RYM in Review

Last week Nicole and I traveled to Panama City Beach, FL with 4 students from the church for RYM Jr. High camp (www.rymonline.org). We had a great time, and it was fun to start building relationships with some of the youth and to be back at the place where we have fond memories of RUF Summer Conference(s). I was very impressed by the main speaker and seminar teachers and felt that they did an excellent job of relating well to the Jr. High students and also presenting solid, Biblical teaching.

Here are a few pictures from the week:


Myself with our four students plus one other guy (the one in the blue shirt was from another group). Every afternoon, instead of just having free time, all of the students were split into teams of 10-15 people led by different youth leaders and competed in MegaRec: various competitive events which went on all week. At the end of the week the top 2 teams played each other in a all-out-night-sand-dodgeball-match. Our team did really well, but we managed to only place 3rd and missed the dodgeball game by a few scavenger hunt items and one lost game (we went 5-1 for the week).

One of the games we played for MegaRec. Think of it like half-court water polo with a giant beach ball. We beat the team that ended up placing 2nd overall in this game with a literal last-second goal.

On Thursday, most of the groups went to Shipwreck Island, a waterpark in Panama City Beach just down the road from where we stayed. Nicole and I relaxed at the wave-pool and floated around on the lazy river while the youth waited in long lines and got even more burnt. We had a great time.

This a shot of the meeting room where we had our large group every night.