbing for various fruits and vegetables...in pork and beans. The sauce kinda dried and made his hair stick up and look red.

"Ben, stop snorting your toothpaste!"
-Jones, after watching Ben sniff intensely at his new toothpaste for several minutes. Don't ask.

Jones: "Can I go have some God time?"
Kayla: "No! That's being lazy!"
It's really not as bad as it sounds, but it's so funny out of context...

"There's like 60 calories in this little tiny Airhead!!"
- Alexis, one of the girls in my cabin. It's so funny because she was this short little skinny thing, and I was like, "Sweetie, you need those 60 calories!"

"I think coldness is the archnemesis of my life."
-Hope, on the evils of low temperatures

"My armpits smell like mystic rain."
-Yes...it was me. Mystic Rain is the name of my deodorant scent, okay?! I am not insane! Well, maybe a little.

"I just roll up in there like some sushi."
- I seriously think I was brain-dead on Tuesday... I was just not thinking before letting things come out of my mouth... I was referring to my black sleeping bag, by the way.

Ben (singing): "There is...no one like you..."
Everyone else: "Stop singing that song!" "It'll get stuck in my head!"
Five minutes later...
Cabbil (singing): "There is...no one like you- argh! Now I'm doing it!"

"I just thoroughly inconvenienced four people. It's a good morning."
-Jones after using me to help him mow down four innocent girls on the way to chapel. Shame, shame.

"Liza, stop looking so Liza!"
-Lou commenting on my expression as I grip the seatbelt in the front seat of her car. It was somewhere between constipation and "Why, God, whyyyy??!", if memory serves.

"I feel like I could cry, I'm so happy."
-Amanda, a camper, after being baptized. That's what it's all about...and hearing words like that from the campers was what made my week a real success.