Camp is supposed to be about spending time with new camper friends, old camper friends, and counselors doing activities that expend lots of energy – like rolling down a hill in a giant bubble, riding on a zip line, swimming, or on things like Fight Night – all in the name of Jesus. Of course twice daily chapel and quiet devotional time are essential parts of camp too.
I noticed Lake Ann succumbed, like so many other camps I’m sure, to providing a computer room and WI-FI access in the commons area. During break today, a group of campers collected in the commons area to watch some video on a laptop. About six guys were gathered around the small screen hooting at the funny show. Around the room were laptop bags with the black lifeline connected to the wall outlet.
If a camper doesn’t have a computer, he or she has a cell phone and is flipping through pictures or calling friends. How different from the days when a postcard had to be sent on the first day of camp to be received before you got home. And, here I sit with my own computer…
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