Campers from Germany and Switzerland enjoy  their outdoor team-building activity.

10 youth and 1 adult staff from Germany and Switzerland attended the UCG British Isles summer camp from July 26 to August 2. On July 26 the campers and their accompanying staff member, Audrey Agbezudor from the Darmstadt congregation, flew from Cologne to Manchester. For a couple of the campers it was their first plane flight, adding to the excitement. From the airport in Manchester they traveled by bus to Buxton, where UCG British Isles camp director David Fenney met them and brought them to the camp venue at the Foundry Adventure Centre in Great Hucklow in the Derbyshire Peak District.

The ten campers from Germany and Switzerland spent their week at camp with nineteen other campers from four other countries. It was a multilingual as well as multicultural camp. Activities included participated in swimming, hiking and a full day challenge of rock-climbing, traversing and "weaseling" (clambering over, under and through rock formations) out on the wilds of Burbage Moor. Various craft activities took place in the center; and sports, games and team-building exercises took place on the grounds. Outings included a tour of Castleton's Peak Cavern, which incorporated a rope-making demonstration and a trip to the spa town of Buxton.

Most poignant was a visit to Eyam (pronounced "eem"), a small village that in 1665 was accidentally infected with bubonic plague when a bundle of flea-infested cloth arrived from London, where the disease was rampant. As the villagers began to die, they agreed to quarantine themselves, rather than risk the disease spreading through the surrounding countryside. One third of the 600 inhabitants died a terrible death. That evening the daily camp forum discussed the self-sacrifice of the villagers, and the topic arose later in the week during a discussion asking, "Is God Fair?"

During camp, a daily forum addressed questions posed by the young campers such as: "Is the devil red?" "Is science a religion?" "What is the trinity?" "Is God the Father the same person as Jesus Christ?" and "How can God hear everyone's prayers all at once?" On both Sabbaths, services were held at the center. Speakers were Bryan Ellams, David Fenney and Peter Hawkins. Following the final dinner on the final Sabbath, campers and staff produced skits and songs about the activities

Today the ten campers from Germany and Switzerland, accompanied by Mrs. Agbezudor, made their return trip to Cologne in reverse order. First they took the bus from Buxton to the Manchester airport, and from there they flew back to Cologne. The week-long experience at the UK summer camp provided an opportunity for the young people to grow closer, since they normally only see each other during the annual Feast of Tabernacles. When asked, all of this year's campers were enthusiastic in their desire to attend next year's summer camp in England.