Day Three- The Hunt is On and Camp Talent Abounds

 

Today camp started like many days. We have what’s known as J-Zone where we sing songs and  learn

more words of wisdom from our teachers, Sue and Carolyn. These women have a way of taking ancient scriptures and putting them in a way that makes sense in today’s terms for our young campers.  We learned about the giant King David had to face as a young boy and how he set his fear aside, as he face the giant problem in his life and depended on God to keep him safe and lead him towards his destiny. Our campers have many fears and giants that have been placed in their lives as well.  It was important  for them to hear that these fears can be faced, overcome, and that they too can march on towards the destiny God has for them. As a side note, our giant known as Goliath is actual size at 9 feet two inches. We got a taste of what David had to face and it was pretty scary. Besides the stories, our camp play can be used as a teaching tool too.

 

We  will talk more about the camp play tomorrow but want give you a preview of it today.  Royal Family KIDS camps around the country are sharing a play about a sheepfold and the good shepherd that
watches over the flock.  Since this is Idaho, we thought it only fitting that our set have a sheepherders wagon on the set (pictured right).

Our Camp Directors were able to create a miniature wagon that looks pretty authentic and we’re all enjoying having it incorporated in to the play.

 

Some of our campers decided today would be a great day to hunt for water snakes. While hunting snakes might not be everyone’s cup of tea, you can see the team pictured below was enjoying it.

In the end, they were successful in capturing a few snakes and one of them is shown in the picture below.

It’s important to note that no snakes were actually harmed in the big snake hunt of 2014.  I do suspect they were annoyed at being captured and having their day interrupted but they were soon released back into their home field to carry on with the day’s activities no worse for the wear.

Snake hunters weren’t the only hunters out in the fields and waterways today.  Many a tadpole, water skipper, and bug hunter were on the banks of the pond, trying their luck.  They too were fairly successful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you’ve followed this blog in the past,  you’ll know that our camp has many traditional events that we try to host each year during camp.  Two of those events are the Birthday Party and the Give it A Go Show.

We had some first time campers that were quite surprised that we celebrated everyone’s birthday and that each camper received a Birthday Box of gifts. The Birthday Party is one of the highlights of camp each year and returning campers look forward to it eagerly. One of the other highlights is the Give It A Go Show.

This show is geared to give each camper a safe place to share their talents.  We call it the Give It A Go Show so the campers can feel more comfortable in sharing their unproven talents rather than using the talent show moniker where some sort of proficiency might be implied.

We had some of the more traditional performers this year, such as singers and dancers.  Some of the more unique talents displayed where making noises with a cup, a trick ankle and a magic trick involving a small fan and some balloons.  All in all, I think the  campers had a good time performing and being in the audience cheering on the other performers.  Who knows what future stars of tomorrow we might be cultivating at camp today.