Day 4...Shine!

The kiddos (and chaperones) were definitely moving quite a bit slower by Day 4. Picture everyone in extreme slow motion until the last possible second before breakfast. The girls in my room HATE my alarm, but hey...it woke them up!! It also made Gina think there was a fire alarm. Oops!

Day 4 was a slow day for POI pictures. *Cuz the chaperones wanted to participate :D*

Aaron Masterson, Haley Carter, Miranda, McKenna, Drew, and Brett went yakaking!!

Sarah had ziplining (and her mommy tagged along)! Awesome!

Hannah, Gracie, and Paige did some arts and crafts.

Hailey Masterson had messy games...let's just say that she had to work pretty hard to clean the shower afterwards.

Jonathan went tubing!!

Penny, Winter, Jason and Laney had a great time playing basketball!!!!

Aaron Burkeen, Scot, Dustin, Lucas, (and Justin and Haven!) played BAZOOKA-ZOOKA ball!!! And dominated...just saying.


We spent our Connect time as a church at the always delicious Belew's! Yummo. Everyone enjoyed the refreshing shakes and ice cream!

We also had the B-B-B-BOAT RACE!!!!!

Our boat looked fantastic...SEE!

Fearless Captain.

Dustin being a goofy French dude :)

There goes our boat!! The shower curtains were cumbersome...

Getting prepared.

The competition...Mystery Inc.

Down they go!! They totally won the "Titanic Award."

Get it, Jonathan!

Here he comes...determination!

Now some fun shots of how the girls keep from getting bored while anxiously awaiting the boat race!!

Aztec Warriors!

I forgot to mention that we did a couple teambuilding activities yesterday...see more on that in Justin's post! :) Here are the pics from those crazy activities.

Listening intently...comprehending?! Not so much.

He can fly!!

Working together.

Getting them across!

Haley, the worker.

The chaperones are not convinced these kids know what they're doing!!

Go Aaron Go!

Cheese, please!

Swing across!

Go Scot!

Hannah helping Aaron get his feet in!

Jason's turn!!

He did it!!!!!!!

Humiliating or Humidity

That's right, we did a little team building. We were told that the focus was supposed to be on Humility--putting others first. However, when we debriefed after each team building exercise the kids said the goal was to Humiliate themselves (which they did) and then after the second exercise they said the focus was Humidity (which it was very humid and we were sweating). Oh the fun of a Freudian Slip.

Anyways, we have had lots of fun and really built a more unified community. Overall, camp has been an incredible experience that will hopefully be the catalyst for great things for God's glory in the lives of our youth. We had one student commit their life to ministry--probably missions as a translator or medical missions. We have challenged our group with some areas we need to grow in as well as individually share areas that we want to grow in on a personal level.

We have spent a great deal of time talking about Going Beyond--which means living on mission. We have been brainstorming on ways to help children in the slums of India--mainly raising money to help feed the kids their one meal a day and share the gospel with them. We are really focusing on how we can live daily as a missionary in our homes, at our schools, and in our community. Be sure to ask us lots of questions about how we will combine our passions with our burdens to go beyond. Help hold us accountable to living out the commitments we have made at camp.

Most students have said they want to read their bible daily and pray. They want to actually be a witness at school and on their sports teams and in their clubs. They want to go on mission, not just do missions.

Thank you for your prayers. Remember to hold us accountable and have us share our experiences with you in person.

Day 3...Scrub-a-dub-dub!!

Remember how I said Day 2 was HOTTTT?? Day 3 was super-duper (Ahhh!!) HOTTTTTTTTT!!!!!

Paige, Penny, Winter, Miranda, Gracie, and Jonathan all climbed on the tower!!! Everyone got to the top (except Penny, but she was oh so close!!!)

Get it, Penny Jo!

She did such a great job!!

Such a look of concentration...

Made it to the tippy-top! Go Winter!

Miranda Brooke!

Conquered her fear!!

Jonathan was determined....

to make it to the top!

There goes Gracie!

She made it to the top...

and this was her view!

ANTS!!!

Go Paigey!!

A little dark, but she made it (and her shoes look awesome!!!!)


Scot, Jason, Sarah and Haley Carter enjoyed the coolness of the swimming pool!! Those boys were ballin' in pool basketball!!

Scot being awesome!

Jason ballin'!!

Scot ballin'!!

Jason playing some defense!

The girlies playing in the H2O!


Aaron Masterson, Brett, Hannah, and McKenna played Bazooka-zooka Ball!!! They were hardcore.

Bazooka-zooka Charlie's Angels??

Brett...sweet!


Laney went kayaking yesterday and wore her tiny arms out!

Adorable!

Go get it, girl!


Lucas, Dustin and Haley M went tubing!!

Bon Voyage!


Aaron Burkeen and Drew rocked out some indoor games.

**I forgot to post this on the first day, but here are our gorgeous campers on opening night!!**

YAY CAMP!

GOOFY GOOBERS!