Today was our first full day of camp. After a good breakfast, we began the morning with small groups. I asked my group of three girls where they would like to go if they could go wherever they wanted. One girl answered, “I’d like to go see God.” That comment changed our whole discussion.
The weather has been perfect, making it enjoyable for archery, canoeing, crafts, rock climbing, and paintball. I don’t think anyone is bored. Kevin, our program director, sent us backwards at supper with backwards clothes, lineups and menu items. We finished by saying grace.
Our chapel astronauts came back down to earth, whizzing through a comet’s tail and surviving the blast of asteroids to see earth as if they had never seen it before. Our God is amazing! Now comes the challenge. It is easy to say that our God is awesome, but quite another to allow Him to be our Savior and Lord. Please pray as we navigate through this space. Our question for Wednesday is this: If God is so awesome, why is life on planet earth so difficult.
We ended the evening by playing Space Medics. Our team leaders needed help from the campers with various spacey issues such as solar blindness, planet planking or the most serious disease of all, space cadet. We wished we had had a video camera to catch the dialogue as Kristen kept looking for her pet space rock, Frank. Hilarious!
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Comment by susanne on July 27, 2011 at 4:57 PM
it looks like you guys—and the kids—are having a great time!
when is bad/crazy hair day? we want LOTS of photos of that day. if i may put my order in, i would like a photo with Joan, Heather and Sue, please. :-) don't worry, there is only a marginal chance that it will end up in any PORTICO promo pieces!
praying for you all!