Week 19: Youth Bible Camp in Jauregui

Our tents tucked away snugly in the trees :)

CAMP!!!!! Argentine style!!!!!! Last week I participated in the IELU youth camp. Four churches in the Buenos Aires area participated in the camp including my church in Ballester. Probably one of the biggest adventures of the week was getting to the camp. We left from Ballester around 8:30AM.  From there we took a bus to take a train to meet up with the groups from the other churches. From the train station, we took another bus to take another train to Jauregui-a small town north of Buenos Aires. From the train stop we walked about 3 kilometers to get to the campground (all of this with our sleeping bags and backpacks!). We finally arrived around 2:00PM. 

My discussion group (that is me on the left)

The theme of the camp was Vivir y Amar en Libertad (Living and Loving in Liberty). The sessions focused on different issues surrounding relationships and sexuality.

We played lots of games

We had art groups.  One played music and danced, one painted and drew, and the other one made these coin purses out of recycled tapes for everyone in the camp. 

Emily, me, and Erin enjoying our coin purses

Our last night we had seriously THE BIGGEST camp fire I have ever seen.  They literally cut down tree branches to make it!  Then after getting it built and going it started to rain :(  The fire was so big that even after raining it was still smoking the next morning...and afternoon... 

Closing Worship

Everyone waiting for the train to head home

Overall this camp was a lot different than how a United States camp is run...a bit more chill I would say.  We all had a great time and I think the kids learned a little :)