Monday

Today was the first full day of camp. After the rain yesterday, there was a freshness in the air that is hard to describe. The sights, sounds, and smells of a day like today show the beauty and majesty of creation.

The first order of the day was a breakfast of pancakes and sausage, along with cereal for those who wanted that. The tables are inspected and the winner is proud, while those at the losing table get the privilege of staying behind and cleaning the dining hall.

Once we are finished with breakfast we all move outside for the flag raising. Steve Gaines talked with us about the sacrifices that have been made for our freedom. Nate Jenkins's cabin raised the flag while we all say the pledge of allegiance together.
After cabin inspections all of the campers gathered in the B lodge for morning devotional. One of the first we sing is "My Bonnie lies over the ocean". At each word beginning with B you stand if you are sitting or you sit if you are standing. This helps to wake everyone up and get their blood flowing. The morning devotional was led by a group of older boys. After a period of worship the older campers stayed in the B lodge and participated in the class taught by Brother Matheny. The younger campers went to the mess hall for classes taught by Sherrie Murray.

Both Brother Matheny and Sherry Murray talked to the campers about transformation today. Sherry has assembled quite a collection of things from nature such as caterpillars to demonstrate the concept of transformation. All of the campers worked with clay today and were asked to create things that showed true godly transformation.

Each day cabin inspections take place, the winners are given the golden broom. Today's cabin winners were Cassie Crocker's girls and Kyle Taylor's boys.
The morning activity consisted of the hike from the top of the falls to the nature center. In crafts they worked on painting T-Shirts.

The teams were chosen and the teams took the softball and fields with the camp spirit. The games were played in the best of camp spirit.

Tonight was senior night. As part of senior night we all played a rousing game of Bingo.

The day ended wtih a devotional and a time of praise.

After a full day it is time to get to bed, get some rest and get ready for a full day of activity on Tuesday.

-Keith Taylor