Tuesday

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The second day of camp has come to an end. We are now firmly entrenched in the daily routine of camp. Breakfast, flag raising, cabin cleaning, devotional and bible study.

One of the places that holds great value in the heart of all who have been a part of camp is the B lodge. The morning devotional is composed of all campers from the youngest to the oldest. It is so good to see the entire group worship together, and to see the bond that the campers are forming with one another.

The bible focused on the covenant between David and Jonathan talking about the exchange of items such as a robe that signified the covenant that they were making.

One of the things that happens at lunch is that the "golden" broom is awarded based on the cabin inspections that take place each morning. The cabin that loses cabin inspection gets the privilege of cleaning the bath houses that day.

The activities of the day consisted of continuing to work on the checker boards in crafts, as well as working on the tye dying of socks.

The younger campers hiked to the bottom of the falls today and the older campers played sweet heart kickball. Sweet heart kickball is a game that brings some apprehension for the older campers, but give that most have played before, they know and accept the routine. Once a sweet heart is selected, then the apprehension disappears and the campers engage in an hour of absolute fun. For those who understand the way the scoring is done in sweet heart kickball, surprisingly the game ended in a tie.

Tonight the theme was Christian rap star. The counselors and campers came dressed in their best rap star clothing. The evenings activity was karaoke. This was setup as camp idol night with four judges. the different cabins and a couple of individuals and duets were the performers for the evening. When all of the judges raised a red X then the performance was immediately ended and the "performers" were gently ejected from the stage. There are not words that can adequately describe the types of performances that we saw. I want to encourage you to get a video and see this for yourself. The only word that came to mind was amazing. I think if you see the performances you will be as amazed and speechless as those of us who were privileged to see it live.

The night ended with a devotional. The older and younger campers participated in a short devotional and then the younger campers went to their cabins and the older campers with to the B lodge. These night time devotionals in the B lodge are times when the campers seem to really be opening up to God and drawing closer to God and to each other.

-Article and photos by Keith Taylor