Happy Thursday morning!
A few of the chaperones were up early this morning to find the steps outside our cabins to be quite slippery!! Yes -- it got beloow FREEZING last night!!! Luckily the camp caretakers warned us to how cold it was going to be so we all borrowed the camp space heaters so inside the cabins we were nice and warm!!
When we arrived yesterday it was so exciting to watch all of our youth bonding as much as they did!! They played softball, ultimate frisbie and kick ball. We are all split into family groups for chores and so we all had chores to do around dinner time. For dessert we surprised Kelly with a birthday cake!!!
A few of the chaperones were up early this morning to find the steps outside our cabins to be quite slippery!! Yes -- it got beloow FREEZING last night!!! Luckily the camp caretakers warned us to how cold it was going to be so we all borrowed the camp space heaters so inside the cabins we were nice and warm!!
When we arrived yesterday it was so exciting to watch all of our youth bonding as much as they did!! They played softball, ultimate frisbie and kick ball. We are all split into family groups for chores and so we all had chores to do around dinner time. For dessert we surprised Kelly with a birthday cake!!!
After dinner Rex had a team building activity for us where we first had 1/2 of each team stand on a separate blanket. Then without stepping on the group they had to turn the blanket over! It was fun watching our youth work together for this task!! One of the teams did it successfully!!!! Afterwards Rex got a larger blanket and everyone had to be on just that blanket and try to turn it over!! GREAT TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY, REX!
Then we had the youth and chaperones get with another person they didn't know and spend 10 minutes getting to know them and then come back and share 3 things about the other person. What a terrific way for all of us to get to know the new youth who are with us!!
Diane did a devotional activity showing how each part of the body has to work together to make a body or team work. The kids enjoyed the challenge, though there were a few "falls" enroute!
Chris C. then did a devotional about doing work for others and we had each family group brainstorm all the current mission work our church and youth group currently do and then think of additional ones we can do this coming year!!! Let's just say the group was very impressed with all the possibilities for doing service work for others and several of our youth agreed to coordinate some of the new projects!
We're having some technical difficulties gettibng photos downloaded, but hopefully there will be photos and more info posted later today.
Until then -- thanks for all your support for our work we do. Today is a full day of projects: painting cabins, clearing sage (I heard that project could last for weeks!!!).
May God continue to hold you in his arms!!!
In Christ's Love,
Barb
Then we had the youth and chaperones get with another person they didn't know and spend 10 minutes getting to know them and then come back and share 3 things about the other person. What a terrific way for all of us to get to know the new youth who are with us!!
Diane did a devotional activity showing how each part of the body has to work together to make a body or team work. The kids enjoyed the challenge, though there were a few "falls" enroute!
Chris C. then did a devotional about doing work for others and we had each family group brainstorm all the current mission work our church and youth group currently do and then think of additional ones we can do this coming year!!! Let's just say the group was very impressed with all the possibilities for doing service work for others and several of our youth agreed to coordinate some of the new projects!
We're having some technical difficulties gettibng photos downloaded, but hopefully there will be photos and more info posted later today.
Until then -- thanks for all your support for our work we do. Today is a full day of projects: painting cabins, clearing sage (I heard that project could last for weeks!!!).
May God continue to hold you in his arms!!!
In Christ's Love,
Barb
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