Abundant Living

Our theme for this year is taken from John 10:10… Life Abundant!

Our first day is going to be lived out with this attitude and expectation in mind. Our hearts are full with the memory of a great opening day… all the campers were scheduled by lunchtime and were able to enjoy their activities in the afternoon. I was struck by the great feeling in camp. Everyone was happy… this is not an overstatement. Everyone I ran into was genuinely engaged and enjoying the things they were doing. This is not to say there is not a sign of nervousness anywhere… the first days of camp are marked by an edgy “attentiveness” by all the campers (new and old alike). It takes time to adjust to a new place, but they are doing so very well!

The magic continued into dinner spaghetti, big salad, home made bread, fresh baked cookies) then EP (evening program). Our first EP is always “Program Presentation”… an extravaganza that has every activity in camp present a skit and introduce their counselors teaching that activity. Since we have SO MANY classes and SO MANY counselors… it takes about an hour and is punctuated by lots of cheers and laughter. The skits were SO good: witty, funny, and fast paced. The girls cheered wildly for their cabin counselors, laughed, and leaned forward awaiting the next act. It really is a great way to end our first day. We went to bed with visions of glorious classes and new friends to enjoy for the next two weeks.

Breakfast today was our traditional Ham and Apples… fried ham and fried apples, served on a big platter with grits and great big scratch made biscuits. The girls also help themselves to a fantastic fruit bar (blueberries, strawberries, fresh cut pineapple, and cantaloupe), greek yogurt, hard boiled eggs, home made granola, and steel cut oatmeal seasoned with cinnamon. We are ready to start our day!

David Speakman did the morning assembly talk (you will be able to listen to them if you are so inclined by clicking on the “Morning Assembly” tab on the right side of the News page) then everyone ran off to their classes.

It is a glorious day… highs in the low 80’s, no humidity, not a cloud in the sky. Perfect camp weather (It is the most beautiful day of the summer, amazingly wonderful day for “playing the camp game”).

A question arose about how to download a photo. It is very easy, click on the photo you want to download and it will get bigger. If you “hover” your mouse on the photo, you will see a menu on the upper left corner of the picture… click on it and you will see the download button. You can download in several sizes… it is really cool.

I also recommend you start your “favorites” today (if you haven’t already). With about 2000 photos a day it is easy to get behind. I think you will find it easy to navigate the photos… we do add photos to the folders as the day goes on. The newest photos will show up first. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to call or email us… we will help you figure it out quickly. It is a wonderful system (new this year and has gotten very positive reviews from the parents).

Thank you very much for your support and your encouragement. Thanks for checking in!

Jimboy