What I love about PVM
A holiday like Valentine's Day requires someone to make a cheesy post about warm fuzzys and ooey gooey feelings. I figured that I might as well get the ball rolling. Feel free to respond with what you love about PVM. (sidenote, I can't believe I'm writing a valentine's day post and am currently shaking my head at the thought of it) One of my favorite things at camp no matter what time of year is the night sky. It never fails to amaze me how perfect and beautiful it is. Whether I'm sitting outside the bath house during the summer, sitting on the zip platform in the fall or walking to my cabin through the snow, I am always comforted by the sight. The peace that comes from knowing that the creator of the universe, who placed the stars in the sky, cares for me. That's what I love, one of the many reminders from God that he blesses me with each time I turn my eyes away from earth while I'm at Pleasant Vineyard.
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Whenever I'm up on the grounds at PVM I have an inner peace that God's grace is surrounding everything. I also get so excited thinking about the lives that have been changed at PVM in the past and absolutely giddy (not exactly the word I'm looking for, but it will work for now!) thinking about the possibilities of what he will do in the future through PVM.
The best thing about PVM is that it feels like home and it has offered me a family in the people that I found there. It is so much more than the sky, even though they are the most beautiful I have ever seen. There is something about being comfortable with the person that you are, in the place that you are in, and with the people that are beside you and there is no place that I have felt that more. I have said it before, but maybe not here, that kind of comfort and love from the people around you makes it so much easier to look up and see God in those skies. That is what I love about pleasant vineyard, I am more and more inspired to look up.
Enjoying God's beauty alongside others. And not needing to say anything. At PVM, a smile of one who knows what you know- no words, just looks.
There was one time in my cabin when my girls and I were talking about God and life, and we cried- that was one of the best moments. Admitting tears of frustration and sadness, and thanking God for his goodness through it.
The thing I love the most about PVM is seeing how it changes people. I love how it inspires your creativity, Matt. I love how it eases your heart and mind, Kelli. I love how it makes you smile, Sarah. And I love how it gives freedom (in many forms) to kids.
The list goes on and on ... but in short, this place just makes people beautiful, and I love that. So yeah, keep posting, y'all ... cause I love reading it. :)
oh my goodness where do i start. i love how everyone at PVM is so ready and willing to love you no matter what. even if your day hasnt been so good you feel better knowing that everyone there loves you and cares about you. and i have to agree that the stars there are absolutely gorgeous. i remember laying out by the pond at night with lisa 2 summers ago, and ashley a couple years before that, just talking about life and enjoying the beauty of what we were starring up at. the grounds alone are so beautiful. and i love how close i feel to God there. i dont know what it is. maybe it's just being able to look around and know that He made it all. but whatever it is, i love it. i love PVM and i love you all! happy valentines day to all, and to all a goodnight!
I love the way everyone's always smiling...or when they aren't, they they want to inside :)
I love the way the people are really loving and accepting, and willing to hlp you when you need it :)
I love how everyone at PVM is honest with eachother and themselves. There is such a freedom to be yourself that campers and staff can take off the masks they may wear for the rest of the world and allow their true selves to shine. It's the only place where I feel mendacious not acting like my true self, because in other places it is accepted and often expected. I love the accountability that exists from knowing everyone around you is pursuing the same goal and will ask you about your walk with the Lord. I love the atmosphere that allows walls to be broken down in kids' lives and deep relationships to be built. I could go on and on about what I love about PVM, but it all comes down to the presence of God being manifested in the beauty of nature and in the love of the people there.
It's also the only place where people ever use the word "mendacious".
Simply amazing.
i love the demonstration of trust. my first week here in 2002 God used the trust of my campers- in Him, in me, in all of us- to humble and shake my untrusting heart. interestingly enough, i have found very little in the Bible that instructs us to put our trust in each other (although tend to want to teach that in challenge course) but only to trust in Him. and yet, i love the modeling of that trust in God that I see. the campers need to trust in their counselors, the staff needs to trust each other, we all need to trust in God's power over our imperfect lives and individual weaknesses. it is a beautiful thing to be in the middle of and has over the past 3 years provoked me to a desperate yet satisfying trust in Him. and yet, i know there's so much more to grow...
i agree with lisa in that i love how i can be myself at PVM. away from camp, im a very shy person. some of that does still exist at camp, but not near as much as it does otherwise. i dont feel like i have to impress anyone. everyone loves you for what you are. and i love that.
and it IS a great place for learning new vocab. where else can you learn how to use 'yeah' at the beginning of every sentence and where else can you learn the word 'sweetyo'?
i finally saw the stars at pvm (again), and they were even more beautiful than i remembered!
Hello, This is my first year at PVM camp and i know it will me great but i dont know what to bring! Please help me! Is anyone doing rez camp on June 10? I am 11
-Ann
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