First Day of Camp!!!

Hey All,

Today was our first full day of camp!!!!
Many of us started the morning off with a mountain hike. The hike was refreshing and beautiful. The kids finished the 1.5 mile hike in excellent time!

After flag raising, we headed to the playing field and did a round of relay games. All of this activity gave the kids a good appetite for the yummy breakfast provided by our awesome kitchen crew.

Next, we cleaned our cabins and did our best to impress the cabin inspectors. The motivation for the cleanest cabins is being able to go first for meals.

Chapel was amazing. We sang lots of action songs that involved lots of jumping. Then we listened to our speaker talk about faith and how we have to trust God in order to be a super hero. Most importantly we learned about Jesus and how He is the best super hero. An illustration of how Jesus took our sins was shown when our speaker drank dirty toilet water (well, maybe it wasn't toilet water) so that we wouldn't have to drink it. The dirty water represented sin. Then he showed how Jesus washed us clean with clean water.

After chapel we had our first round of skill builders, these included rock climbing, archery, rifle range and more.

Following lunch, we all had some T.I.E. (Take It Easy) time. The kids hung out in their beds and wrote home, notes to each other, took naps, etc. This was a good calming down for the excitement that comes with being at camp.

Later on we had another set of skill builders. I got to teach the geocaching. After we all learned how the use the GPS, we searched for our treasure. The kids were excited to find candy!!! But don't worry, we didn't give them gobs and gobs; we didn't want them to ruin their appetite for dinner!!!!

The activity area was a huge hit. The girls enjoyed the zip line and the boys played games in the field. For many of the girls their favorite part of the day was the zip line.

Dinner was ham, potatoes, corn, rolls, and brownies. This is good food, not your regular camp food. The kids got well fueled up for the rest of the evening which included group game, free time, fireside, devotions, and finally.... bedtime.

The campers will hopefully get a good rest after their first full day of camp. Well, have a good evening yourself and thank you for giving us a week with your kids. Each of their smiles is appreciated.

Anna Kirtley