Camping in Texas

This weekend we took a group of students from our campus team to Lake Grapevine to have a little camp out...talk about an experience! Let's just say that camping in Texas is a little different than Alaska. It was amazing, though...I think probably the coolest thing that I've done in Texas so far. We had 10 kids show up and Chase and I had a blast with them. We did everything from going on a treasure hunt down the beach, to sharing testimonies around the bonfire, to chatting in the moon light, to calling for coyotes at 1 am! Random, I know, but super fun! Oh, by the way, I won the treasure hunt, but Chase was a sore loser and while I was out getting wood stole my prize! (I'm not bitter, though) The camp-out was a great way to de-stress from a hard week and the weather was amazing. We saw a beautiful sunset on the lake and a full moon rise to see by. This was the first time for many of the students to sleep in tents...crazy, I know. We gave them some "camping tips" in setting up the tents and on gear and stuff. I got to build stronger relationships with many of my girls and we have plenty of inside jokes now. We stayed up until 4am and by that time I was wearing many layers and curled up in my sleeping bag around the campfire, as the wind had picked up on the lake. Funny thing, many of the kids were still wearing their shorts, so I got made fun of from being from Alaska and getting so cold in Texas! Whatever...let's just say that I'm a little worried to come home at Christmas as I'm getting climatized to this weather. It was so cool to be out on the lake in the warm weather, under a full moon, and sleep in a tent without a rainfly... you've got to love Texas!