Breakaway

Breakaway Outreach got to camp on Monday the 21st and left Friday the 25th. They brought about 25 kids with them and a couple leaders. There were a ton of things thatworked out in such unique ways throughout the week. You could really see God's hand in it all, from the amount of sponsors they recieved up to the last minute to the way our lake day worked out. Below are some snapshots to recap the week.

The Water Slide! A big hit with all the kids!!

Jimmy and the other leaders picked theme songs for some of the kids and some of the staff. My mom was one of them, her song was Fruit Salad by The Wiggles. It was quite funny to watch.

Bobbing for turds... Shaun's favorite game!

George & Jody Zartman were there to help out during the week. So during our evening services he would do some magic tricks for the kids.

There was plenty of SUGAR TIME!!

Sliding Rock

Marty gave us Friday the 18th off so we skipped out on VBS and went into Murphy and did some shopping, then in the afternoon we helped Brandy and Steve pack.
On Saturday we headed to Sliding Rock. My mom, David, Dana, Sara, Katie, Jessica and I all left that morning for our day trip. The ride was entertaining and then sliding rock was freezing. After sliding a couple times we decided to explore the creek past it. We had a great time just finding random spots to slide on and rocks to climb on. Afterwards we ate lunch in Waynesville at a pizza place, then headed back. On the ride back Sara and Katie slept (no big surprise Katie always sleeps in the car), while David, Jess and I had some laughs with photobooth. It was nice to just spend some time together doing whatever.

VBS

The week after Bethel was at camp it was VBS at First Baptist. Since our Performing Arts camp was cancelled we volunteered to help out with VBS. My job during the day was to help with Rec time. Which meant I had snack 3 times a day and got to play tag, kickball and all that fun stuff with three groups of kids. Of course that whole week we had lots of lovely VBS songs stuck in our heads. Then each night we had the youth group out to camp for their own VBS. That was a lot of fun. It gave us a chane to get to know some of them better and gave them a chance for something different.
Also that Wednesday we had a local summer program come in and we did some music games with them, field games, low ropes, and the slide.

Busy Bee

Yeah I know I'm a horrible blogger this month. Tina I'm surprised I haven't got a bad comment from you yet. I promise soon there will be a flood of post very soon!

Add Waitress To The Resume

After a week full of campers and countless kitchen duties we headed out Friday night to dinner. We get to the restaurant and see the owner through the kitchen window. My mom proceeds to go to the window to say hi (we love to harass the kid). He tells my mom they are swamped and jokingly says we should waitress for him. After going into the restaurant and seeing people waiting to be seated and waiting to be served we actually did help him out. My mom started seating people, Katie and I started busing a table and then Lauren and Brandy jumped in. We did it all from seating people to drinks to orders and rolling silverware. We helped for a little over an hour and then finally ate dinner ourselves. Honestly it was fun and very entertaining.

Snowbird Waterfall

Yesterday we went out on the trail for a day hike with Bethel. All together we hiked 8 miles. We went 4 miles back into Snowbird to a waterfall. Our plan was to hiked to one fall and then find another one we had come across last summer. However we made the call not to find the other falls when we got to the first one. We ate lunch and then headed upstream from the falls. I was with David and some campers as we reached a bend in the creek, and what do you know but there was the other waterfall. It was so sweet. There is a rock you can jump off of and you can shimmy yourself under the waterfall and jump out in the middle. We had such a blast. the campers even jumped in and went under the waterfall and just enjoyed the freezing water. It was fabulous to be back out on the trail. Well more to come because a lot is running through my brain. 

Bethel Baptist

Yeah a lot has happened in the last 8 days and I promise that by sunday I will have more posts with the happenings of my 4th and the other adventures. However I want to tell you what is going on right now. We have a group of from Bethel Baptist (Pink Hill, NC) here until friday. They have been a great group and have worked so hard. We painted the mess hall on monday and yesterday did yard work for 5 widows from our church. It's amazing how much they have been able to get done. Now today they are clearing some trails and then it's off to whitewater rafting. Oh Yeah!! Tomorrow we will go on a day hike and then friday they will go through the high ropes. Oh how I love camp life!! It's crazy and long but so much fun. Plus this week we have been doing skits and games. Holy cow this staff is insane. The pic above is from Monday mornings skit. PRICELESS!! I laughed and laughed and am still laughing!! Tomorrow nights should be just as good so check back for those pics soon.