Junior 3: Wednesday

We have been keeping our Junior campers busy with fun this week! It's already Wednesday, which is hard to believe. Time flies when you're having fun, but we still have so much more to do and learn!

This morning Cabin 3 got up early to go Polar Bearing in the lake, and the rest of us started our day off at the usual time around the flagpole. After stretching and getting warmed up around the flagpole, we headed in for a delicious breakfast.

Following breakfast, it was Cabin Clean-Up. Today's theme for cabin clean-up was related to our message last night from Shirly Woods: Princes and Princesses! Everyone was so creative with today's theme. We saw a lot of castle forts and uses of stuffed animals and crowns. The winner of today's cabin clean-up was both clean and creative: the boys of Cabin 1B! They built a castle out of extra mattresses and deemed it "Mickey's Castle," topped off with a stuffed Mickey poking his head out of the top! Great job boys, very cute! :)

When our cabins were cleaned up, it was time to gather with our cabin-mates and counselors for Bible Study. Today's Bible study can be found in Matthew 26:57-75. This passage describes what happens after Jesus is arrested and faces the council, and also explains that Peter denies Jesus three times before the rooster crows.

After Bible Study, choice activities began! Today's choice activities included swimming, crafts, fishing, archery/slingshots, GaGa, and a very special choice activity: going on a hike! The ones who chose a hike today were gone for both choice activities so they could go as far as they could in the amount of time given. They all had a great time together exploring God's beautiful creation!



When choice activities were over, it was time for another great lunch, followed by some time to rest in the cabins.

Once everyone was reenergized and refreshed, it was time to get things moving again. Everyone met with their teams on the basketball court to create their very own mascots out of old mattress foam! The teams will now bring their mascots to every game they play against other teams. The mascots will also be in a special competition at the end of the week! :)

After making our mascots, it was time to start Rotations! Today's rotations were swim time, games in the gym, and craft time! During swim time today, we also played a game called "Plug the Barrel!" This got our teams working together to keep the water from pouring out of the holes in barrels. Whoever had the most water left in their barrel after 5 minutes, won!

Our craft activity today was painting "Follow" on pieces of logs, to take home as physical reminders for us to follow after Jesus daily.

When the teams rotated through each activity, free time was opened up around camp, followed by supper.

After supper, we had our evening activity: Goldrush!

Following our evening activity, we all headed to the chapel for worship and another great message. Tonight in chapel we watched a video explaining the Gospel, and Monty spoke more about what it looks like to follow Jesus.

After a great message and worship session, everyone split off into their cabin groups to discuss the chapel message. When discussions are over, everyone will head back to their cabins to get ready for bed.

We have been having an awesome week, and we can't wait to see what else God will teach our campers throughout the rest of this week.