Article September 1, 2013

God is at camp, too

Gabrielle C. Winkel

Originally published in the 1978 pamphlet titled “God is at camp, too”

Vicky wanted to go to camp, but when the day actually came to leave home, she was scared. When her mother noticed her sitting on her camp trunk, chin in hands, she asked, "What's wrong, Vicky?"

"I... well... I just don't want to leave you. I'll miss you. I'll be homesick." A few tears slipped out.

"But you'll have lots of friends and so many things to do. Besides, Vicky, remember the prayer by Mary Baker Eddy, which you learned when you were little:

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