Then we went up to the “Dining Hall” for breakfast. It was really good, but I really liked the biscuits, of course. After breakfast was “cabin cleanup” time and as I am not in a cabin I got to go back to my room and changed my shoes and then I went up to one of the girls cabins and hung out with them until the morning talk time. The morning talk was good. We read from John 9 and we talked about how the different people that new the blind man who was cured of his blindness still referred to him as “the blind man.” It got a discussion going on what we base our identity on. We then were able to split up into our teams and have a 15-20 min period of quiet time reflection on the homely we had just heard. The girls’ team then went on a hike to a waterfall and had a talk there for their team time, while the boys played ultimate Frisbee on the “Green” which is just what it sounds like, a big green lawn. I wasn’t able to participate in either of these activities because I had to register for my Fall term classes and I’m so excited because I got ALL of the classes I wanted! ☺ YEA!!! Then it was lunch time, so up to the “Dining Hall” we went. Lunch was an interesting attempt on Cheese steak sandwiches. Trevor and I had a salad instead. When lunch was over we went out onto the “Green” to play a game called, “Slam, Sling, Smash, Splash.” I’m still not sure how it’s played, but there were two teams (Boys and Girl Councelors VS. Girls and Boy councelors). I think they had to throw balls in goals and where it went through the goal was a different amount of points and then at one point they started shooting off water balloons too (I think just for fun and so that they could throw the word “splash” in the title of the game). Anyway it was a lot of running, dodging water balloons, throwing balls into video cameras (Trevor), throwing balls at goals and other people and just lots of laughter
. So after the crazy fun silly game they decided it was time for Rest and Relaxation, which from what I’ve heard wasn’t very restful. Then began the time that all campers look forward to, FREE TIME!!!!
And I gotta tell you… I went to the general store and I had a treat that I have not had since I myself was in Jr. High. I used to have an “It’s-it” EVERYDAY FOR LUNCH. It’s an ice cream sandwich but with cinnamon/oatmeal cookies and then the entire thing is dipped in chocolate…OH MAN!!! It was so good!!!
I was typing the earlier part of this blog when Kelsey and Annalea came and sat with me for a while and they decided they wanted to write their own so I have those posted below. I’m going to see if different people want to write a bit each day, yes, I think that would be great.During Free time Ryan was sitting a bit down from me at the table and he was doing many card tricks for the other campers. I love watching him do magic because people really like to watch it and he has some really good tricks, and he loves doing it so much that everyone around just has a great time. I went to the craft bungalow with some of the girls and we decided to do lanyards. Oh man, we are just cranking them out, let me tell you! I taught them how to make them into a Christian fish too and I think they really liked that.
Then another Councelor meeting and then a bit of a break, and then we had dinner. OOO! It was good again tonight. We had chicken and mashed potatoes and broccoli and corn bread…mmm. At the end of dinner they do a mail call and there were SO many packages, but alas, none for me…. Oh well! Well next was picture time so a lot of the girls and Gabi and Kathy and I decided to draw fun things on our cheeks, so I had freckles drawn on for the picture. Cooper dressed up in a bat costume. Yes you read that right, a BAT COSTUME! Why didn’t I think of that?!?!!?
Following the picture we all went back up into the “Dining Hall/Multi-purpose room” and did a little game/exercise showing how different everyone is in the same room. Jonathan (the camp guy) would give a choice to us and we had to go to one side of the room or the other depending on our answer and if we were a little in between we would stand in the middle of the room. Well one of the questions or scenarios was that we were to line up Oldest to Youngest and guess what?!!? I was the oldest female there! So I got to wear a crown because I am the queen…AND DON’T YOU FORGET IT!!!!! Then we split in to boys and girls groups and talked about what makes up our image and what we don’t like about our physical appearance and what we don’t like about our inner self and if those things really define our identity. We then broke off into our cabins to further discuss it. I offered my room to talk in and Gabi and Kathy’s cabins came and we had an AWESOME discussion. We even went a little too long and didn’t make it up to the “Pad” to make our identity shields, but the lead councelors were REALLY great about it and said that they would prefer us to spend more time in discussion.
We headed up to CAMPFIRE and Ryan gave another AWESOME talk about how the Christian walk is like the Yellow Brick Road and how we experience things along our way like beauty, danger, we get tired or scared, and how we experience surprising and/or wonderful things. Our cabins broke off into small groups and again we decided to combine the two girl cabins and MAN was it great!!! We didn’t even finish the second question!
We have had some really great talks, questions and growth already and I can see the campers and councelors growing closer together with themselves and eachother. I can’t wait to see what God has in store for our group tomorrow. And with that here are the two blogs from our campers:
KELSEY: For breakfast we had eggs, bacon, hash browns, biscuits, and a choice of cereal for others. After we headed up for our morning talk. In the talk Heather and Liz talked more about identities. They talked about the Blind Man story from the Bible and how his identity was “the blind man” and that not very many people believed that he was not blind and he was visited by Jesus. After the boys and girls split up into their groups with their Leaders. In my group my leader took us to a waterfall. After, it was LUNCH TIME! Today our tasty meal was cheese stakes, with a side of French fries, and an option of salad. After lunch we played a really fun game with all the campers, it was called a really really long tongue twister name, but it was sort of fun. Then we had Quiet time in our cabins for 30 min. in which I did nothing. Then it was FREE TIME , where kids can do anything they want around the camp. Today I am writing this and going to the crafts condo. Oh yeah I also laughed my head off with my friends from church!
ANNALEA: For breakfast we had eggs, bacon, hash browns, biscuits, and if you wanted cereal, bagels or fruit. After breakfast we had sermon on your personal identity. Then we split up into our teams ours is called “The SCREAM Team.” We walked to a small waterfall and had a discussion. The group walked back to the dining hall for a discussion on free time. For lunch we had French fries, steak, and cheese. After lunch we played “SLAM SLING SMASH SPLASH’’ It was really fun. After the game we had cabin time and my friend Lizzy and I switched beds. Now it’s free time and I am sitting in the cool shade talking to Janel, Later I want to go on the flume or a 95ft. tall slide. I am having so much fun at camp hanging with my friends and youth group leaders. Aren’t those great?!?! Well I’m off to bed so that I can be well rested for tomorrow! Peace and comfort for you through our ALMIGHTY God!
Quote of the day:
“I squeeze my butt when I’m trying not to express myself.” –Katie Coleman
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