Caswell

Caswell is a baptist church camp. It is located on Oak Island, NC. Here are a few pictures of the camp, not taken by me.

*This is a very long post since we were there for a week, and it was an awesome experience*

The building circled in the picture is the conference center. Off to the right, is the pier since you can probably tell that by the wood color. That is a SMALL picture of the size of the camp. That is MAYBE 1/4 of the campus size. ohhh, where do i start??

Daily Schedule:

Monday (traveling day):

1:00 p.m.: Registration Opens

5:00-6:30p.m.: Supper

7:00 p.m.: Worship

8:00 p.m.: Get Acquainted in Hatch(auditorium pictured above)

10:00 p.m.: Church Group Devotions

11:00 p.m. : In Rooms

11:45 p.m.: Lights Out

Tuesday-Friday Daily Schedule

7:30-8:15 a.m.: Breakfast

9:00.: Wake Up Celebration

9:30-11:10: Small and Large Group Devotions (respectively)

11:15-Noon: Morning Celebration

12:00-5:20: Free Time!

5:20-6:30: Supper

7:00: Worship (best time of day!)

10:00: Church Group Devotions

11:00: In Rooms

11:45: Lights Out

Now that you know my schedule, I'm going to "preach" about my preachers.

Large Group Devotions Leader:

Chad Hambrick:

He is a RECOVERED drug addict, and a buff man. I didn't have as much time with him, but he is a great guy.

Worship Preacher:

Afshin Ziafat:

Affy is a CONVERTED Muslim. He is a great preacher! His family disowned him when he announced his decision to become a Christian. He has since led both of his brothers to Christ, and is reworking his relationship with his dad. He has had some relationship problems, but he has persevered through them. He had panic attacks when he was going through these problems, and kept going. A few months ago, his brother had the same kind of panic attacks, and Affy led his brother to Christ by showing his faith. Affy has met a lot of famous people such as (Bryan): Hakeem Olujawan, Chad Childress, and Jason Elam(Broncos Kicker). Affy is truly an inspiration to me and he is an incredible person.

This camp was one of the greatest things that've ever happened to me. If you would like me to "elaborate" on any of my statements, please ask.

And Robbie, NO I'M NOT DEAD. I will post new blogs when I remember more details.

Campus:

There are girls barracks, boys barracks, an indoor basketball gym, tennis courts, putt-putt, pier, huge fields, cafeteria, chaper, Hatch Auditorium, beaches galore, a pool, classrooms, conference rooms, staff barracks, individual houses for the smaller groups.

We had a great time at Caswell (pronounced Cas-wull). We never were in bed by midnight, and were always up at 7:15. We also had towel fights, which didn't turn out so great because me and one of my friends actually got into it during our fight. There are gashes on everyones legs from the fights. That was so much fun. Alderman's watch out!

The Praise Band was sooo good, that a lot of people bought their cd's for 15 bucks. They were probably the best church band that I've ever seen. I will definitely go next year (God willing). I wish I could take Robbie and Bryan with me ( no disrespect Ben, you have to be a rising 7th grader to go) because it was life changing experience.

BYE!