Week 1 is in the Books!

There you have it! Our first week of summer camp is in the books! We've been waiting forty-four weeks for this moment! All the planning, hiring, colouring, designing, training, and dreaming has been for these next 8 weeks.

What better way than to start with one of our brand new camps: Jr. Explorers.

I like to call these campers our Little by Mighty campers. They often come in shy and timid of the strange camp environment but so many gain courage and energy (is that even possible?) throughout the week. They're enthusiastic about the food, the games, the activities, and sometimes they're even enthusiastic about napping.

These campers played a tonne of Willsonball, Jug 'n' Jog, a life-sized game of Clue, Ketchup to the Flag, and more! Most of these games were filled with Superhero costumes and ridiculously.

This week - our Speakers: Chip and Roundup taught us about how Jesus is a Superhero and that sin makes God sad. We learned that Jesus came and not only saved the day - but he saved forever. And then we learned what it means to ask for forgiveness and how, if we wanted, we could join Jesus' team. It was a very fun week interacting with Staff Superheroes and seeing Dr. Darkness become Professor Light. More than anything we hope and pray that these simple but important truths stay with our campers this next year.



















 
Last night was our Testimony Stick night - which if you remember, is my FAVOURITE night of the week. This is where we get to hear about what the campers learned from the speakers and even learned throughout the week.

Here are some of things that were said:

• "I learned that Jesus is our friend and helps us out a lot."
• "I learned that Jesus is a superhero."
• "I learned that everything is not impossible with God."
• "I became more confident as the week went on."
• "I learned that you don't need a costume to be a superhero."
• "I learned that we can talk to God at anytime."
• "I learned that God is the light of the world."
• "I learned that God created everything that exists."
• "I learned that Jesus is watching out for us." 
• "It doesn't matter where you come from, you can be a part of God's team." 

SO GOOD!

Stay tuned each week for more camp updates and pictures from the current camp. If you missed it - here's the link for the week's video:

https://vimeopro.com/campevergreen/2017-jrexplorers

Until next Friday - stay cool!

Jogee