Sunday

Ahhh… Sunday.

The Day of rest.

Sleep Late, long cup of coffee, read the paper, take a walk in the park.

That is what you are probably doing today, I am a little jealous. When you have 500 sleepover guests it is different. Of course, Sundays are not like that in my life either… more like rush from bedroom to bedroom waking up children to get a bowl of cereal, dressed, then rush out the door only to be ten minutes late for Sunday School (bad move when you are the teacher).

But no matter what your Sunday routine is, it certainly is different from the rest of the week. The Lord commanded it to be a day of rest and most of us recognize the benefit of obeying Him on that one. Camp does too… Sundays are pretty awesome at camp, I love them.

Starts with Stumblers— the running club my father started in the 80’s. Three miles run together as a community (OK, not so many run the entire distance but we do get it done with a combination of running and strolling). It is an optional 8:00 activity, I am going to go out and take pictures while I run to give you a little idea of the moment. The Reveile Bugle blows at 9:00, some of the girls will sleep in but not many. This is a very popular club (you get a shirt if you do it both Sundays).

Speaking of shirts: the green shirts you saw everyone wearing at the carnival last night were a surprise gift for Carnival. At Main Camp we always do a special shirt for the counselors (these have become collectors items), so you can only imagine the excitement when I announced that everyone would get a carnival shirt at June Camp this year. Nothing like a T-shirt to make the spirit soar.

Breakfast cereal buffet, cabin clean up, Sunday School, Church, Lunch, long rest hour, Free Activities in the afternoon, Picnic dinner, Council Fire EP.

That’s our day.

It has been a great first week. I don’t think we have ever had such an easy first week of camp (Often the first week is kind of stressful). We have planned some AMAZING events for this next week (pray for good weather on Tuesday and Wednesday)… the time will fly by in the blink of an eye, but the pace of each day will be measured and easy going. It will be the best week of camp. I can’t wait!

Have a wonderful day, thanks for reading.

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At 3:40 (just before rest hour was to end) a nice big storm blew through. Heavy rain and thunder were our rest hour buddies for about an hour. Snuggling under a blanket during a summer rain shower in a tin roofed cabin is pretty close to heaven in my book. LOVE IT! Everyone is out now, looking forward to a nice Council Fire.
Jimboy