Feast and Fun

Our last full day of camp ended with a bang! Not literally. Instead the campers celebrated the last day of camp (and the hot, humid weather) with lots of fun water activities. Some campers woke up early to swim across the lake. Congratulations to our super swimmers! One session of Schleef Encounters played Canoe Dodgeball. Players in canoes tried to knock a rubber ducky off of the front of a rowboat by throwing balls at it while avoiding the counter assault from the campers on the row boat. Campers had a blast swimming and diving into the lake during swim period and some cabins even used their free time to have an extra swim period. Finally, today concluded the Water Challenge. Cabins who had every camper drink at least one full glass of water at meals and then another glass between meals dumped buckets of ice water on their counselors. The campers laughed, the counselors chilled, and ice filled the backs of their shirts. 


The verse for today was:

Matthew 13:44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again,  and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." 

The morning password focused on how we are going to heaven, HOORAY! The last campfire of the week is called the Praise and Worship Campfire and has a more worshipful tone than the silly skits and songs of other campfires. Today's focused on how sometimes we put things in this world like televisions shows, texting or games like Angry Birds ahead of serving God and living in him. The staff acted out of a skit about a boy who didn't want to go to church or help others and paralleled it to the story of the rich ruler who would not give up his wealth. The campers showed great maturity in paying attention to the campfire and their praise-filled voices filled the air. What a great group of kids we were blessed with this week!