Junior 3: Wednesday

We have had a great week with our last Junior group of the summer!! We have had so much fun, and we aren't done yet!


This morning we got up and gathered around the flagpole to start our day off with stretches and a fun run to breakfast, to get our blood pumping! After flagpole we headed to the Dining Hall for a delicious breakfast!

When our tummies were full and happy, we went back to our cabins to clean and decorate them! Today's theme for decoration was "Noah's Ark!" The cabin that is the cleanest and decorated the best gets to go into lunch first, while carrying the "flaming torch" (plunger)!

When our cabins were cleaned and decorated, we went out with our cabin groups to start Bible study. This week in Bible study we have been going through the book of 1 John! Each camper has a booklet with the passages of scripture in them along with questions. After reading the passage together, the campers are able to go through and circle, underline, and highlight certain things in the passage with their crayons and color code. This has the campers read the passage multiple times, which furthers deeper understanding and has them interacting with the text.

Today in Bible study, we looked at 1 John chapter 3!

After Bible study, our choice activities for the day began! Every morning campers sign up for 2 choice activities, which vary depending on the day. Today's choice activities included basketball, carpet ball, nine square, GaGa, archery, kickball, game room, crafts, swimming, and fishing!

Following some really fun choice activities, it was time for lunch! Today's delicious lunch was sandwiches, chips, fruit salad, and ice cream sandwiches for dessert!

When we finished eating, we all headed back to our cabins for rest time, to recharge for the rest of the day!

When we were rested up and ready to go, we all went to the chapel to learn about the game we will be playing Friday afternoon, called Mêlée. This game has the campers memorize some of their memory verses throughout the week, to keep their team out of "jail." It's a very fun, active game, and our campers always have a blast playing!

After learning how to play Mêlée, our rotations for the day began! We were all put onto four different teams on Monday, and have been going through our rotation activities with our teams. Today's rotations included recreation in the gym, swimming, and crafts/team building exercises! In between rotations, we had a break at snack shack, and then went back to our activities!

When rotations came to a close, we got to enjoy some free time around camp!
 During this time, campers can play games such as GaGa, carpet ball, basketball, nine square, tether ball, or can swing or just hang out with each other!

After free time, it was time for dinner! Our yummy dinner today was mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, biscuits, green beans, and cookies for dessert!

When we finished eating, it was time for our evening activity. Tonight's evening activity was a great game of Goldrush!

After Goldrush, we gathered in the chapel for worship and a message from this week's chapel speaker, Sue Fenker!






Following chapel, we will all head back to our cabins to go to sleep and rest up for the rest of the week!

It's been such a great week so far, and we can't wait to have more fun the rest of the week! We are continuously praying that our campers would be open to receiving what God wants to teach them this week, as we discuss what it means to be "Alive" in Christ!