Day Two - Art, Fish and, Space Dawgs

 

Act One of Braa-riliant Adventures was presented to the campers. The cast of characters are:

§  Snow White, a baby sheep

§  Ewenique an eccentric, middle-aged ewe

§  Sherry a meat-and potatoes, no nonsense adult sheep

§  Pete the “straight man” in the comic team

§  Repete the “straight man” in the comic team

§  Bronco He an overly self-assured, late-adolescent ewe

§  Mr. Peabody   He is the wise, old leader of the group

§  Wylie an externally self-absorbed, 

charming villainous wolf

§  The Shepherd who represents Jesus, patient, wise, 

loving, and who speaks identity into His sheep

§  The Buyer, a person who plans on

 buying the sheep for slaughter

Little Snow White, the baby lamb, loves to run away. But Bronco is hatching a plan to teach her a lesson.  It's also rumored that there's a buyer for the sheep and they will soon be sold. Be sure to check back tomorrow to learn if Bronco’s plan works. And how about the sheep, will they be sold at the market? If a shepherd doesn’t buy them what will happen to them?

The Activity Center offers many artistic opportunities . Campers can take advantage of the Face Painting booth

Plaster of Paris forms are another way the campers can express their creative side.

The cat on the left of the drying rack was inspired by the camper's black and white cat. The camper was very avant guarde in his approach to his artwork.  

The Spin Art booth is always a big draw for our creative campers. One of the campers pointed out that he had create so many spin art master pieces, he now had the makings of a gallery. 

The woodworking booth has added a lathe, which enables campers to create their own pens from cylinder pieces of wood.  Clearly these pens will become keepsakes for our campers.

 

Dollhouse, bug boxes, lions, and other wood kits are available too. 

It was back to the fishing pond reel in more rainbow trout. Campers continued to pull them in and add to the cooler full of fish.  We had a few first time fishermen who were able catch a fish or two.

The campers were able to experience a Kurtis Hoppie concert this evening.  Kurtis is a Christian faith based hip hop artist with a message of hope and a love of Christ. 

The campers were engaged in Kurtis's concert knowing and enjoying many of the songs he sang for us. An example of tonight's set was Space Dawgs and his number one song, Rooftops.  Go here to learn more about Kurtis and his music.

Christian Rap Kurtis Hoppie 

Camper relaxing with his buddy and enjoying the concert.

Kurtis autographs campers' items

Day One - We've Arrived or Fish On

It’s long been a camp tradition to greet our campers with signs bearing their names and cheers, as they exit the bus.

 

This year the tradition continued with buddies and staff waving their brightly colored posters and cheerily welcoming the campers as they meet up with their buddies. 

 

Once the luggage was unpacked, and lunch was over, campers headed to the fishing pond to try their luck.  It was a good day for our fishing campers, with each of them reeling in enough fish to fill a cooler.

 

 

 

 

  

Swimming at the waterfront is always something the campers enjoy.

 

 

 

Campers have the options of paddling kayaks and paddle boards.

 

 

 

If campers want to stay closer to shore they can build sand castles on the beach.

Two ducks, showed up at the waterfront today.                                   

A camper tried to ride the duck, doing his best to 
balance on the duck's back. 

But the duck bobbed and weaved, until it  threw the camper
off.

You may have won today duck, but there's
 always tomorrow

The zipline was open today and the campers took advantage 
of being able to ride the line. Many of the campers spent most 
of their time during activities time flying through the air.

Today the campers had the option of decorating 
ceramic tiles which will be fired in town and available
to be taken home. This tile has a special message for
this camper's buddy " I Love Ava."

Tonight, the campers received

their quilts which were provided

by Project Linus. Project Linus

has been making quilts for our

campers for decades. Our

heartfelt thanks go out

to the members of the

Project Linus for the kind

generosity. You can learn more

about the Project Linus by click

the link below.

https://www.linusidaho.org/

The stage is set for this year's drama, Baa-riliant Adventures, which is scheduled to  start tomorrow.  The drama team has been practicing and getting their costumes ready for act one. 

Be sure to check back each day to read about the antics of the 
sheep who undertake these adventures.