First day of 6-8 grade campers

After watching the extended version of the first Lord Of The Rings until 1:30 this morning was a slow and tough start for most of the group today.

After heading to church we eventually helped clear all the christmas decorations that have been hanging at the pavilion since we celebrated christmas on wednesday, but thankfully both the american and irish councilors were on the job so many hands made light work and we were finished in no time.

Once we finished we had to prepare for the kids to arrive, but very quickly we were shocked to see many of the kids from last week arriving with their older siblings to say their goodbyes.

It seemed to take forever for the kids to arrive and get settled in but soon we were heading to the lake (or the Waterfront as Beaver Cross calls it) for the swim test which took forever seeing as there were roughly 70 children that had to take the test.

During dinner Chris, Jonny M, Becky, Charlotte and I (Ricky) were asked to help out at a concert 5 minutes which was in aid of Lougerhrig's disease which slowly breaks down the body and the person slowly loses body function. The person performing used to play with his friend for many years until the friend was diagnosed with Lougerhig's disease.

The performance was pretty good even though he decided to finish the concert then start playing again on two separate occasions. Putting that aside it was a great concert for a good cause and our help was greatly appreciated.

We came back to Beaver Cross as the kids were playing capture the flag and the red team was definitely better than the blue team.

Hopefully this week will run as smoothly as the last did and I hope that the kids will leave the camp having a strong faith in God.

signing off
Ricky