Thursday Junior High 3: Refrigerator

The day started out beautiful as most days do here at camp. The campers said the pledge while the flag was being raised and then went to breakfast and enjoyed breakfast sandwitches. Once the cabins were clean the camp headed to ampichapel (Chapel outside in the ampitheatre). They had a blast singing songs like Be Bold, Lord I Lift Your Name on High, and Every Move. During the skits captain Wood in' Eye had a dream sequence where the Hairy Fairy came to visit and Nemsis, coming up out of the water, chased Wood in' Eye away. Personal devotions and then skill time filled the rest of the morning. Lunch of hotdogs and tuna salad was served, and then the kids went to have some k-bar time in their cabins. Halfway through k-bar it started raining. The game was moved to the gym, and we played some pin guard, and then, since it continued raining we had alternative free time options, since anything to do with water as well as the tower couldn't open. So, instead, we had the tower inside fireside, and options like charades, pictionary, and spoons available for the kids. Despite the fact that some of the normal free time options were closed, the kids still had a blast during free time. Dinner was lasanga, and during dinner the rain finally stopped. The mail call game for the night was Zooma, which the campers enjoyed because they got to test their knoweldge of camp activites. Skit prep time was after dinner and then chapel followed. Chapel was a blast tonight with fun songs, going through all of the verses that we've learned, and a wonderful staff testimony. After the offering song, which was One Tin Soldier (To the delight of many) the speaker came up. Since the theme for the day is removing the patch, he spoke the the campers about identity. He reminded them that we are Gods, we are his finest artwork, and he loves us so much. He then spoke of how when we were younger our parents would put all of our artwork on the refrigerator, because that is where all of the best artwork goes. So the campers made a refrigerator. Each one had a piece of paper that they could draw or write somehting on to symbolize their identity in christ, and then they put it up on the 'refrigerator' that was made. And what a sight it was, as each camper found worth in who they were and the fact that we are God's prized possession. Pirate patrol was the evening game followed by the drama. Which furthered their understanding of their identity in Christ through learning about God and his attributes (such as love) that contribute to who he made us to be.