Thankful Thursday
July 24, 2009
Today started out with smiling faces as the kids prepared themselves for an awesomtastic last day of camp! We arrived to breakfast with the smell of bacon floating in the air. After breakfast we broke up into cabins and had devotion. Always one of my favorite times of the day where the staff and kids just bond and learn with one another! Next we headed over to the chapel for a morning worship session with Joah and the praise band!
After a jump start and “rollin’ our blues away” we broke up into team rooms and had some game time. Tours of camp, 7up, name game, za, whack, 4corners and all sorts of exciting games! After all the craziness the kids are ready for a sugar rush-time -canteen break!
Team bible study follows canteen break in which each team learned lessons such as Daniel and the lions den, the good Samaritan, or Joseph and the colorful coat.
“Down by the river! Took a little walk!”…yep that’s the sound of the kid’s cheering on the way to the hill for OLYMPICS! To open up the ceremonies the girl staff had a vicious battle of pickle eating! It was a close one…but Kensie beat us all! Soon to follow- the kids participated in events such as footrace,three-legged race, football toss, Frisbee toss, or sack race! All the teams did an awesome job! To finish up the festivities before lunch time we all walked down to the lake for canoe sink extravaganza!!! Members from each team are chosen to participate in a canoe sink in which they have buckets and simply-try to sink the other teams canoe!
Back up at the dining hall we played a wonderful game of lunch time charades with the staff. Meatball subs,fries, and brownies with nuts!
Peanut Patch playoffs proceeded lunch. The children had a great time battling different games in hopes of winning for their team and camp champ!
The most awaited time of the whole entire week was soon to follow…SHAVING CREAM FIGHT!!! Kids vs. staff(staff never loses). We had a great time battling it out with shaving cream galore all over ourselves. By the end the hill was like fresh fallen snow!
The last day of lake time was simply awesome. Double blogging, slide, canoes, and zip line. It was a beautiful day to which I’m truly thankful for so the kids were able to enjoy themselves!
After cleaning up everyone walked up to dinner. Chicken,baked potatoes, blacked eyed peas, and rolls with Delicious chocolate cream pie!
With our bellies full and our faces clean it was time for chapel. After an awesome night with the praise band Mr. Frank taught the lesson of the shoes. Shoes like running shoes-representing discipline. Discipline yourselves to get up and spend time with your God each morning. Or shoes like bed room slippers-don’t get lazy on God. And my favorite shoes-the tootsie roll advertising flip flops-meaning for us to advertise our salvation and tell others about Christ.
Immediately after chapel everyone hastily walked to canteen excited for more team activities and candy! In the dining hall we served home made ice cream-complete deliciousness! The teams had some heavy competition as we engaged our minds in some alphabet word games and silent film acting!
With the last day ahead it was time to wrap up Thursday. We all went to cabins and partied the night away with snacks, music, and tons of fun. As the night got later we all climbed into bed while the sound of the rain lulled us to sleep.
An absolute wonderful day of activities, ice cream, shaving cream, and lake crazies! A lot to be thankful for on this Thursday!
-Kaitlyn 
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