My name is Kayla. I am a new staffer from Aiken, SC. Open House is exactly 12.5 hours away! The staff is SUPER DUPER excited!! Today we prepared Longridge to look fantastic for Open House! The teamwork we had was AWESOME! Tomorrow we open the gates at 11 am. All activities on campus will be open. Activities include, but are not limited to, canoes, paintball, ropes course, and all things at the lake! Come visit tomorrow for some great fun! –Kayla

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what up yall!? this is Jimmy. I’m a first year staffer from Marietta Ga. today we had a awesome day at camp. We did a lot of beautification around camp, renovating and working on some cabins, getting ready for yall this summer. And best all for dinner, COUNTRY FRIED STEAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. MMMMM i love me some country fried steak. Only two more days till open house, looking foward to seeing you guys!

super excited about this summer
Jimmy

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Hey!!! This is Amy King! I’m from Florence, SC and go to school in Anderson, SC. This is my first summer at Camp Longridge and this first week has been amazing so far!

My favorite part about today was lake training! We got to learn about how to use the slide and the BLOB! The blob was my favorite. I’m sure you’ll LOVE it too! We had to make sure everything was ready to go for when you get here! And….IT IS! We had my favorite supper ever…SPAGHETTI! We checked all of the cabins you’ll stay in this summer and they are ready to go! I learned how to play tether ball, thanks to another staffer! That was exciting!!! Looking forward to seeing you SOON!!!

Amy

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hey guys this is your newest staffer Will from Greenville, SC. Today we started off with a bang! We added on a new addition to the ropes course you’re going to love it! Were hanging some new banners and putting all the finishing touches on summer. We also got to test out the BLOB!!!… and let me tell ya what its ready for ya! Also we as a staff are learning so much from Mr. Frank in our daily bible study! Pray for us as we prepare for open house. see ya there!! - will

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And now for a special start to the staff blog for the summer of 2010–a team post!

Today was a great start to the workweek! We all got a lot accomplished today as a team and God is really doing some amazing things this week! We have an awesome staff this year and I am so excited to see what God has in store. Tomorrow we continue the good work and will get even farther as we prepare for Open House on Saturday! Please pray for us as a staff as we continue the work this week for Open House and the beginning of camp for the summer! Thanks! — Kinsee (now passing it off to the next staffer…)

Hey campers! Summer is finally here! We are busy preparing ourselves and preparing camp for your arrival, and we are excited to see you! Our praise band is getting ready to lead worship, and we are all counting down the days until we spend time together as a complete camp family when you get here! You can follow our staff blog to hear from familiar faces (such as Kinsee and myself) and to meet our first-year staffers, who you will love! We’ll start with that tomorrow, so get ready to meet someone new! We hope to meet you at Open House this Saturday! —Hillary

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Today was a great day at camp. There is an awesome group on retreat here and we have been doing a lot of fun stuff! This morning we played an awesome game of paintball. The teams were 14 against 15 and it was intense and action packed couple of rounds. After paintball we all went down to the lake for another group session of blobbing, zip-lining, and sliding. Today could not have been more action packed!

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Another awesome Tuesday… what a surprise, right? Actually, no not really. It was a terrific day to finish up our Tuesdays of the summer. we woke up early to a full breakfast and then met with our staffers for quiet time. From there we went to Praise Gathering and learned an awesome song called “Jesus is the River of Love”, also known as Jesus is the Rock and He rolls my blues away. BOP SHOE BOP SHOE BOP WHOOOOO! Sorry, I got a little carried away, but it’s a great song, probably my favorite from the summer. After Praise Gathering, we had team Bible Study and then walked up to the Low Ropes Course. It was a lot of fun and took a great deal of teamwork to work around each obstacle that awaited us. From there we went to lunch and then to Peanut Patch. I play Putt Putt and have a blast. When I was younger I even dreamed of being a professional golfer. Anyway, then we went to LAKE TIME! It is a big highlight for many campers. With the Blob, the Bullet, the zipline, canoes, crafts, and swimming there is SO much to do! We even got some extra cabin time and were able to spend it getting to know our cabinmates. Then we went to dinner and had a great chapel service where Mr. Frank talked about the Fruit of the Spirit and how we as Christians can and should be displaying these fruit in what we say, think, and do. During our cabin devotion, we played a game with a beach ball throwing it around having everyone name a Fruit of the Spirit and what it means. I think it helped us all to remember what each fruit represented. It was a fantastic last Tuesday and I’m sad to say it was the last for the summer. I can’t wait until next year!!!

Becky

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So friday really was amazing. Got up early and had a great breakfast then headed to chapel for our final worship service. Then, after that, we had our last canteen. Then the campers got all there stuff together and prepared for our final team activity, Trash Pick Up. Got the camp looking nice and good. Then had our closing ceremonies. It was our final day of camp for the whole summer. And we’re all very excited to see what’s in store for next year.

-Jason.

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Today was such a wonderful, action packed day for everyone. We began this wondeful day by having a visitor come and show the kids karate while telling them about Jesus. After that we headed to activities, which was Olympics. Today the kids participated in a sack race, foot race, football toss, frisbee throw, putt-putt, archery, horseshoes, three legged race, and canoe sink. We all had a great time and while the kids did the events, everyone else cheered them on. Next,we had shaving cream fight where the kids were able to chase and get the staffers and adults with shaving cream. By the end, we were all covered in loads of shaving cream. To get all of it off, we headed to lake where the kids were able to do the blob, zip line, slide, and swim. Once lake was over, we then headed to the cabins to clean up and then we all headed to supper. When we had finished supper, we went to the chapel and heard Mr. Frank preach on different types of shoes we should wear as a Christian. Once the service was over, all the churches met to talk with the groups and then the staffers made a hug line where every child was able to recieve a hug from a staffer. Once we left chapel, we had a canteen break where we did one of our last activities which was volleyball. Everyone had fun working together and cheering one another on. Finally, we finished our fantastic day with Ice cream!

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today was a great day. from waking up and going fishing in the morning to all the hilarious skits in the afternoon, everything went just perfect. breakfast was delicious(some pancakes and bacon). Cecil was on the top of his game this morning giving a little extra in the food which was much apreciated. morning worship was filled with singing and we had a great bible drill play off. In the team rooms we learned so many good things and played a few fun ice breakers. Up on the hill chaos was so much fun for everyone involved. then we played a great game of simon says that threw everyone for a whirl. at lunch Cecil pulled off another delicious meal of roast beef sandwiches, chips, and some chocolate chip cookies baked with love. peanut patch was great with every camper running around playing all the different events. lake time was awesome from the blob to the zip line to the bullet and of course the canoes. dinner was amazing. we had spaghetti and meatball with our choice of either creamy alfredo sauce or magnificent marinara sauce. man Cecil did a great job today. After dinner we headed to the chapel were the praise band was really rocking. everyone was singing loud and praising God. then Mr. Frank gave a great message the how the holy spirit relates to our lives by using a car for ann example. after that we had a canteen break while a few staffers got the stage ready for our final talent show of the year. man did i laugh hard tonight. it was a great end to a great summer. today was one of our best days ever. i wish that everyone could have enjoyed it with us.

joah

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