Camp Shetek

Two summers ago, I was invited by my youth pastor to help be a counselor at Camp Shetek in Minnesota. We were taking a group of middle school kids up there from our church, and he needed another set of eyes. Most of the other counselors were around my age, and since there were only two people from my graduating class from our church, he didn’t have much to choose from for counselors. Camp Shetek is a beautiful camp located on the south side of Lake Shetek. During the week, we got a chance to share our testimonials with the kids, as well as play games, like basketball and hoccer, a mix of handball and soccer. Then we got the just to get in smaller groups and learn more about certain topics the camp felt necessary to go over. One of my favorite parts of the weekend was playing war games at the boy scout camp. About 300 kids and counselors each with a team color flag on their back raced around, trying to find certain objects while protecting their own flag, and trying to eliminate the other team by grabbing their flag.