Testimonials

From Campers

I think that camp OOTB is a place to find love in God. I love OOTB because its fun, you get to meet new people and your counselors are like family. The things I like about camp is they have canoeing, fishing, archery, camping, cookouts, and more. Camp is my favorite place to be in the summer.

Camp is another home for me and I can’t wait to go back every year. I always pack my stuff four months a head of time. Every time we turn onto Camp Lane, my heart starts to pump really fast with joy and excitement. It’s a wonderful place to be in your life.

From Parents

Never having been much of a Church goer, as a single parent, I set out to find a safe and nurturing place for my child’s first real separation from me. What a surprise to find Camp OOTB.

My daughter is able to share her love of nature and the sea with all her new found friends. She went for one week and stayed for all eight. I did see her on weekends amid piles of dirty laundry and excited chatter about all her new experiences. Re-packed and rested, off we went each Sunday to her new home away from home.

I gazed upward at the simple wooden cross spreading above the children like loving arms, to give thanks. I never looked back, God has touched my child’s life and I DO BELIEVE.

From Summer Staff

I return each summer because OOTB is home, it’s family, it’s safe, it’s sanctuary.

I’m returning for my second summer because I promised several campers that I would.

I couldn’t picture my life without camp and I love the kids.

I love children and sharing my faith with them.

Camp to me is a world of God. You don't need to see anything just to know that Camp Occohannock is filled with love and care from the people that come and go. It is almost in a way a dream land; once you step onto the beautiful land that God has greatfully created the real world fades out as a small piece of Heaven is shown to you. You seem to forget all about your worries and your troubles. You can just take a deep breath and let everything go without having to impress someone or worry about what someone is going to think about you. Being able to see what God really meant when he said "It was good" when he made the earth he most definitely had something speacial in mind when he blessed the shore of VA with CampOccohannock. With each person that comes to this place weighed down with burndens, they leave empty footprints behind ready to take new steps in a new life in this broken world.~ Michael

I don’t know what I would do without Camp Occohannock. I love seeing the children that come to camp and watching them learn. I miss the campers that I had last summer and really hope that they come back this year. ~ Grace

Camp is a place where I return every summer and know that I will be accepted, no matter who is there or how much others have changed. It’s a place that is welcoming and life-changing. Each summer when I leave with bags packed, a tan, and tears streaming down my face, I know that I’m leaving with a new sense of who I am in this world. ~ Shawnee