Is there an event that changed your faith and way you look at the world?

The summer of 2004 my parents decided to send me to a Christian camp in Canada, Ontario Pioneer Camp. This trip was going to be my first time traveling somewhere other than the United States alone for an extended period of time. My dad went to this camp when he was young and thought my brother and I would like it just as he did. My dad wanted us to have a good spiritual personality and the opportunity to experience life in another country. As years passed, my brother and I kept going to this camp. I saw it more as a retreat rather than a summer camp. OPC was Protestant, making it different for me since I have been raised Catholic. I looked passed this and went with an open mind. I saw that they all had a different way of viewing God and the Bible. There was Worship and Bible Study every day and in addition to this, Chapel on Sundays. At first it was a lot to do with God for it being a camp, but after all the Bible studies, not having any of the distractions I have back home (electronics especially), and being in the woods for a month and a half experiencing God’s creation made me feel like I developed a good relationship with God.

When I was old enough to become a counselor there, I didn’t think twice about going through with it. This was a lot better than being a camper because I had to apply everything I learned in the previous years. I began to see OPC as me giving something to a community. Giving them my time, and energy to be there, in a different Country, because I loved it. I have to thank OPC because it showed me how important giving to the community really is.