Castaway

Last weekend, Minnesota students were once again rewarded with MEA break. MEA is a long weekend given to Minnesota K-12 students every year while a state-wide teachers’ conference is being held. Each year, our church youth group spends MEA up at camp Castaway. We eat good food, stay up too late, sing and worship together, play silly games and laugh a lot.  The camp is in up-north Minnesota, near Detroit Lakes, right in the middle of Minnesota lake country. It’s surrounded by three lakes that are lined with houses and summer cabins and thick forests, and this rural location left me in awe. Every time you stepped outside, you’d breathe in crisp, fresh air, and know that you were somewhere special. You’d see the trees beautifully flaunting reds, oranges and yellows around the camp. And at night, the sunset would cast stunning colors over the lakes, and