Last time you heard from us, the youngest campers were enjoying pavilion games which is made up of numerous ice breakers while they enjoyed a small fire. The youngest campers went to bed on the early side that night to ensure they were all prept and ready to go in the morning for their first full day at camp. As they left the pavilion, the older campers eagerly flooded in to start their own series of icebreakers and roasting marshmallows by the fire. A series of our camp favorite game 'Ninja' was played all through the night along with catching up with old friends from past years. The next morning all campers woke up bright and early on their summer day at 6:55 AM to start their activities. We started our day off with a lovely mass in our outside chapel where we could hear the birds singing along, feel the morning breeze pass through, and watch the sun make its way through the so very many tree we have here at camp. After chapel, we enjoyed a classic breakfast of eggs, toast, and sausage and then they were off to cabin clean-up. After cleaning, we departed to our morning activities that were giving to us by the head counselor, Joe. The campers participate in 3 of the 5 departments, which are Boating, Swimming, Archery, Riflery, and Handicraft. Most of the campers had Swimming that day to have their swim test. After hours of departments, the campers headed to lunch, all of them probably hoping for a camp favorite of chicken patties to be served. Lunch is followed by a much needed 'rest period'. The purpose of rest period is to keep the campers out of the sun during the hottest part of the day when the sun is blazing down on us. Also, it gives time to both campers, counselors, and all our staff time to just refresh and take some time to themselves, whether they decide to sleep, read, write, listen to music, or socialize with their cabin-mates. Around 2:30 the campers went to Canteen. We give the campers a little snack and have them socialize around the picnic tables with all the different campers. This is our way of making sure all the campers wake up from their hopefully relaxing 'rest period' and to fill them with snack foods in order to ensure their energy level is full for the afternoon. Cabins 5, 6, 11, 12 all went to ropes and free swim and cabins 9 and 10 did Italian gulf. Cabins 2 and 3 played soccer. For a good 3 hours the cabins played eagerly at whatever activity they were assigned. Before we knew it, it was already time for dinner which was BBQ chicken, peas and carrots, and mashed potatoes. As they day was coming to an end, we embarked on two more exciting activities. One being in the chapel. All the campers fill in the chapel and wait for that nights chapel talk hosted by one of the amazing counselors we have here at camp. Mondays chapel talk was hosted by our new found choir head, Tristen. He introduced many camp songs like "Pharaoh, Pharaoh", "Our God is an Awesome God", "Father, We Adore You", and our camp version of the "Alleluia". To end our night, we went on to our night activites. Some cabins went for a swim and some played Ultimate Frisbee along with a list of other activities. With our first full, exhausting, and dirty day at camp complete, showers were necessary. After that it was time for bed so we can get ready for another exciting day of camp tommorrow!

//Zach