A Long Thursday

Thursday was a fairly long day this year at camp. We returned to our typical schedule, waking in time for breakfast just after 7 AM. Activities throughout the day included a second round of Sweetheart Kickball for the younger campers, while the older campers went on the "Cable Hike." About midday, the rain that we had dodged for several days finally made it's way to Group Camp 1. Though a huge wiffleball tournament had been planned for our campers by the athletics staff, the rainfall put us about 30 minutes behind schedule. We did get to have some fun playing wiffleball together as cabins, but the tournament had to be cut short, along with canceling our planned "Home Run Derby." The campers also got the opportunity last night to have one final trip to the swimming pool. Campers competed in young and old groups in "The Statue" contest, Hula Hoop Contest, and Limbo as we enjoyed our beach night theme. We also got a special treat with pizza being delivered by our kitchen staff (with the help of the Fall Creek Falls Snack Shop) at the end of our time together at the pool.

The highlight of the day, however, occurred in the morning immediately following bible classes. 5 of our campers and 3 of our staff members decided to give their lives to Christ this week and we got the opportunity to talk about this decision and prepare for their baptisms. Tomorrow night we will have 7 baptisms here at Fall Creek Falls, with at least one more baptism following on the Sunday morning back at church. Our bible classes covered the topic of "Treating the Holy as Unholy: God has made me Holy in Jesus Christ for His Purposes." We studied the story of King Belshazzar and the handwriting on the walls after he used the cups that had been consecrated and made holy from the temple of the living God. We studied how Belshazzar's mistreatment of what God had made holy led to his destruction. We also talked about the path that our mistreatment of what God has made holy can lead us down. God has made us a new creation by the blood of Jesus Christ, has cleansed us from all sin, and made us a holy people in His eyes. No matter how Satan tries to deceive us to believe we are not holy, this is a lie. We are the people of the living God and must live our lives in Him as His holy creation.

(Sorry we weren't able to post anything on Thursday. Like is written above, it was a really long day. Hope you enjoy the additions for Thursday and Friday.)

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