Tuesday Night

The day started off again with the kids up and ready for another full day of adventures. After breakfast we went to chapel to see more of the continuing story of Remi and Philippe. Remi, in his focus to serve only himself, ends up killing a man in the marketplace. He was sent to the prison to await the guillotine. When reality sunk in of what he had done he starts to plead and with he could do things differently by serving the Dauphin. The Dauphin hears about this and visits Remi, setting him free and giving him a second chance at life. Blown away by this gift of grace Remi doesn’t know what to do. But the Dauphin instructs him that he will be trained by a fellow follower as he learns to start serving the dauphin.
After that the staff broke us up into smaller groups and took us on a short hike and where they shared their own story of how God reached their lives and what they have learned in following him. It was great to connect and get to know the faces around camp a little more.
Then came recreation. Today each team played the two games they didn’t play the day before. The enthusiasm was high as each team tried to earn more points to become the champions of the week. After rec came lunch and free time. Today we had paintball and majority of our group went to participate. For some this was their first time trying paintball, for others of our group, they seemed quiet experienced. I had a lot of boys threatening to shoot me (Melinda) regardless of what team I was on. We played one game where the goal was to get a teammate into one of the barricades without getting hit by the other team. We also played capture the flag. Any kids that have paintballs leftover in their guns are taken to a target range to empty their gun. Counselors can go in there and dodge the paintballs as the kids shoot. Drew and I were crazy enough to do it, which gave the kids the pleasure of being able to have an opportunity to shoot at their leaders.
After paintball the kids split up to enjoy free time. Some went to the pond and went off the blob or Noah’s nightmare. Others went the stores or snack shop. Others just hung out and played cards. After free time we then went to dinner and then to evening competitions. Tonight’s competitions were the blob and Noah’s nightmare belly flop contest. Each rec team had a student and counselor participate in both. The blob competition was to send each student off the blob. Judging was based on height, charisma, and flips. Noah’s nightmare belly flop contest is pretty self-explanatory. It was fun hearing the audience groan or awe as participants smacked the water.
After the pond competitions we had evening chapel where Ron went into detail of what all went on during the crucifixion. As he shared about the pain and suffering that Jesus went though, he showed how much God loved us to send His son Jesus to go through that for us. Students were given the opportunity for those who have never accepted Christ to make that decision for the first time tonight. We had a few of our students decide to make that commitment. Praise Jesus!
Because it was more of an emotional night some students hung back to talk to leaders, others went to night free time. Dodge ball was offered that night which made a lot of students days to be able to participate. After that we headed to our cabins for small groups and to head to bed. It was definitely a packed day but everyone had a great time.
~Melinda