Totally Top-Notch Thursday!!!!
July 22, 2010
Hey guys! Today was another craaaaaaazy fun day at Camp Longridge!! We started off the day with a DELICIOUS breakfast prepared by the support staff & our resident birthday girl, Addie!! Then, we headed off to quiet times with our cabins…this is a special time that the campers get to share with the staffer that is in their cabin. We learn about Bible verses, characters from the Bible, and different things a Christian should know! It’s always super fun and exciting! Then, we headed up to our team tables so we could start cheering & getting ready for the day’s team activity! The ORANGE team won the spirit flag…they were obviously very fired up!!! But all the teams have had TONS of enthusiasm this week..& I’m sure if Evan could’ve chosen every team to win today, he definitely would have!!!
So then we headed up to the hill with our teams where we played lots of games led by Mr. Frank, Mark, Scott, & Evan! Everybody played with a lot of heart & the cheering never stopped! Then, we continued the fun in chapel where the campers participated in Bible drill and got to sing along with some awesome praise worship led by Justin & the band! We took a quick canteen break & then we headed back to team rooms for team Bible studies. Brandon, Amy, Bri, & myself taught in different rooms & the campers were involved & enthusiastic about the Bible stories they were learning!
We got lunch after that (roast beef…YUM!) & then we all got back together for my personal highlight of the week…SHAVING CREAM FIGHT! Everybody ran around and sprayed their friends with shaving cream, and even though the staff put up a good fight…we definitely were outnumbered & lost to the campers! We headed straight to the lake after that so we could jump in, get cleaned off, and spend our last day out on the lake. Campers enjoyed the blob, the Bullet, and the zipline. & everyone swam and had a lot of fun playing in the water!
Later on we headed back up for dinner (barbecue chicken…YES!) & then we got to go back to chapel to hear Mr. Frank speak on what we should pack in our heart suitcases when we head home. Just like we’ll pack our clothes & shoes to go home tomorrow, we’ll also prepare our hearts to leave camp and get back out into the real world & show our Christian witness & everything we’ve learned while we’ve been at camp…& packing our heart suitcase will help us do that! After chapel we played more amazing games of volleyball where everyone had a ton of fun! After that it was time for a super secret surprise for the campers…an ICE CREAM celebration of the week! Everyone had lots of delicious home made ice cream & got to hang out and spend time with their new and old friends, staffers, and team mates! It was a GREAT way to end the week, and it was very bittersweet for everyone here! We’ve had another AWESOME week here at Camp Longridge & it will be SO sad to say goodbye to all the campers tomorrow, but we can’t wait to see them back here again next year!!!
Love & smiles,
Nicole Bailey:)
1 Corinthians 15:58
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