I am happy to report that we have the wireless working at Lapwing Lodge. So I am going to try to catch you up what's been happening the last few days at camp. Things got started off well on Sunday night with Annie's opening talk on "What Is My Roar?" She explained that before we can figure out what our roars are, we have to understand what a roar is. We know that it comes from within; it takes work; it takes a willingness to open up; not everyone can do it; and it has a purpose! A roar is a proclamation. An announcement. It says "I am here!" "I have power!" "I have purpose!" "I have something to say that affects you!" Annie really set the stage for the rest of the week, and we're excited about what the Lord has in store for the students this week.
On Sunday night, we broke the students up into their small groups to play a scavenger hunt to get to know each other, the camp, and the American and Scottish camp staff. I took this shot at the Lapwing pond while I was waiting for the groups to cycle through during the scavenger hunt. The sun doesn't set here until almost 10:30 pm this time of year, which makes for some great shots at sunset.
On Monday morning, Matt challenged the students to live a life of boldness and then we began to explore what that means in our small groups. After lunch, we submitted the students to some tortuous games. The funniest one to me was the alka-seltzer/Sprite game where the students had to put a tab in their mouths and swig some Sprite and hold it in! The last one to blow -- so to speak -- wins! The array of "losing" players was priceless and hilarious. (Look for some great shots of that game in one of our upcoming picture posts.)
Yellow Team Leaders
Their mothers must be so proud.
Erin is the first to attempt to bridge the gap between the cheerleaders and the marching band!
Daniel is lucky that Lois wanted to win the game more than she wanted to dump that jug of water on his head!
The Blue team is focused!
The Yellow Team is giving the Blue Team all it can handle.
On Monday night, Annie's message ("Jesus + Peter") walked us through the life of Peter. The highs and lows. Most of all how his life roared! Even though he was not perfect by any means. At the end of the night, several students took the first step towards unlocking their roars by committing their lives to Christ while others asked for more passionate walks with the Lord.
To say the least, the Holy Spirit is present here, and the week is off to a great start! We are privileged to be taking part in this and so excited to see how the Lord moves the rest of the week.
so proud of my yellow fashion diva!!!! praying for all of you daily!
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