JUNIOR CAMP, August 9-13, 2004
Mrs. Cindy English spent the week with Corey Knupp and Isaac Rook at Camp Rapidan in Rochelle, Virginia. Click on any picture below to view a larger version.
We arrived, registered, and settled into the cabins at Camp Rapidan on Monday morning at 11:30. Every day the basic schedule included “Timberville Town Meeting,” flag raising, breakfast, cabin devotions, chapel, an activity, lunch, rest/verse time, swimming and waterslide, game room, dinner and evening service. Dwight Smith was our evangelist for the week.
All
the kids were divided into two teams for the week. Corey Knupp and Isaac
Lunsford were the on Tree Toppers and Mrs. English was on the Log Jammers. We
all learned team cheers, which got pretty exciting. Each day was a different
activity and was scored for team points.
Monday afternoon was the Loggers Log Run, which is a huge maze cut out of a large field. They had to carry the log as a team and find their way through to the end. In the evening the girls went to Old-Town Timberville for a campfire.
Tuesday morning’s activity was the Axe Handle Agility. Each team chose an axe handle (3-4 foot log) and had a list of things around the whole camp to measure with their axe handle. They scored points for speed as well as accuracy.
Tuesday afternoon was a Timber Search. Balls, marbles, and plastic figures were hidden in the mulch pile. They had to dig and search for these items one at a time and run back down the hill for the next team player. This evening the boys went to Old-Town Timberville for their campfire.
Wednesday was another exciting day. The activity was the Waterfall Wash-Out. The teams had to line up in the pool and pass a hockey puck under their legs to the end of the line. The last person would come forward and keep going until all had gone. They did it again with a ball.
Wednesday evening’s activity was relaxing. It was a fun time of several very funny skits put on by the camp staff.
Thursday morning we played Daring Dart Shoot-Out (another form of dodge ball). The evening activity was washed out by rain. We stayed inside for final team scoring and awards. Along with the team activities the kids could learn verses to help their team. Each of the 5 activities was worth 1 point and team verses were 2 points. After hearing the scores of the games, the Tree Toppers were in the lead by 3 to 2. But in the end the Log Jammers said more verses and pulled ahead and won 4 to 3.
Every night after the evening service the kids had an opportunity to preach or sing. On Thursday night Mrs. English’s cabin sang “He’s Able”. If you look toward the left side you will see our cabin counselor, Krystina Hader. HBC supports Krystina's parents as missionaries to Trinidad.
Friday morning was fast paced. We had to pack up and load vehicles. We had breakfast and went to chapel for the last time. We left around 11:00 and headed back home. What a wonderful week we had!!