This past week Martin and I were on Pōnui Island, where we went for Scripture Union Bible Study Camp in January 2022 and 2023. Scripture Union does four summer camps back to back on Pōnui: New Year's Camp (better known as 'family camp'), camps for the younger and older halves of high school, then Bible Study Camp. This year we wanted to go with friends from church who have kids, so we were at New Year's Camp - which turned out to be more different from Bible Study Camp than I'd expected. It was much more of a holiday, with only 3 teaching sessions and one church service - as opposed to 11-ish teaching sessions and 'testimony time' each evening at Bible Study Camp. Other differences included there being at least one significant 'fun' activity each day (camping out under the stars, a picnic at another bay, a concert, a disco etc) and access to boats was strictly limited to when there was skilled supervision - although you could swim any time you reckoned there was enough water.
It was lovely to be back on Pōnui. It's such a beautiful place.
