Portage Lake Covenant Bible Camp

Portage Lake Covenant Bible Camp
Michigan
Days 33 to 57
7/28/1999 to 8/21/1999

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Morning Fog over Portage Lake	Sunset	Rainbow over Portage Lake

Place at a glance
Counselor to a cabin of eight 5th and 6th graders (more info)
Went to Sleeping Bear Dunes
Got my cabin hyped up on Surge and Pixie Sticks
Won $5 playing Roulette at the Casino
Hung out with the Yettie
Jumped off of the Leap of Faith (more info)
Fished and cleaned fish
Stayed 16 minutes in the walk in freezer at -10 deg wearing only shorts and sandals
Met a ton of new people and made some great new friends
Played the "Camp Food" song with Seth (more info)


Jumping down Sleeping Bear Dune	Gilbert in a dress	My Cabin

Place at a Glance (cont.)
Spent a week in the kitchen
Climbed the climbing wall
Belayed at the climbing wall and dreamed up new ways to climb it
Played around on the high ropes course
Sailed, SeaDoo'd, Raved, Canoed and Swam
Contemplated the Jr. High mind and why it does not function
Worked Family Camp
Tie Dyed
Ate Fire
Men's Code


Playing Poker	Keith	Working in the nursery

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My Cabin

During my first full week at camp I was a counselor for a cabin of eight 5th and 6th graders. My campers were: Adam, Aaron, Ben, Mark, Ross, Stephen, Stuart, Tim. They were a good group of guys with more energy than a blob of uranium.

Leap of Faith

Climb up on top of a 30 foot telephone pole then jump off, that is the gist of the Leap of Faith. Fortunately there are also some ropes and a harness involved.

The Camp Food Song

C F C G
I like camp food
it tastes so good
but after an hours passed
I always have gas

Chorus 1

G C Em A
Camp food gives me gas, I don't know why
Camp food gives me gas, it makes my campers want to cry (or die)

I like broccoli
and dessert is really great
but one thing you should know
it makes me have to flatulate

Chorus 2

because
Camp food gives me gas, I must set it free
Camp food gives me gas, don't stand too close to me

But is you give me beans
that's when the fun will start
stand back and you will hear
the big daddy of all farts

Chorus 1 & 2

[Cascades Version]
One night at Frontier (Village)
with a girl who won't be named (Kizzy)
Fuzz handed her a match
boom there was a huge blue flame

[PLCBC Version]
One night at the back (40)
with a girl who won't be named (Melissa)
she got too close to the fire
boom there was a huge blue flame

Because
Camp food gave her gas, I don't know why
Camp food gave her gas, made me want to:
run into the woods
put on a gas mask
dig a hole
bury my head
and die

Camp food gave her gas, she should have held it in
Camp food gave her gas, and she really broke some wind

The moral of this song
tho now you may not relate
tomorrow after a few meals
you.......are really going to feel lousy

Photo Disclaimer

Hey! I did not take any of these photos. PLCBC has a digital camera and through out the week hundreds of photos are taken. At the end of the week a slide show is compiled and shown to the campers. It is a pretty neat system. Most of the pictures were take by Jon Dawe (assassins). The "Sunset" photo was taken by Chris Ek (or Ec?).

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