6/17/08
They served waffles for breakfast. They were really good. They sort of tasted like French toast.
During morning chapel, Mark talked about our goal as followers of Jesus, being Christ-like.
On the way to lunch, Billy (who is on staff here at the camp, stopped me and asked me if I'm the Steve who blogged about Time Alone with God. He said Mark Slabaugh had e-mailed him the link Sunday. (Billy attends 1st Missionary Church in Niles, where Mark is on staff.) It was surprising to meet someone at camp who had just happened to read my blog; it was for Billy too. He said he had recognized my name on the week's camp roster.
This afternoon, our family assistant, Kate, stayed with Landen for his nap. Kylee, Makenna, Kristi and I took part in the W.H.A.T. competition. It's sort of like Survivor, except whichever team loses a challenge is eliminated from the contest. The four of us are on a team. Kylee & Makenna are the youngest ones playing. The first challenge was a dice game called Shut the Box. We won in the first round and were then safe. The second round challenge involved swimming out to a platform, memorizing a puzzle then assembling the puzzle back on shore. On shore the puzzle had extra pieces that looked similar to the correct ones. Kristi went first and got six of the pieces in place. I went next and finished the last four and fixed a mistake. The activities director, Spanky, said it wasn't quite right. (All 11 remaining teams are rushing to get this challenge done at the same time.) I thought I knew what was wrong, so we told Makenna what to switch. She went and did it correctly, but there was still a mistake. (Only one team member could be at the puzzle at a time.) Kristi and I thought we knew what was wrong, so we sent Kylee to switch the two "pause" symbols. Kylee did it correctly. We finished about 6th, so we are still in it. We get to play again tomorrow.
Spanky (the activities director) attends Niles First Missionary. Kylee and Makenna quiz against his daughter Jocelyn.
Yesterday we were unsure of which age group class to send Kylee and Makenna. They are a little old for the one and on the young side for the other. Well, today right before class Makenna told me she wanted to switch classes. I told her no. She looked disappointed. I considered that perhaps she was listening to the voice of God, and He was telling her to go to the other one. I do not want to be a hindrance to this. So, I talked to her again and told her to pray about it and to listen for God's voice and to go where He said to go. (Knowing that's probably not what she had done in the first place, but just in case she would be encouraged if she already had. And if not, she would have the chance to do so now.) She ended up sticking with the class she went to yesterday.
Landen and I were running across the grass today playing "jump over the goose poop." He came down wrong and has been limping on his leg.
Swim-dash to the puzzle solution
Back on shore we completed the puzzle, notice the extra pieces.
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