A Normal Day At Senior Camp @ CMMBC

    See, during camp we have a very busy day, everything we do during a day starts at 8 a.m. . We start our beautiful day with flag raising and prayer,and it is truly awesome to take time every morning to watch our flags rise into a amazing blue sky filled with sunshine. Then off to breakfast, which we are all so eager to have.After breakfast we go into cabin and camp cleanup,which each cabin is assigned a specific place on camp to clean such as the chapel, volleyball court/campgrounds, pavilion. etc. Once this part of our day is finished we go off to chapel time where these wonderful and touching lessons are taught. After our lessons we go into big camp game, this where everyone goes hard. Then we go to lunch, and then to cabin time (this is a time for resting or individual devotion time). Once cabin time is up, we have craft time, and I absolutely love craft time. During craft time we may make things like wooden crosses, tie-dye pillow cases/shirts, bracelets, pretty much anything you can think of. We get to have canteen, which is snacks/ice-cream/soda/candy, and we all adore canteen time. Next is free time, in this time you can go to the recreational hall, in the rec. hall there's ping pong, carpet ball (my favorite), air hockey, and fuse ball. Or you can continue crafts or play giant jenga which is beginning to become very popular game at camp.

   
Once free time is over we go into supper and announcements, then there is a staff meeting which usually lasts around twenty minutes. In this time with the staff being in the dining hall talking between each other. All campers play the game called ultimate, and in this game we have the fab five: Tamra, MaryBeth, Ryan, Kelly, and I. We all play the rest of the campers, and we usually win. This game has always been a huge topic at camp, and we all are so competitive, so it makes camp games much better. Our main competition is T-Nel, because he plays all games like he'll never get to play again.

     Once the staff meeting is over, we get all cleaned up from all the sand and go into chapel again for the evening message. During the evening message, all the campers usually get really listen and understand the speaker and what he/she is trying to say. After chapel, we go to devotions and desert. "Devo's, then dessert!", which is someone has to present a devotion before we can eat our dessert. Once this part of

our night is over we go into SURPRISE HOUR...obviously we never know what we are going to do that next hour before we go up to our cabins. In the years past we have watched a movie, had staff hunt, paint wars, minute to win it games, slip-n-slides, bouncy houses, and on our last night together we always have a campfire. Along with the campfire we have s'mores and a whole lot of devotions, and people sharing their testimonies with the camp. Each year at camp this is a very emotional time, but also a time to understand what God is doing in each camper's lives. After devotions and dessert, we all go up to our
cabins and get ready for lights out at 11p.m.

     As you can tell, us senior campers have a very busy day with lots of great activities we do. It's an amazing experience at camp with some wonderful people that aren't just from Jonesville, Va., but from around the country.

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