Stratego - Monday, June 13th

Greetings! Philbot here. Yesterday was the first full day of Jr. Staff training, and let me tell you - IT WAS A BLAST! The campers and staff alike were busy all day with sessions. We learned about the high ropes course, waterfront, how to handle homesick campers, and about child abuse (thanks Bob Ditter!) One of the definite highlights, however, was an amazing evening game called Stratego. It's loosely based off the board game of the same name, except that the board was the woods at camp, and the players were actual people. To play, each person secretly gets a number drawn on their hand, ranging from 1 to 8. Higher numbers beat the lower numbers beneath them, so a 5, for example, would beat 1's, 2's, 3's, and 4's. Each team also has a few players who are bombs and spies and flags. The goal is to bring the other team's flags in to jail while other members score points by tagging opposing teammates. The Hot Cowboys and the Cool Gangsters duked it out in a battle of epic proportions, and fun was definitely had by all!

The Hot Cowboys Strategize

Today's passage comes from Deuteronomy 33:29:

^"Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will trample down their high places.”

The Junior Staff Directors this summer are Stephanie Geske and Benjamin Ihlen. Traditionally, Junior Staff training week has some praise and worship song as its theme song, and this year they chose "Never Let Go" by Matt Redman (covered here by Stellar Kart). Every day this week they chose a phrase from the song to go with the day's passage, and yesterday's phrase was "For My God is With Me". Like the passage from Deuteronomy assures us, God is always with us. "He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword!" No enemy in this world or otherwise can harm us - we can trust His promises. Praise God for His faithful love and unswerving presence in our lives!

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