"The Best Week of Your Life." It's the tag line for Young Life camp, and it truly is not an exaggeration. Last year was my first time at RockRidge Canyon (the camp in Princeton, BC where we take our group of teens every summer), and it far exceeded my expectations. Everyone can tell you that RRC is the best place on earth and that camp is the best week of your life, but it's a completely different thing to experience it first hand. My first time at camp I remember as a total whirlwind of activity and adventure. It was a week long party and I loved every second of it. I was excited to go and excited to be there and somehow my excitement/energy level remained at 110% all week. This year though, was a bit of a different story. Being on a Summer Grant with Young Life this year, I was working on a lot more of the behind the scenes projects, and saw how much work truly goes into a week at camp (as well as the other duties of running the ministry at...
Another non-fiction writing course composition. This project was a revision of the manifesto we did a while back. ( http://shaneenstravels.blogspot.ca/2016/01/new-year-new-adventures.html ) This is based on a true story - one of the greatest nights I've spent with some of my best friends. The night we chased the storm. The Greatest Adventure Story The night was enticing and full of potential. A storm raged outside, a call to the heart of an adventurer. However, the young band of heroes curled up safe and dry in their lair, where the sounds of the wind and rain could not reach them. The adventurers were taking a night off of their usual daring deeds, choosing instead to idly watch the night pass them by. The hero of a great adventure story must be more interested in experiencing life than they are in merely passing the time. Excitement comes far more easily and frequently to the active adventurer...