Hello there,

My name is Shawn Stenlund and this is my fourth summer as a counselor. This morning started off with more rain. It seems to be a common theme this summer, but despite the rain we had a great time on our morning hike. Mud sliding is one of my favorite activities here at YAA this summer.

Next on our schedule after breakfast of course was another team challenge that we named the scrambled egg game. What a game it is when we get to break eggs over our friend's shoulders, and it is also quite an exciting time as we watched they took pool noodles and tried to break the eggs that were on their friends shoulders.

We then heard from our speaker Jason who came all the way from Cheyenne Wyoming. He spoke about Abraham finally receiving the son God promised only to be tested by being asked to sacrifice his one and only son. Because of God's mercy and Abraham's faith, God spared his son from being sacrificed. I don't think I am ready to trust God to that level. Abraham was quite the man of faith.

Skill builders are next on our schedule of things to do. I got to lead six of our campers into the woods to do some geocaching with the five GPS units that the camp owns. We found to boxes that both had candy hidden in them, the candy was quite amazing. They also are learning how to orient themselves in the woods which an invaluable skill in this area of the country.

I and my cabin became quite excited at lunch today when Grimmer, which is the award for cleanest cabin was handed out and we tied with one of the girl cabins. Very impressive for a group of junior high boys.

In the afternoon activity area time thirty or so campers and I set out to play paintball. We played center flag football, two flag football, capture the flag, and defend the road. All great games as far as paintball is concerned.

We just finished our group game for the evening which was called Wells Fargo. There are two banks one that you withdraw money from which is on your side of the playing field and the other bank is the one that you get to deposit the money into. You carry the money in tube socks. If you get more money than the other team in the allotted time you win.

Right now I am headed to the chapel where Jerome and Harriet are telling your kids about all of the missionary work being done around the world through M.A.F.. M.A.F. stands for Mission Aviation Fellowship and they are a group of pilots who are using their skills to transport needed material to missionaries all around the world.

Have a good night and thank you for sending your kids to camp.