March Break Camp 2017

These are a few of my favourite things... pictures from March Break Camp. It was a neat week of ministry. We were down to the wire and unsure if we'd have enough female counsellors but the Lord provided speedy police check processing and we had exactly what we needed. Two of the girl counsellors had attended our programs as kids! 

 One of the bonus things this year was being able to still go on the frozen lake (usually it's warmed up too much to be safe). This allowed for some neat activities.

 Nathan thoroughly enjoyed himself at camp and was always playing or hanging out with some of the kids. He was spoiled by getting his tube carried up the hill by the "big kids". He even begged to sit in all the chapels. Most meal times he would be at one table, I would be with Luke at another table and David at another table. He's growing up!

 Luke liked camp as well but did enjoy sitting in his high chair watching everything from a safe distance. Some of the times I would look over to him happily sitting there with his fingers in his ears - taking it all in, but blocking out a little of it.

 What a joy to have 23 campers attend!

 I really love this picture. The ice waves on the shore were so neat to see. They had a group game on the lake around sunset that I let my boys stay up for. The kids all wanted to pull Luke in his sled and this photo captures that. The funny part is that he bailed a minute later because he always wanted to pull the sled, not be pulled.

 As a mom, this is one of my favourite pictures. Luke was pushed out of his shell a bit by lots of loving girls that were ready to surround him at any moment. It was neat to see the joy he brought to them and they to him. One girl hasn't been around babies much and claimed to hate all babies but by the end of the week had determined Luke was the first baby that she actually liked. LOL. 

 A highlight of camp was "ice sailing"! The teams worked to rig a sail and they actually worked since the ice was frozen smooth and there was a good wind.

 What a rare opportunity to have such good ice - the last time that happened was about 8 years ago. 

 One elective group went exploring and geo caching. 

 Board games are always a great time for connecting and hanging out.

Since we did a full week of overnight camp with a mixed age group this year (instead of dividing them up for shorter days) they had time for a hike to a nearby park.

 The kids tried out a new team game that David had Isaac make as a full sized version based on a board game version he saw our nieces in Minnesota playing.

 I had fun leading a baking elective one day while the boys had their nap/quiet times. What a neat bunch of kids! I divided them into 3 groups and they each made a batch of chocolate chip cookies - all the same recipe, same ingredients, measuring cups, etc...and each batch turned out different. What an interesting science experiment it turned into!

The focus of the Bible teaching time was on Elisha which was neat. One boy who has attended one of the monthly Slingshot Saturday program for about 4 years and some camps gave his life to Jesus! Please pray that he and his family will get connected into a good church and will grow and his mom will be saved!

Here's the link to the highlight video I made for camp:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQDSBVx85a0