camp quotes

These are phrases, words, and quotes that meant something to me while I was away. Some of them make me laugh, some of them bring back a picture in my mind, but all of them represent a moment of CYIA 2008.


"It's amazing how hard it is to find your nose when you aren't looking."
-Sarah VonBergen

"Go Girl!"
-Elfrida Harder

"Everyones addicted to something...I'm addicted to air!"
-Caleb Banzaf

"PC stands for Pretend Computer."
-Caleb

"We all sound like a variety of frogs."
-Celeste, the day we were all sick

"Oh NO!"
-Luke Myers everyday in the car with a unique look on his face

"Luke! Your sister just passed you in your mother's car!"
-Larson

"God gave..."
-Daniel 1

"Look at the extent God is willing to go in order to have the love of his people."
-chapel speaker

"If you think you know what to do in order to please God then you've got two weeks to get that our of your head."
-chapel speaker

"Love is whats in the room on Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
-a child describing what love is

"How big is your God?"
-Josh Gilmore

"It was like God was reaching down and saying, 'I can use whoever I want!' "
-Tim Weddle (camp director) speaking about a struggling student

"I have wept for love of them"
-from the song "whom shall I send"

"God's like, 'hey I have grace for you!' "
-Jordon Lemons, chapel speaker

"Take God at his word when he says he has forgiven us."
-Jordon Lemons

"There is a wage to sin."
-Pastor Myer

"How sad it is to have to live with the consequences of forgiven sin."
-unknown

"You can't get out, that's because you didn't have anything to do with getting in."
-Pastor Bob speaking about Salvation by grace

"The stiller the water, the more perfect the reflection."
-unknown

"Welcome to the family."
-Pastor Bob

"Wow! You have made me a child!"
-Chapel speaker talking to God

"God loves you too much to let you live a mediocre life."
-Jake

"Thank you for giving to the Lord."
-Sang to Tim after learning that he won't be back next year

"I was praying for the kid and all the sudden I felt something that was nothing but joy."
-Forrest, describing a memorable moment in 5-day clubs

"You mean that's all we have to do??"
-Mrs. Myers, remembering a child who heard the gospel in her club

"If you're not prayerful nothing will happen."
-Said by Mrs. Myers, lived out by the staff

"I have but one candle to burn, and I'd rather burn it in a land that is dying in darkness than in a land that is flooded with lights."
-anonymous missionary

"I wanna become like that ant so I can save that anthill."
-Mrs. Myers talking about what Jesus did