Mac Nagy's take on Camp Day 2

            So although today was only our second day of camp, I find it very surreal that we were having our send-off a week ago! We had a decently busy day as we went from church straight to the school, but as all of these days here have, it went insanely fast. We kicked it off with a group-wide recollection of many of our rather bizarre dreams from last night followed by part of the group going for a little Sunday morning attempt at capturing some pigeons. Although no one (Hannah in particular) managed to actually catch a pigeon, we did grab a few feathers off of one and sustain a scratch from another. And yes, we do have over half an hour of video footage documenting this experience.

            We then walked to a church based in a room with a disco ball hanging from the ceiling, which I was pleasantly surprised to see. During what was an otherwise enjoyable sermon, Dennis managed to catch a little power nap, which he continues to deny. We concluded this time by drinking coffee (after the sermon) and eating pretzel sticks.

            Camp was a very enjoyable experience, from what most of us had to say. The campers seemed to ease into it very well and have been becoming more and more comfortable. That being said, many of us found class to be very easy going today. Some of us played some quality games of Would You Rather, which led to some amusing and occasionally awkward results. During one of our breaks, we managed to play four square without any destruction of clothing articles, which I consider success. Note that most of us were no match for any of the campers at four square (They are insanely coordinated!).

            Our youth group experience garnered positive results, particularly in regards to Abby giving a cut-to-the-chase kind of sermon on Paul’s turn to Christ. The campers have been opening up more and more to the idea of small groups after the sermons, which is a plus.  We continue to hope for the best in this respect.

After our day at the school, we made a little pit stop at a grocery store in which a few of a scored some legendary Kinder chocolate eggs. Tonight we successfully reconvened for a simple, yet glorious dinner and a debriefing of the day. Proceeding this meeting, a few of us listened to Tori sing us 50s songs that she sang in choir, which was rather unique.

            A few of us concluded the evening by discussing the 1970s (the theme of tomorrow) in our lesson plans, and getting to a long, satisfying talk about Chuck’s experience of going 135 MPH on a motorcycle. I consider the following sentence to be a playful nod to John’s recent sermon referencing The Eagles. I think I speak for everyone here right now when I quote Glenn Frey and the boys-“Nobody wants to go home now, there’s too much going on.”

Thank you very much and continue your prayers for our team!