Rain, Rain, Go Away...

Yet another wonderful camp at YAA has begun, and the theme for this afternoon is rain! It seems like every time we went outside to start doing a game it began to rain which forced us to go into the gym. Good thing too because one of those times it began to hail quite a bit. We still had a fun time getting to know one another and see what there is to do around camp.

One of the things we did was come up with some team and cabin names. The cabin names were quite an array. I don't think I'll ever understand all the ways a junior high mind can go. There were things as tongue twisting as the "Incredible Orange Atomic Monkey Brigade" to something as minimalistic as "The Cabin." I couldn't even remember all 9 of the cabin names or hardly spell them either.

The team names were a little easier to follow. There were only 6 this time: "14 musketeers," "Crazy Kumquats," "Coldstone," "Thundering Roadsters," "Clan of Macleo," and "Deaf Squad (in honor of how hard it was to hear when the hail was crashing on the aluminum roof)." Make sure to ask your kids about the team cheers.

Once we got the names figured out, we had a good old fashioned competition of tug-o-war. We even got a little 4-way tug going on as well. Its amazing how much they get into a game once you mention the word 'competition.' The games will progressively get a little crazier as the week goes on. It'll be good.

We finished our day with a fireside talk. We had a funny skit done by our high school service team which was followed by some worship songs led by our staff. Then our in-house missionary couple, Jermone and Harriet Jackson, and they started to talk about some of the amazing things that are going on the missionary field throughout the world. They always come every night with an amazing story.

Well, campers are starting to settle down in their cabins and lights will be out shortly. Aside from the rain, it has been another successful start at YAA. I am the Program Director at YAA and have a blast working with your kids. I look forward to the rest of the week and all the fun we have planned. Thank you so much for entrusting your children to us for a week. I hope they have plenty of stories to share with you when you pick them up.

Blessings,
David Denny