As camp get's closer and closer, more exiting memories of camp come back. This first picture is a picture of camp. This is where we start every morning with the morning assembly, rain or shine... We line up in order of cabins. It's great to have the whole camp together in the morning. The Program director will come around to each tribe and ask the Tribal leaders how their tribe is doing this morning. One tribe at a time will yell at the top of their lungs. We will then hear the news for the day. Being at camp, we don't have TV and rarely have time to get on the computer so Wayne, the Asst. Program Director will bring us the news for the day, mostly it is just sports updates and completely random news events. Then we will sing a song before morning prayer. The Superman song, the Wenier Man song, and the BoBo song are the top three picks.
This is a picture of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This is a great place to get away and escape to on our time off. One of my favorite things to do is to drive up to Mount Mitchell and then hike the rest of the way to the top. The sites are amazing and this is really an awesome place to sit back and looks at all that God has created.The kids that come to camp are crazy but really cool. Most of the kids are really well behaved and ready to have a good time. Each kid is unique and brings something special to camp. I hope you had a chance to watch the video I posted in the last blog. One thing that sticks out to me when I watch that is something that Phil says. Our job at camp is to love kids, no matter what they do. This is absolutely true. Kids are going to come to camp from all different backgrounds. As counselors, we should totally love these kids. Some of the kids come to camp just to have a blast, but others come seeking something. No matter what the situation is, we should love all these kids.
This is a picture of Cole who was in my cabin last summer for session 1A. Cole was always very energetic and full of energy, but he was a really good kid. Camp sessions last for 2 weeks. The Bugle blows at 7:30am to wake up every morning. Most of the counselors take full advantage of every minute of sleep as you can imagine. The kids, on the other hand, do not, at least not for the first week. During the first week, kids are usually up by 7am ready to leave the cabin. By week 2 of the session, kids are getting a little more tired and tend to sleep in a bit more. But not Cole.... Every morning, I would wake up and Cole's bunk was across from mine. Every morning when I would wake up and first sit up, he would sit up, look at me, and smile and wave. He did this every morning for the whole two weeks I had him. That is one memory I probably won't forget. These are the types of things that make camp so great. Kids do crazy and cool things.
Please continue to pray for myself and the staff as we get ready for this summer, but also pray for these kids that will come through the camp gates. Pray that they will have the summer of their lives, and that their hearts will be open to hearing about God's word.
