What an amazing weekend. That is the best way to describe the recent Nerve 2 Serve weekend held at Camp Brebeuf. On Friday evening 16 teens, along with Uncle Bruce, Auntie T and Father Freitas left for the three days, two nights of focusing on leadership and service. Our arrival was great as we got to meet our leaders; Scottie, Wes, Matt, Amanda, Sarah H, Brendan and Dana. They made us feel at home and led us in some great activities to get us going on service. But the best fun of the night was coming when we had a great game of Mission Impossible. Thanks to Matt A - who he saved the night and got us our breakfast guaranteed.
And what a breakfast to start our Saturday - bacon, eggs, bagels, toast, juice, cereal - wow - and we were going to need it - cause the day ahead of us was full - but awesome. We had the chance to look at what makes a good leader and what gifts we have - we designed our own CD's and then had the chance to put some of those leadership skills into play as we undertook some outdoor leadership activities - they are called ABC's - they were great and really brought us together.
Lunch followed, Chicken Burgers, and then it was time for us to fly - High Ropes here we came. What an amazing experience. Then we did a really great group building activity - it was called the Web. Totally made us work as a group. 
Supper followed and then the Flying Squirrel was the on the agenda. 
Our evening was about faith, we went on a night hike and had some time to think about blessings which are around us and how we can become more aware of them; and how we can sometimes miss them. Our camp fire was a great place to just sit and think about all that was offered to us this weekend. We then had the chance to put some of that thought into practice as we celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation together. Sunday morning came early, we did some clean up, had another great breakfast - thanks Sharon ! Then Uncle Bruce and Auntie T (who for some reason has been renamed Tara) led us in making Advent Wreathes - these will be used as a fundraiser to help us with the costs of coming on this great weekend. We then had Mass together as a group - powerful. Father Freitas reminded us of all we did th
is weekend and invited us to be Grounded in Faith and Rooted in Service. He talked about how the leaders at camp modeled for us the Nerve to Serve - now we were called to service and invited us all to have the Nerve to Serve as Da Crew. This service comes when we realize that we belong to Christ. Lunch helped us muse on all we had done. Each of us got a Da Crew T Shirt and a service pen to take with us. The camp staff saw us off and we all agreed next year is a for sure.We returned Sunday afternoon with lots of smile, tons of memories, hundreds of stories and of course really tired. We are so grateful to Uncle Bruce and Auntie T, and all the staff at Camp Brebeuf for being there for us. This weekend was totally amazing - and that is because Da Crew is totally awesome.