Wacky Wednesday!

The strange clothing ensembles you are about to see are a result of Wacky Wednesday fun! Everybody gets crazy up here on Wacky Wednesday--we saw everthing from crazy wigs, duct taped toes, and 6 inch high spiked sections of hair to pajamas worn over clothes and entire suits made of red or blue!



The referees do a slow-motion demonstration of every game that is quite amusing. They get pretty loud and crazy with their whistles.


This was basically a game of cat and mouse--called Evasion. The kids on the buckets had to pass the baton back and forth while trying to tag the runner from the other team. The goal for the running team is to have the least amount of runners tagged. The kids really enjoyed it. It is fun to learn new games that we can bring home and play again!

The Eliminator

I don't think much narration is needed to explain this game...the pictures tell the story!

Tuesday

Yesterday we spent most of the afternoon free time hunting down each of our campers and making sure they were all settled and doing well. We did manage to do that, though we weren't able to get a picture of every one of them, try as we might!


It sure didn't take these kids very long to learn the ropes of this camp! In one afternoon we found that they had done everything from the ropes course to the water slide to the archery range!




Many of them, including Pastor Ryan and I, are really enjoying the newly built coffee shop, The Daily Grind. We find them hanging out it there a lot! For them it is a social thing...for us it is more of a survival thing!





We are thankful to have a group of enthusiastic and fun-loving teens here. We are encouraging them to try everything!



Last night we heard a message on confession and forgiveness. Brother Pettit encouraged the kids to make and keep their hearts right with God and man in order to facilitate spiritual growth. We saw much softness of heart and God working. We are trying to find out if there is a place you can go online and listen to the messages. So far we have not heard, but if we do we will get you up to speed. Keep praying for safety and God's blessings!

We Made it To Camp!!!

Well, here we are at camp again. We are excited to be here and hope that you will pray along with us that God will be at work in our youth group this week. This first post is going to be mainly informational as we would like to give you some prayer requests and get you up to speed on what the kids are doing.

We had a smooth day of traveling yesterday. The teens were very helpful in keeping our stops as short as they could, but the miles and miles of road construction we encountered did prove to get us here a little later than normal.


Thankfully the kind staff kept the dining hall open so we could get the teens a hot meal before they went straight over to the field to meet their counselors and play the first game of the week! The theme this year is "Spy Games" and the teams are the Red Recons and the Blue X-coms. Each cabin has a name like Operatives, Classified, Decoy, or Intrigue!



We have already heard two great messages from Evangelist and Camp Director Steve Pettit. The theme for the morning sessions of the week is Walking in the Spirit, focusing on Galations 5:13-26.


If you would like to be better able to pray for our campers, than here is some good information for you:

1. Please pray for the teens that are here: James, Lana, Amy, Abbie, Alyssa, Anna, Logan, Jacob, Angela, Rebecca, Seth, Kaitlyn, Kelsie, Caitlyn, Jessica, Emily, Jorge, Jose, Alexis, Kourtney, and Bethany

2. Please pray for the counselors: Adam, Rosie, Kait, Jonathan, Ashley, Daneil, Jenna, Erin, Fallyn, and Christina

3. Please pray for the speakers: Steve Pettit, Jeremy Frazor, John Zimmer, Mike Egerdahl, and Aaron Coffey.

4. Please pray for the kids specifically during the sessions and workshops listed in the schedule below.

Here is a general schedule for the day, though it varies and there are a lot more specific activities going on than I can list for you here!

6:30-7:30 Quiet Time
7:00-8:00 Wake Up/Cabin Clean Up
8:00-8:05 Flag Raising
8:10-8:40 Breakfast
9:00-9:40 Walking in the Spirit (Sessions with Steve Pettit)
9:45-10:30 POWER Groups (breaking up by cabin and working through a Bible Study booklet on Walking With the Spirit)
10:30-11:15 Activity or Game (varies by day)
11:30-12:20p General Session or Workshops (varies by day)
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:45 Cabin Unity or Family Time (divide up by cabin or church)
1:45-4:30 Free time (activities vary from swimming to crafts to the zip line!)
4:30-5:00 Team Meetings
5:00-5:45 Supper
6:00-7:15 Activity/Game/Funny Time/Scoring (varies by day)
7:14-8:00 Free Time (dress for the service, play a game, hang out)
8:15-10:00 Youth Rally (includes great singing and preaching)
10:00-10:30 Late Night Activity (2 of these go until 11pm or a little later!)
10:45-11:15 Get Ready for Bed
11:15-11:45 Cabin Devotions
12:00a Lights Out
And the Craziness starts all over again in the morning!!!

Hopefully you will enjoy knowing what the teens are up to and don't forget to check back for more pics and info. We are looking forward to a great week here at Northland Camp and are excited to see what God is going to do in each of our lives!