Good-bye, Good-bye, Good-bye ... We've Reached the End

Hey everyone - Intermediate 2 was truly a Shining Star for our God this year. The campers and staff allowed Christ's love to shine thru everything they did.

The Lord's body grew this week - in numbers (17 new souls !!!!!) and in spirit. Christ touched each person's heart this week and brought growth. What an amazing thing it is to see 150 souls Shining like the Bright Morning Star !

Thank you Intermediate 2 Family !

"You know I'll always love you.....you know I always will....and when I said I love you....you know I meant for good !"

Life is Good....Eternal Life is Better !

Manatawny Mornings

It's 7:00 AM and pretty soon Andy will wake the camp up for the last time.

It's chilly and the sky is beautiful! Camp Manatawny is REALITY and in a few hours we will be back in the "fake" world, where almost everyone pretends.

Here, @ camp....it's real.

Love is real

Forgiveness is real

People are real

Everyone is Christ like

Now it's YOUR turn

Be Christ like....

go out and change the world

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

Matthew 28

With great love,

Tate

100% Participation

All I asked for in the beginning of the week was for the girls to give it their all in athletics. They have been amazing and I am proud to say that each and every girl participated in each and every activity. They have persevered and worked as a team to shine God's light even on the athletic field. When you see them around be sure to ask them to do their cabin cheer! Congratulations to cabins 1,3, and 5 for your tie score on the cheers!

Two, Four, Six, Eight...our God is So Great!
Crystal Toy

Thurs & Fri Pics

Boy's 8 on the mountain doing Low Ropes
Camper Baptism!
Director Chris---Counselor Aryn

a bonding moment

Camper Posts

hi dad, i did go horseback riding! i also got baptized and i got ur letter. =D wuv ya, matthew b Boy's 5

to anyone in the world, Camp Manatawny is the best camp ever, and u too would also like it. Nathaniel G. Boy's 5

to anyone in the galaxy HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.
Wesley---Boy's 1

LUNCH TIME

Girls Cabin 3

We have found some time to post a new blog...only because I found my dad's laptop and took it from him. We are sitting in the dining hall waiting for LUNCH. Today's lunch...hoagies! mmm mmm But of course we can get PB&J. Unfortunately this is our last lunch together...we are all going to be so sad to leave. This week has been absolutely incredible.

Moriah and Hollye say "hi. whatcha doin"
Adara and Maura don't say anything.
And Anasia is just watching the whole time. (She's not even in our cabin but we love her to death anyway)

B is for.....

BAPTISM
BAPTISM!
BAPTISM!!
BAPTISM!!!

Friday time for breakfast

Kent during Tug-o-War
waiting for food
Smile for the camera
no utensil day
look ma....."no hands"!

Heavy Metal

Hi to all of you out there in the world. I am coming directly to you from the Dining Hall @ Camp Manatawny where it is as close to the real world as you can get!

People are coming to know Jesus and they are committing their lives to Him this week.

We are at 7 baptisms and we will have some today and tomorrow as family and friends come to camp to welcome new brothers and sisters into Christ.

We have searched the world for truth and have come to rest our search on God's living word....the bible.

Our theme verse is so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe

The campers and staff here @ Manatawny this week our stars! They are some of the brightest stars I have ever seen. They shine like Him who gives life! They, like God, are made in His very image....and shine like stars in the universe and are in fact brighter then any star could ever be!

Friday AM

This is the Water Wonder Bucket

Gathered for Praise Time

PURPOSE!

Camp is love and true love is Jesus Christ!

Finally...

It's Aryn from girls cabin 3. It's been difficult to find time to write because we are so busy having a GREAT time! Tonight is talent show night and Hollye came up with an awesome idea. It's going to be a surprise...especially for my dad. Our cabin has been really great. We are bonding so much and learning a lot about eachother, and most importantly, God. Well, I can't write any more because the girls are waiting for me to go swimming with them! Hopefully we'll find some more time to write!

Girls 3 Counselor

Aryn Pez

Girls Cabin #2

Hey family and friends! This is Ashley and Karen, the counselors of girls cabin 2 just giving you an update on how the week is going. We were blessed with 5 great grils in our cabin this year and we are all having such a wonderful week! Tonight is the talent show and the girls are all really excited about it. We are doing a skit that should be extremely funny, and we are sure you will hear all about it when the girls get home. This is a picture of all the girls at archery yesterday (Wednesday). They all did a great job!

In the picture, from left to right: Haley Williams, Carrie Teehee (I love that name!), Karen Pickles, Sara (Booter) Ellis, Ashley Brennan, Alexis Groce, and Amy Hatfield.

I hope you enjoy the picture! See you all on Saturday!

In His name,

Ashley and Karen

Water Time!

This afternoon we had a great time of water fun! Wonder Water Bucket is an all-time favorite! By the end of the bucket fun, almost every camper was soaking wet. If any of the campers were left dry, it wasn't for long. Soon the water balloon battle began and then EVERYONE was wet, including our beloved directors. It was a great day for water fun, for it was 105 degrees in the shade. Now time for praise. Peace out.
Ashley and Mary

Boys cabin 8

we are having an awesome time. this is my first year counseling a cabin here but now i can't think of any future summers without it. all my guys in the cabin are great and having all kinds of fun.

I'm amazed

i'm amazed by the singing we've done this week. the kids are absoulutly incredible and are really into it. we do a lot of singing and have a ton of fun. you can feel God there and it's amazing. Praise God in all you do,
Brett Hower(dishwasher and kickball specilists)

Good Times

A Manatawny "life"is only a glimpse of the life to come....Heaven will be so sweet. I was just talking to Kyle (not pictured) from Cedars CoC and this is his 1st time @ Manatawny and he wishes he could live here!
Matthew said he "just wanted to be sure" that he was going to heaven...now he's sure.
Sam is living large!
Blindfold trust walk up the mountain
trust.....who do you trust?

Boys 2 Wednesday

You can look at the week as being half way finished or half way to go. Honestly I'm looking at it both ways. It is incredibly hot and we all are exhausted. If we put the physical fatigue aside and focus on the important things we don't want camp to end yet. This is the best week I've staffed to date and I'm loving every minute of it. In the next post I'll try and get some pictures of the kids in here so you can see how they're doing. Today should be filled with water games and it'll be a good way to stay cool in this heat! x)
-Sean

Girls Cabin #1

Hi Everyone!
The Girls this week have been amazing. Last night we had a devo with another cabin and the girls really seemed to open up. It was a great chance for the girls to relate to one another and to get closer. I really think they took advantage of it. I am so glad that God blessed me with these girls this week Nicole, Carlay, Jenn, Julia, and of course my other counselor Monet. Even though it is very hot and humid everyone has a good attitude and putting forth their best effort. Thank you parents for giving your child the chance to come to Camp Manatawny. It really is a little piece of heaven on earth:)
See you all soon!
God Bless
Counselor Rachael Girls One

More pics

"Booter" excercising
Heaven'sGate
aftermath.....tug-o-war
God is love

Camp Manatawny August 7th 2007

It's 11:36 PM and I about to fall asleep in the sweaty humidity of Boy's 5. And let me just add that just lying in bed causes me to sweat....no movement neccessary.

It was an incredible day as is everyday that you "live" @ Camp Manatawny.
The fire is starting to spread.....the fire of Jesus Christ!

*Amber Frey* Best summer ever

Well this is my second week ever of camp and so fa i still lovve it!!!!!!!
I have an amazing cabin, Girls 6. My ccouslers Sierra and Stpeh are the best. Well beyond the best. I love Sierra with my life and no matter what she is forever my big sister. Steph is my very best friend and i care so much about her. and i love my cabin mates too. Erin is sweet and funny. Ashley is quiet and nice. and Bronnia is very nice and funny. Eeverything is great. Best cabin, best food *ever* and THE BEST CAMP IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time for my first bible test, got to go,
God bless you,
Amber

...more from the best cabin ever (Girl's 6)

So, I think Steph covered almost everything I wanted to say...so I'd like to share a little bit about our girls:
Amber Frey- you've grown so much this week already, thanks for coming! i love you
Erin Gill- hey beautiful! i'm glad i got stuck with you this week! thanks for all the hugs! i love you
Brianna Evans- hey girl!! you've really perservered this week! ha ha i have to take up your trays now, but i'm not going to complain because you deserve it! i love you
Ashley Buttler- your an absolute sweetheart! stay the way you are and you will always shine! i love you
Steph Russo- my co-pilot...i dont know how i could do this without you. you've brought the best out of our girls (and me 2) thank you. i love you too
Thank you to everyone (esp God) for a great week so far... I think Int 2 should just be all year round... what do you think Andy and Jeff- you ready for that challenge??
Love,
Sierra Van Why (Counsiler, Girls 6) :o)

Devos! WOW! (Girls 6)

Last night, our cabin had a phonominal devotional!!! Greatly, to our surprise ALL of our girls opened up, each including thier own personal commnents and stories. We laughed- we cryed- and we were am amazed that all of us were in the same boat... and all of the girs were... in my opinion they were extremly brave to open up the way that they did. They told us about their spiritual strugles in their every day lives... in turn we told them our struggles and personal stories, then together came up with christ like ways of over coming them.

Steph Girls 6 co-counsler
I couldn't have asked for any thing better than what God has given us this week!!!

Girls' cabin 4!

Hey everybody! Girls cabin 4 is having an amazing week so far! In our cabin is Maggie Greenleaf, Alexis Dubois, Rebecca Lindner, Cathy Bruno and Sara Stolzfus. We started out the week by winning the Bible scavenger hunt along with Boys 4. Our task was to look up passages in the Bible and find different objects around camp. We sure were quick! And the wins keep on rollin' from there! We also won Bible game show that night and the counselor fashion show. The girls dressed us up like Christmas trees! They painted our arms and faces green and our legs brown and then wrapped us in garland and blinking Christmas lights. The icing on the cake was the snow which consisted of shaving cream and hair mousse. Sarah and Deb were extremely thankful the paint came off although their arms still have a slight green tint. We also had the cleanest cabin this morning along with Girls 7! Yesterday up at the ropes course the girls figured out how to cross the alligator pit with Boys 2 while helping along 2 mute counselors and 1 blind counselor in 5 minutes. That must be some kind of camp record! Overall we're having a great week! We've enjoyed praising God together and we're growing closer to each other every day. And the week is only starting! I know the Lord has so much more planned for us this week and that it'll be great! We'll update again soon!
-In Him,
Girls Cabin 4 counselors,
Deb Peris and Sarah Whitehouse

tug of war pics

Jacob pulls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Campers vs. Counselors
1 2 3 PULL!
2007 Champions Boys 4

Camping out...

Hey everyone! Last night boys cabin 6 (The Breakfast Club) went out to the campfire area and had a camp out. It was truely amazing!! When we got there everyone was hesitant about doing it except the counselors. Brandon (Home-Fry) especially didnt want to do it. He sprayed everything with bugspray, including his mattress and all of us! We took about a half hour gathering wood for the fire so it would last into the night. The boys acted like such a team and worked together so well. After getting set up we relaxed, ate some food got some water and had a devo. The guys were so eager to learn! And out of this campout I think we might have a few new souls added to the kingdom. After a while we went on a monstrous pranking trip- but thats a story for another day...
All in all, we had an awsome time enjoying what got created and grew much closer as friends and brothers in christ!!!
Kyle Sproles (Muffins or Muffs)

Tues Afternoon

Here we go Tues afternoon....Tug-o-Warm then Boy's swim and a baptism early this evening.....

Life is good-----ETERNAL LIFE IS BETTER

Girls Cabin 8 is GREAT!

Hey friends! Girls Cabin 8 has been having a fantastic week so far! We consist of Rose Cole, Crystina Colozzi, Allie Cook, and Emma Peris plus counselors Sarah Stevens & April Yoder. All the girls are participating and doing a great job in all the activities, as well as doing their best to memorize God's word through the Bible Memory Work this week! We are very proud of them and their persevering attitudes! Hope ya'll at home are having a happy week! We love you and we love Camp!
In Him,
April

Girls Athletics!

WOW! Monday was an awesome day for girls athletics! We had 100% participation in all our athletic activities. Congratulations to all the girls who gave their all in the 50 meter run and basketball freethrow.

Girls Cabin 1

Camp is always an exciting time for everyone! It is a place of worship, friendships, self-discovery, and much more. Although this is my firt year of counseling, girls cabin 1 is all I could ask for. Today's world is filled with so many obstacles, and yet these girls seem to know where they are going. Nicole, Carlay, Julia, and Jenn have been busy with memory work, bible classes, and special activities. Yesterday, our cabin participated in the ropes course for special activities, and it will be by far my favorite memory of this week. During the activity, the girls were fearless as they swung like Tarzan over "Satan's lair," were tossed over an 8ft. wall to reach Heaven, and encouraged their friends to persevere through all of the obstacles. This week is such a blessing, and Rachael and I are so happy to be apart of it! Please keep praying for the week, as well as all who are involved!

God Bless,
Monet
G1

some of the girls counselors
camper on a scavenger hunt!

wearehavingwaytomuchfun

God is Good!

What a joy it is to be here at camp! The kids have been having a great time and so have the workers!! Enjoy some of these pics from the last day!

dear mom,
I am having a great time a camp.My capin mates are cool and the staff person that is staying in our cabin is cool also.I have lurned a hole bunch of stuff that I will tell u when i get back.we rode horses did athletics and we go swimming each day talk to u when i get back.
love,
justin

p.s
tell jo i said hi.

What do you want to know?

Life is good...eternal life is better

I can't get that song out of my head tonite!!!!

Camp is everything it usually is and somehow it is even better because you FORGET how people really do embrace the truth of Christ and live it....at camp, they live it! For real....

pics from Sunday

Boys 2 Sunday

This week has been a blast so far! Everyone seems to be getting along great and really fitting in to the way Intermediate 2 runs. Nate and I have a great cabin filled with boys, bugspray and fans! Alex, Justin, Nick, Sean, Brian and Joe all went horseback riding today and can't even wait to begin the next activities. All in all I'd like to say that this is the best start to a new week of camp that I can recall. Things can only get better in the days to come. God is Good.
-Sean

More pics

Left-right- Sean Patrick, Sean Patrick
Matthew having breakfast
Bacon choices- floppy or crispy

(crispy won)
...more happy canteloupe