Tuesday:

After making sure their cabins were spic and span (hold them to it when they get home, parents) the kids scatter across camp to have their solo time. Every morning they get a little time to spend alone with God. Today’s lesson from 1 John 4:7-14 was all about love.

Just before lunch White Thunder, an arch villain out to terrorize Camp Lebanon, attempted to steal THE camp toilet paper (all that we has left for the summer, due to too much TP-ing by the staff). Luckily for all of us, Captain Lebanon, the leader of the Lebanon League of Super Heroes, was summoned and defeated the evil White Thunder with his sweeping leg kick.

White Thunder appeared again after lunch, trying to steal our mail. After managing to get it out to the raft in a paddleboat he was cornered by another one of camp’s super heroes, Big Blue, who forced him off the high dive and saved our mail.

The second leg of our triathlon was the swim. 38 kids swam out, around the raft and back with a top time of 2:47.

Free time was sunny and hot, so lots of kids ended up in or on the water even though it’s still really cold. Our afternoon option today was dodge ball, which is one of my personal favorites. Anyone who wanted had a chance to stare death in the face, or perhaps just a playground ball, as they battled it out on the sand volleyball court. No broken bones or bloody noses, just a chance to get out some pent up energy, and maybe whip a ball at a fellow camper or two.

Our speaker for the week Nate Hillman has been talking to us about what it takes to be one of God’s heroes. Tonight’s chapel was all about how heroes fight. He spoke about evil and God’s strength. We read David’s story; how he recognized God calling him to fight Goliath (1 Samuel 17) and talked about putting on the armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-13). He also talked about being ready to fight anywhere you go against evil with the weapons God has given us.