End of day 2

Now that dinner is over, our mystery game has been played, and our wonderful Compadres and floaters have humored us with silly acts, it’s time to say goodnight. The campers are heading back to their cabins to prepare for their nightly devotionals before catching a few hours of shut-eye in preparation for the exciting day ahead tomorrow.  Goodnight to…

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Monday’s Mystery Event

Tonight the directors had a surprise up their sleeves for all of the campers–a game that has never been played here at MSC before. You start by putting a giant inflatable ball in the middle of the soccer field and have a team start on each end. When the whistle is blown, you must run to the ball and…

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Team standings

After a day without any team standings, it’s time that we announce our top 3 teams. Royal Blue managed to win the sportsmanship award for the day, but sadly it just wasn’t enough points to carry them into the top 3. In third place we have Ice Blue! In second place we have the Purple Pirates! And in first…

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Dinner and funny floats

Tonight we got to enjoy another wonderful dinner made by our AWESOME kitchen staff. We had lasagna, garlic bread, and apple sauce, yum! In addition to dinner, we also had our first winner of the junior week funny float. The funny float is a root beer float that is given to the camper who wrote down and turned in…

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Quote of the day

Here’s a quote of the day in a conversation between one of our Compadres, Simon David Harris and a camper named Paul: Simon: “Hey Paul, what sport are you most excited for?” Paul thinks about it for about 30 seconds then replies: “Lunch.”

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Boys afternoon Bible study

We continued studying our daily theme of choosing friends wisely by having another Bible study on the subject this afternoon. In this study led by red team captain Jason Dukes, we looked at a few different passages on the subject. We took a few moments to look at 1 Corinthians 15:33 and really stress the importance of choosing good…

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They make the camp go round

Without this couple, we would not be able to have a Jr. Week camp. All of my work for this camp is done in just one week out of fifty-two, but this couple works on camp ALL YEAR ROUND!!! They are the bread and butter of what camp is about, and we thank them for that. Thank you Ty…

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Day 2 activities after lunch

After lunch, the campers split into two separate groups for different activities. They participated in math flash cards, a spelling bee, and a craft. Here’s a picture of Raven Willis (daughter of Corey and Meagan Willis, camp board members) taking her turn at the math flash cards, and another picture of a few campers working on their tie dye…

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Lunch on day 2!

Today for lunch, our cooks whipped up a great meal of hot dogs, mac ‘n cheese, waffle fries, and fruit! Needless to say, all the campers loved it! Here’s a picture of Ty Bacon showing his support

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Day 2 Morning

Here at MSC Jr. Week, the campers wake up bright and early and the activities start soon after. We start out our mornings by gathering around the flagpole for a daily devotional. With our weekly theme being “Life Under The Sun,” we as staff really strive to emphasize this throughout each day. During our morning devotional, one of our…

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