Day Three- Hello Sunshine

What a difference a day makes. The campers were greeted with sunny skies and warmer temperatures today. Good weather means more opportunities to enjoy the camp's activities. Fishing continued to be a favorite activity, but campers spent time riding the zipline and doing woodworking.

Camper rides the zipline

The zipline was a new experience for some campers and it took a bit of courage to take that first ride. But once the new campers did so, they were hooked and took as many turns on the zipline that time would allow.

Dollhouse with people

There was also a lot of activity in the woodworking booth.  Dollhouses and birdhouses seemed to be popular today. Tom our woodworker gets custom requests as well.  Creating a tank from pieces of this and that is not out of the question for Tom.  

Custom tank built by Tom 

Birdhouse with lookout

Shirts were not the only thing being tied died today

Yesterday we learned that Joseph’s brothers had sold him into slavery. Fast forward to today, and Bible teacher Sue asked the question, “What did Joseph lose when he was sold into slavery?” The campers replied with family, pets, love of his brothers, mom, dad, his coat, and ultimately his freedom.  Our campers can experience a similar losses to Joseph’s which makes his story very real to them.  We know that the story ends well for Joseph, but during his struggle, it would be hard for Joseph to know this.  We will continue with Joseph’s story over the next two days. 

Camper playing Joseph when he is the head of Potiphar's household  

Camper set to walk the plank

Beside the story of Joseph, we also have object lessons. In today’s lesson we learned about facing challenges while carrying the weight of hurtful things we have experience in life. In essence, it is like trying to cross a thin plank while holding a bag of potatoes and being blinded fold.  We have to opportunity to give those hurtful things to God, ask for his healing, and address life’s challenges free of the burdens.  In our lesson, the camper was able to walk the plank from end to end, when he was not weighed down with the potatoes and with the help of Sue by his side.

Camper performs his talent of balancing a ping pong ball on a paddle while in flight 

If it is Wednesday during the week of camp, it is time for the Give it a Go show, where the campers perform for their buddies and staff. The acts ranged from songs, to art shows, with a mixture of dancing and puppet shows in-between. Each camper was cheered on as they performed.