Hey Hey!!

The second full day of Camp is comming to an end!! Everyone had an absolutly superb day running around camp!!

My whole cabin decided to start the early morning of 7:00 off with a hike. (If you cant tell i'm a 16 year old guy) Well after they dragged me out of bed we took off on a hike that turned out to be more of a run. Thats ok though, we all had a great cruising through the trees.

When we got back all of the kids got to play with a absolutly huge beach ball!!! the object of the game was to pull it to back over your line, with at least three other people trying to accomplish the same goal. They had a blast!! And i'll have to say it was funny to watch the concentration on their faces as they pulled as hard as they could.

After the game we went and enjoyed some breakfast, and after that I attemped to get my guys to clean the cabin. Ever tried to get eight 10 year old boys to clean, at the same time... with the tempetation on knocking on other peoples doors and run away against you? Its tough, but we got'er done, and won the Grimmer in the process!! I was stoked.

All the guys willingly ran down to chapel, (anything to get out of the cabin) and then got the chance to rub their face around in some katchup. You will have to ask them about that for full details.

So after everyone had a great time making a mess that i got to help clean up, i got to teach them how to shot with a .22 cal. rifle. It was a blast seeing the smile on their faces as they ran back to the benches with their targets after they had shot.

After all of the shooting fun we ran, (notice we do a lot more running than anything else) back down to the dinning hall for some amazing lunch, and then to the cabins for T.I.E. time. Again we run into the problem of trying to keep eight, 10 year old boys under our reins. It resulted in some fun games that didnt turn out as quiet as i had hoped.

When they were freed from their cabins again they had some free time, that led into the afternoon skill builders. Again I assisted in teaching multiple kids how to accuratly fire rifles, while others were shooting balloons with a bow and arrow, learning the proper ways to climb and belay up rock walls, learning to use a GPS to navigate their way around camp, and important skills that come with camping.

Then it was the boy's turn to take a whack at the zip line. Unfortunatly, I wasn't there but from the sounds of it everyone had a blast. Then we sat down in the dinning hall for the best time of the day, dinner!!!!

They all loved slurping the spagetti, and afterwards everyone went down to the field for a group game (capture the flag)!! As councelers we were limited to taking people to jail, and guarding the jail and the flag, but the kids were all over the place. What a blast!!!

So then we went off to fire side and heard some powerful stories from Gerome and Harriet, and our speaker, Pastor Ron, even had a few things to share. And now we are all off to bed for the night, which is hopefully earlier than it was last night!

What a day!

Keith Forkin