Yesterday was glorious - perhaps my favorite day of Camp so far this summer! The weather was glorious, the campers were glorious at all their sessions, we had a glorious evening game (Whoo hoo, Cowboy Cafe'!) and I heard the rockclimbing cabins had a GLORIOUS time rockclimbing at Devil's Lake! Cabin 7, headed up by Counselor Lauren Strommen and Jr. Counselor Nikki Mallum, along with Cabin 5, manned by Alex Randazzo and Alex Vanissaveth, left Camp at 7:45 AM yesterday with the campers in tow and started for Devil's Lake. There, they spent the whole day climbing alllll over the rocks! Program Director Joel Hansen and SALT staff member Clare Sievert left Camp at 4:30 AM to go set things up for the crew. They picked some really interesting and difficult climbs, but Outdoor Adventure specialty was up for the challenge! They made it back in time for dinner, and the pictures from their day look awesome!
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| The Whole Group Pre-Climb |
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| Hiking To The Climb Site |
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| "Hey look Mom! I'm rockclimbing!" |
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| Tired But Happy Post-Climb Campers! |
Our passage for Tuesday comes from Like 9:12-17:
"Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.” He replied, “You give them something to eat.”
They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.”(About five thousand men were there.)
But he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” The disciples did so, and everybody sat down. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to set before the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over."
We were certainly blessed to have such a wonderful day at Camp and at Devil's Lake yesterday, just like we are blessed to have SUCH a wonderful God. He always provides for us, just as He provided for the disciples and 5,000 of His followers. I have read this section of the Bible many times and heard it presented in Sunday School and Bible studies, but it is a good refresher to read it again; it is a needed reminder that the God we worship is POWERFUL. He's all-powerful, actually; He is the One who created the very concept of power. He has the power to make food for one feed 5,000 people! Certainly if God can do this kind of a miracle, He is able to help us make it through the day, whatever trials we may face. Why do we constantly forget this undeniable truth? He has the power to feed us. Clothe us. Forgive our sins. Calm our fears. He can give us people in our lives to help heal our hearts, our hurts. He gives us chances to spread His Word, He gives us money when we're backed into financial woes, and moreover, He gives us heaven! Our God is amazing. He's glorious. And He's powerful!
Coming tomorrow: MAD camp ahhhhhhhnd Horseback specialty!
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