My girls were all friends already, and I was even able to meet up with 2 of my campers from last year. I did have my co-counselor living with me until Monday. Camie came to talk to me about my need for Sadie because there was another counselor who needed more from her co-counselor than a wrangler could give. Yes, this is how short staffed we were that wranglers were co-counselors. I said that my girls were great and that if Sadie was needed elsewhere, that would be fine. The girls were a little heartbroken, but still hung out with Sadie throughout the week. We then got Brooke! The girls truly enjoyed her as well, even if she couldn't hang out with them as much.
Sadie & I
Brooke & I
We had 2 amazing speakers this week. Grandpa John talked about God being on the thrones of our lives, and had a good illustration about reading a love letter from someone special and reading the Bible. He also had a key word for the night that every time it was said, we would have to yell, "ALL RIGHT! YEAH! BOOM! UGH!" I thought he was never going to get through the first chapel because he said the key word so many times. Miss Monie was the other great speaker. She went through parts of the story of Joshua and honed in on Psalm 119:18.
My girls were more the young teen side of junior camp, so they were noticing the boys a lot. They had code names for various staff. We had Cheeky Boy, Salt & Pepper Guy, Biker Dude, and others. It was interesting...
Shield making was new territory to me. We started with the Wordless Book and then talked about colors and symbols and what they represent. We then got down to painting a shield. Eden and I did too! :)
This was sadly my last week to host Dodge ball for the girl event. I have loved doing it almost every week. Standing up on a chair with the microphone singing and dancing, explaining the games, and sometimes making up rules has been so much fun! :)
Except that this week, I was given the camcorder, and it got knocked out of my hand and broke.
One thing I started doing this week was singing to my girls when the lights went out. I so wish I would have started doing it last year. I sang the chorus to some of my favorite hymns and classic Bible School songs that I loved. I also read the girls You Are Special by Max Lucado and told them of that moment that I realized I was beautiful because I had Christ in me.
Sidewalk chalk art day was so much fun! I really got into it! :)
Friday was really encouraging. I spent a lot of time with my girls and we had a lot of fun in the Craft Room. During chapel that night, we had the victory celebration. There were only boys who stood up saying that they had decided for the first times to give their lives to Christ. Please pray that these young men would raise up into spiritual leaders in the future. That night, instead of buying Skittles, we used Sour Patch Kids and every color represents something. Red is something you love about God. Yellow was a high of the week. Green was something you learned. Orange was your favorite character/verse/passage from the Bible. It was really great to have all the girls share.
It was hard to say good bye to these great girls, but through it all, I just kept on smiling! :)
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