Day 13 - Camp Rainbow & Redwood UMC

All the campers, staff, and youth at Camp Rainbow were awakened on Monday morning by oldies music playing over the intercom. In case you didn't hear the first song, the wake up call lasted a whole hour. After the initial shock, the youth began to enjoy the music and the trip back in time while they got ready for the day. Then it was time for breakfast in the dining hall. Everyone got their morning medications and then picked a table. The youth all mixed up again and got to know some different campers. After breakfast, everyone headed upstairs to the Virginia room for the group picture and VOY was invited too!

The pictures were taken and it was time to start the morning class rotation. We decided to split up by family groups and follow the four groups of campers: courage, heart, home, and wisdom. These names went along with the four main characters from the Wizard of Oz and their theme for the week "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".


Here are some pictures from our adventures in the Cooking Room...



And some pictures from the Arts and Crafts Room...


Then there was the Music Room...

Everyone had a great time in the classes assisting the campers and learning from them at the same time. After the morning classes were over, we went back downstairs for lunch.


One of the campers named Chuck kept talking about the flute and asking which of our youth played the flute. Finally Alli and Virginia decided to take out their flutes and give Chuck a private concert. He was very grateful and enjoyed every minute of it!


Unfortunately our time at Camp Rainbow had come to an end. We all headed upstairs for our baggage and when it came time to leave, carried our luggage back down the stairs as the elevator was having another bad day (Another reason we recommend bringing a reasonable size suitcase as we never know what will happen). Everyone loaded their bags on the bus and we were off to Rocky Mount, VA.

Some took the opportunity to catch up on some missed sleep.

A word of advice...don't fall asleep on the bus. You never know what will happen! Luckily some nail polish remover was found once we arrived at our next stop.

We arrived at Redwood UMC and prepared for the concert. This includes putting our luggage in the assigned rooms, setting up the display, putting out the programs, and rehearsing to make sure everything is in order.

We had a great dinner of mashed potatoes, chicken tenders, corn, beans, etc. Then we changed, had our evening devotions led by Katie's family group and then went to mingle with the congregation before the concert. We were excited to have Rev. Brad Dulaney share during the alumni message about how Voices of Youth helped him to recognize his call to ministry.

After the concert was finished, we were assigned our host families and went our separate ways. We all had an amazing night getting to know the generous people of Redwood UMC.