Last Sunday (Father’s Day), we took JP to Worldview Academy. There is one about 2 1/2 hrs from us. K met us about 1/2 hr before we got to the university. We left her car in a large store parking lot and got some extra time with her.
Phil & the kids
The staff at WVA is super and the college-aged staff met us as we drove into the parking lot with lots of enthusiasm! Here they got us on the video driving into the lot. 🙂
They met us at the door of the truck and carried JP’s suitcase & sleeping bag to his room. Another staffer walked us inside for registration. Once he had his room key, we headed upstairs (he was 3rd floor) and there were his things waiting outside the door. His roommate hadn’t arrived yet. We visited with another staffer and then headed back outside.
He was really ready for us to head out and K had shopping plans, so we left. JP said his roommate arrived about 15 mins later. They hit it off well and had a great week! Tho he said not much time to chit-chat.
They had 9 guys about all the same age in their small group for the week with Caleb as their leader.
But we learned this all later. We could email JP while at camp and the letters were printed out for the students. They weren’t able to reply. I think they were too busy to write anyway!
We headed back to the shopping area and looked in 3 stores for K’s wish list. The few we found were too expensive so we went for supper. After supper, we were back to K’s car and Phil gave it a listen so K would know what to tell the mechanics about the sound the fan makes. (All is well with the car.)
We got home just before 9 p.m.
Early Friday morning, we returned to the WVA site. We were there in enough time to sit in on about 1/2 hour of their last class. While the students then met in small groups, they spoke to the parents a bit too. The students came back in and they had a 20 min closing program with a DVD of the week in review and some time of worship.
Camp Director, Mike Tiland
Finally, then we could find JP.
We got some DVDs from the curriculum table and pre-registered him for next year. He found Caleb and we got to meet him. (pix above)
The staff we spoke with on Sunday said there were about 120 students and 90% of them are homeschooled. A great group of kids and terrific leadership/mentors for them!!
They had about 25 hours of classes and JP loved it all! The teachings are mainly on apologetics, but also leadership, servanthood, worldview. One afternoon they went to a nearby town for street evangelism. JP’s second ride on a school bus, the first being last year at WVA. 🙂
Most afternoons they had optional sports games but also had team events during the week. JP was thrilled his team won over the 4 teams.
These are such great camps — we highly recommend them. And the next time you see him, ask JP about some of the classes or his time there.
and sew on... 