Gull Lake Family Camp

In the summer of 2011 we found a treasure that I've been meaning to share with you.  We see it as such an amazing investment in our family that it will become a honored summer tradition for us and love it so much that we don't want to keep it to ourselves!  How many vacations can you go on and come home saying?....our family bonded, growing closer to Christ and to each other.  We had a blast and were so blessed with refreshment from the LORD, that even though now the drive will be even longer since we've moved to Texas, it is SO worth it to us, especially when we think about how fast our kids are growing and how few summers we have left with them.  The oldest 2 would rather go HERE than DisneyWorld!  This is serious, people.  We also know that going to DWorld or any place of the sort, would have us all separated with the wide ages of our children.  This is fun for our WHOLE family!  Our kids had amazing counselors that valued them, taught them, and exemplified for them the love of Jesus.  Even Moriah had a fun camp experience and loved being a "MONKEY" for the week! 

There are videos and more info HERE at the GULL LAKE CAMP website.

Research it like I did.  From the moment we arrived after that long drive, our family is served and blessed like royalty.  All of the belongings in our van were put in our hotel room (or cottage, if you choose) for us.  The hotel is very nice, NOT a camp-type place you'd imagine at all!  The food is yummy and some nights the meal is a date night and the kids eat with their counselor groups. (ahhh...)  I wondered if my oldest would make friends easily, knowing no one there, and he did immediately, even with the counselors!  We had family nights where we all dressed up and there were themes they told us about before we got there, so we brought clothes and fun stuff on our trip!  The mornings are spent in God's Word, memorizing verses and worshipping as families, then separately listening to amazing teaching from the week's speaker.  The afternoons are as relaxing as you want them to be, but you can sign up to do tons of things on or around the lake.... ride the pontoon boat, sailboat, water-rocketing behind a speed boat, swim, waterslide, water trampoline, or just sit by the lake building a sandcastle or reading a book (my favorite).

Here are just a few pictures of our trip last year...

Hope you will pray about it and experience the FUN with us in beautiful Michigan!!!