Our Trip: On to Ohio ... and P4C13



Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

    The morning of October 23, we slept in. <nice>  We couldn't check in at Camp until 3:30, so we were in no hurry to get away. The morning was uneventful - except for the fact that we had to load our car in the rain once more - the 4th time on this trip! The drive up to the Northeast corner of Ohio was fairly easy - a little traffic in Columbus, but not too bad. Once we got off the interstate we had a beautiful scenic drive up to the camp. So pretty with all the fall colors too.

Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

     Caroline had taken over driving and wow, she was flat booking it! :)  She's not overly familiar with curvy-road driving and I kept telling her to slow down. (I've driven curvy roads many times in Arkansas on visits to see my grandmother over the years - learned from the best.... my mom, who grew up there.) So there she goes, speeding around corners - even squealing the tires!  We all got a boot out of it and could not stop laughing. The wet roads probably contributed to the squealing, but she was going too fast. At any rate, we arrived in a very jovial mood.

Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

     Check-in took no time at all, and then we were off to find our cabins and unload our stuff. We three girls shared a cabin with 14 others. We only had one shower and one toilet - but two sinks! Thankfully, the toilet and shower were in separate rooms. Amazingly enough, we actually made it work very well. There were main showers you could go to if need be, but I only knew of one person using that shower once.

Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

      I took no pictures that first day (and neither did Laura) but Leah Cross was there to take pics of everything, so I am using hers for this post. We bought picture downloads from her of the entire weekend, so I'll probably be using a lot of hers in the next few posts.

The Worship Room - Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

     After unpacking and settling in at our cabin (and making the acquaintance of most of our cabin-mates) we headed over to the main building for the Fall Dinner. We chatted with different ones before dinner and were glad to find that there were many other "1st timers" besides ourselves! At least we wouldn't be the only ones not sure what was going on. :)   They had a cozy fire going and boy did it feel good - it was cold outside.

Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

Laura fills her plate

Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

You can barely see Aaron, Laura & Caroline sitting at a table in the

middle of this picture - Aaron is in a red shirt with his back to the camera

Photo by Leah Christine Imagery
 

Charles Cavanaugh welcomes us to P4C13 (yes, that's the back of my head to the left)

Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

After dinner, welcome, and announcements, we went to the "sanctuary" for Worship. The singing was wonderful - everyone knew how to sing & sang loudly. :) The acoustics were great in there too, which really helped. I especially loved it when we sang acapella - magnifying our Lord with the voices He gave us.
 

Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

Photo by Leah Christine Imagery
 

First Message brought by Bro. Charles - Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

Second message by Bro. Ryan Fullerton - Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

     The two messages that first evening were both uplifting and instructive.  Confirming things we believe, learning new truths & fellowship with other believers. Truly a wonderful evening.  Afterwards, we received instructions on where we would meet next morning with our Community Groups (all 5 of us were in different groups) and who would be leading those groups.





Prayer with the Community Group Leaders - Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

     Everyone turned in fairly early (10:00 - 11:00) that evening. The girls in our cabin explained that they would stay up later & later as the week progressed, so they were going to get what sleep the could now. <smile>