Shalom Camp 2008

A camp with a difference in a number of ways: On arrival we discovered a number of changes to the actual camp site - the dining hall wall facing the dormitories is now open arched, we nearly drove into a wall which now stops cars parking in front of the kitchen, they have full time site managers, and they have a fantastic dam which stretches 5km back to the old canoeing launch area. Another big change was that Barbra ran camp this year (and did a great job).

The topic this year was "The Sermon on the Mount", delivered in 4 talks by victor Nakah, Godwin (Part II) and Lennon (Part I). It proved quite a challenging time as we came face-to-face with the very basics of our faith - what God expects every Christian to "look like" through the regenerating work of His Spirit.

Thanks to Barbra, we were introduced to a

catering makeover, especially the all-time breakfast hit of in-season mealies, bananas, cucumber and butternut. Here are some girls packing it away!

Of all the activities, it sounds like the canoeing was the most enjoyed, although I can't believe that anyone was awake to enjoy it, given the amount of sleep experienced!

Guys and Girls events March 08

The guys and girls events this semester took the form of outreach events in which each UCSF person was encouraged to bring a guest along to join in the fun and also to hear a short gospel presentation from one of the students.

The ladies were treated to a tea in the lovely garden of the Roasted Berry and from the sounds of it they had a really great time. Barbra delivered the short gospel presentation and there has been very positive feedback on how it came across.

The guys event was unfortunately not quite as successful, as the planned canoeing day was a bit dampened by the announcement the day before that canoeing is no longer allowed on the Hillside dams. Nonetheless, they still had a fun time playing soccer on the lawns and fishing in the dams for anything desperate enough to eat a worm. Zed delivered the gospel presentation.