We had an amazing first day yesterday, and another great today as well! Our week is off to an awesome start :)
Yesterday we got split into our teams, came up with team names (which had to include a color and a food) such as the Titanium White Turnips and Burgundy Bananas, got to know each other and played some really fun games.Today we started off the day at Flag Pole with some stretches and a fun run to breakfast to get our blood pumping for a full day of fun activities.
We had a delicious breakfast of pancakes and sausage made by our awesome, hard working cooks. Following breakfast we headed back to our cabins to clean our cabins and to decorate to the theme of "American Folklore!" The cabins are judged by the "snooper" later in the day, and the cabin that is the cleanest and decorated in the best way gets to enter into lunch first, carrying the flaming plunger trophy. It's a high honor here at Bear Lake and our campers really get into it :)
When our cabins were clean and decorated, we set out for cabin Bible study. Today's Bible study focused on 1 John Chapter 2. This week the campers each have a booklet with the scripture passages in them and follow a color code key to underline, circle and highlight certain things in the passage. This has the campers interacting with Scripture in a tangible way, and has them read through the passage multiple times, which helps further understanding. After the campers go through dissecting the passage, we come together as a cabin to discuss what we read. So far this summer the campers have really enjoyed doing a Bible study in this way, and we've already had some really great conversations this week!
After we enjoyed both of our choice activities for the day, we gathered together in the Dining Hall for a wonderful lunch of chicken nuggets, mac & cheese, corn bread, carrots and popsicles for dessert!
When our tummies were full of tasty food, we went back to our cabins for rest time to recharge for the rest of the day. When we were all rested and ready to go, we went to today's Rotations with our teams. Today's rotations included swimming, games in the gym, and crafts/team building activities. When the teams completed the first rotation, we rotated through to the next activity so everyone got to enjoy a few activities. The rotation will continue tomorrow so each team will get to experience each activity.
After rotations, the camp was open for free time! During this time, everyone is able to enjoy anything from GaGa, nine-square, or even tournaments! This week the campers could join up in small teams and sign up for a volleyball tournament, a basketball tournament or could individually compete in a carpet ball tournament.
Following free time, we headed into the Dining Hall for a marvelous meal of tacos and cake for dessert!
After refilling our tummies, we got ready to play our all-camp activity. This evening's all-camp activity was a great game of Goldrush.
When our game came to a close, we headed to the chapel for worship and another great message from our speaker for the week, Brad Eckerley!
After our message from Brad, we went out with our cabin groups to discuss what he had talked to us about, and about how the rest of our day went. Following a short discussion with our cabins, we gathered back together for our night game! Tonight's night game was a great round of Counselor Hunt.
When the Counselor Hunt ended, we went back to our cabins to go to bed.
We have had an awesome first two days with this group of campers! They are eager to learn, and they are so much fun! We can't wait to serve them this week, and grow alongside them. We are continuously praying that God would be moving in their hearts and that they would be receptive and open to hearing Him.
Here's to the rest of the week! :)
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