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August 4, 2011
Thirsty Thursday because it sure was a hot one! With a high of 106 here at Camp Longridge the day’s activities were extra fun! Jimmy says hey. Since this could possibly be the last blog of the summer, I don’t want to bore you guys with random banter. So here goes. The summer of 2011 has been one that I will remember for the rest of my life. I made lifelong relationships with some really awesome people! I wouldn’t trade any of them for anyone else. The memories I acquired while working this summer are some of my most cherished. Nasty Nate says hello. Naw but forreal, I have been truly blessed to have the opportunity to work here this summer. It will be a sad day when I have to say goodbye to my fellow staffers. Jason also wants to say whaddup! It has been a long eventful summer and think it will take approximately 43.675 hours of sleep to completely recover. And lastly, but most definitely not least, I want to praise the Lord for a whopping 103 decisions made this summer!!!
“I am restless, I am restless
I am restless, looking for You
I am restless, I run like the ocean to find Your shore
Looking for You”
Gregg….out
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August 4, 2011
“Wonderously whimsical Wednesday”
We wondered out of the cabins this morning toward a warm and tasty breakfast. The Rock Springs group began a day full of fun activities. WE had a wonderful time at the lake and a group went and had a FABULOUS time on the high ropes coarse. A group from First Baptist Columbia came and used the lake to have a youth day filled with lake activities and a cookout. The staff loved serving each group today and facilitating the groups so that they could fellowship together, worship the Lord, and learn about Him more. Happy Wednesday!
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August 2, 2011
Good day to all you wonderful blog readers! Anna King here, a first-year staffer at this dandy place called Camp Longridge. This is the first week of not camp in a while, and today certainly has been a noteworthy day with Rock Springs Baptist. We started the day off with a hearty breakfast of grits before we got to work around camp. For lunch they enjoyed some meaty burgers after playing some kickball (RED TEAM WON!) followed by lake time and paintball! Tonight’s dinner was served by some seafaring folk, the Camp Longridge Yacht Club. They served the world renowned teriyaki chicken with MACARONI AND CHEESE! and vegetables and coconut pie. It was received very well. I thank my God for this great day and these great people!
-A. King
Romans 5:3-5
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August 1, 2011
As the summer has come to a close, we can sit back and look it in it’s entirety and smile. The staff grew closer as a family, and the smiles and laughter and tears of joy from the children made our hearts sing. From the first kids week the final week, it’s been a blast. From the shaving cream fights on the hill to the messy games to the lake time to the chapel services, I now see that all of them have one single purpose: to bring glory to God. Our official count at the end of the summer was 103 children and youth that gave their hearts to Christ through the ministry hear at Camp Longridge and that is AWESOME! I cannot wait to return to these sacred grounds next summer and continue in this ministry that God has so graciously allowed me to be a part of. As I prepare myself physically for one last week here at Camp Longridge, I am also preparing myself mentally for next summer. For the last time as part of the Super Summer Staff of 2011, I’m bringing this blog post to an end… but I will be back to serve next summer on staff here at CLR. I hope you are as prepared as I am for a super awesome fantastic amazing summer in 2012!
-Daniel Hissner, 1st year staffer
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July 28, 2011
Howdy Everybody! it’s your ol’ pall jimmy here. Just thought i would write you to let you know what going on this terrific thursday here at camp Longridge. Our day started of with quiet time with our cabin where a staffer leads the students in a devotional thought to start the day. from there we headed to the dining hall to enjoy a hearty breakfast of oatmeal, bacon, eggs and biscuits. After breakfast we headed to the chapel to have our morning worship time and our bible drill. After that came the moment we’ve all been waiting for…. Drumroll please… THE WORLD FAMOUS CAMP LONGRIDGE SHAVING CREAM BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we had tons of fun getting covered in shaving cream. After that we headed down to clark lake to wash off and have our swim time. everyone had a blast jumping off the blob, going down the slide and zipline, and playing in our swim area. after laketime it was time to clean up then head to lunch where we had roast beef sandwich and fresh baked chocolate chip cookies mmmmmmmmmm! after that it was time for a bible study with our teams. Then we had our final day of peanut patch olympics. everyone had tons of fun going around the chapel playing all the games they could. after that we headed to dinner where we had some delicious stir fry. after dinner we headed to chapel for Mr. Frank’s message. Tonight he used some road signs as example for how we should live our lives in Christ. After chapel we headed to a canteen break then volleyball with our teams. Then to finish off the night we had a huge ice cream party in the dining hall. Wow! what a fantastic day. I could not think of a better way to finish off a week of camp. Hope everyone out there is having as much fun as we are. Later!
Mr. Jim
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July 27, 2011
Hey, James Newton here talking about Tuesday July 26, well it started out with fishing at 6 o’ clock with the campers then we moved on up to the dining hall for breakfast and then made our way to the chapel for morning praise gathering were we jumped around and sang songs. After that we went up to the hill to play some messy games like CHAOS!!!! It was so much fun to get all the staff messy. Then we made our way to the lake to have fun in the water or go up to the high ropes course to have fun swinging on ropes 30ft in the air. then came lunch time where we had hamburgers and french fries. Once lunch was over we went back to the chapel for team skit preparation and bible study. After bible study we had the 1st day of PEANUT PATCH!!! Then we went back to the cabins to get ready for dinner… So after dinner we had church group time where the churches talk about how the campers day was… after that we had chapel where we listened to Mr. Frank speak..then we proceeded to our last canteen break of the day, once that was finished we went to watch our movie of the week which was Veggie Tales Rack, Shack, and Benny. after the movie we went to the cabins for bedtime….. as you can tell it was a packed day.. well talk to ya next time see ya later
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July 27, 2011
This was our very last Monday 
we have had an awesome summer with all of the campers! Campers came in at about 12:30 and the fun began! We welcomed them to their teams and sent them off to the lake. They seemed to have an awesome time swimming! Dinner and worship went extremely smooth for a Monday! The campers seemed extremely pumped! This week has been AMAZING!
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July 23, 2011
Hey guys! Jordan here reporting from Camp Longridge! Kids Week 3 was absolutely amazing! So amazing things happened this week and it was all for God’s glory! It was sad to see everyone leave, but I know that so many young campers went home with so much more knowledge of the Bible and the true meaning of being a Christian. We had so many great memories that were made from the lake time to Bible studies to the awesome chapel services at night. Today at camp we woke up and had breakfast, then headed to the chapel for quiet time and praise gathering! We had our final bible drill and our final team activites! All of the campers got to pack up their things to head home then we had our super duper awards ceremony! The Blue team won the spirit flag for the week and the Green team won the Camp Champ for the week! This week was incredible and I am still amazed at the great work that God is doing at Camp Longridge! Goodbye for now!
-Jordan Widgeon 
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July 21, 2011
Hey Blog readers! My name is Nate James! Today was an awesome day at camp! We started the day off with a quiet time devotion with our campers, ate some breakfast, then went to praise gathering! We then we to the awesome low ropes course with our cabin. After that we had lake time and then got ready for lunch! This afternoon we prepared for our skits that we performed tonight in the team skit show! Also this afternoon we had canteen break, bible study, and peanut patch games! This evening, we enjoyed having all of our guests who joined us for dinner, chapel, and the skit show! We had an incredible day at camp and this week has been amazing!
Nate James
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July 20, 2011
Hey guys! My name is Bethany! We have had a marvelous week here at camp longridge. Yesterday the kids got to experience chaos. Chaos is when the teams get together and get the staffers SUPER messy! I don’t think there was a child here without a smile on their face! Lake time went well and so did bible study, ropes course, and the other aspects of camp! This morning we had an awesome breakfast! Praise Gathering was great as well. The campers are really starting to get into all of our songs! I’m so pumped to see what the rest of the week holds!
See You SOON!
Bethany
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