Happy Thursday from Ox Lake!

Our morning began with laser tag. Our campers had a blast navigating our custom-made course at 1st village, teaming up against their cabinmates, and challenging their counselors for free canteen items (and bragging rights)!

During free time, our campers had the opportunity to tie dye their shirts – and their hands, as well as one lucky white water bottle. Campers also spent their free time lounging in the hammocks, playing gaga and carpet ball, and making friendship bracelets.

In the evening, we played a field game almost entirely new to this group of campers: Snoodles! They had a blast chasing down noodles, ripping flag belts, and crawling beneath their teammates’ legs to save them. As our campers finished chowing down on kempswiches, which were in high demand this week, we directed them into Earth Chapel for specialty worship, which included a performance from our counselors followed by prayer stations. Each station was crafted to encourage the campers to reflect on their time at camp and engage more deeply with their faith. As the storms rumbled in the distance, our night ended with a cozy campfire, delicious night snack, and cabin devos.

We can’t wait to see what our last day holds. With this group, it’s sure to be just as fun-filled and faith-focused as the ones before!

Happy Tuesday from Ox Lake!

This morning, we had the opportunity to spend time on our lovely low ropes course. Our cabins had a blast doing trust falls, walking across wires, and other challenge activities. Afterwards, we spent our afternoon at DD Kennedy, a local park, where we had a picnic, played cornhole, spikeball, kan-jam, and splashed around in the water. While some campers enjoyed laying in the sun or playing cards, others spent the entire trip playing 500 in the water. On the walk back to 2nd village, we passed out electrolyte freeze pops to improve our hydration and stay cool!

During free time, our campers had the opportunity to make wood-burning creations, challenge (and defeat) their counselors in games of spikeball, gaga, and carpet ball for free canteen items, and chat while tying friendship bracelets. After dinner, we played a few intense rounds of medic. With such an athletic and energetic crew, our rounds were very exciting and long-lasting!

In the evening, we held worship followed by roasting s’mores over the campfire. As our campers enjoyed their treats, our counselors were stretching and warming up for our weekly night game: Lightning Bug! Our campers had a great time chasing after our lightning bugs and dodging our swatters with their light-up noodles. And for the first time in history, our campers

We couldn’t be more excited for tomorrow and all the activities and opportunities to grow in community and in relationship with God. This group continues to demonstrate not only a positive attitude and enthusiasm for all our activities, but also uplift one another, exemplify kindness, and act with maturity and intentionality. We’re thrilled to have so many more days of fun ahead!

Happy Sunday from Ox Lake! We’re coming at you live from Week 8!

We are so excited for this group of campers  – our first week of just senior high campers – and all the fun activities we have planned for the week. To welcome our campers, we served a gourmet pasta dinner and introduced them to THE Ox Lake. We had a swim test that was safe, but also full of smiles, silly questions, and highly-coveted neon orange swim bands. We finished off our night with campfire, where our top singles of the night were Feewah and Gospel Light.

What a great start to camp! We love the energy of this group already and can’t wait for everything else this week has in store.

Happy Thursday from Ox Lake!

After yesterday’s storms, we took full advantage of the nice weather by playing games outside all day. We started with Medic, where our campers invented an unbeatable shield strategy, and Doghouse. Later, we played a highly-requested game of kickball with the whole camp.

We spent our afternoon swimming, canoeing, and paddle boarding at Ox Lake. Our campers enjoyed making rafts on the lake out of boats, diving off the raft, and splashing around in the shallow water.

We finished our night with specialty worship, which included a performance from our counselors followed by a variety of prayer stations. Each station was crafted to encourage the campers to reflect on their time at camp and engage with their faith. Afterwards, our night ended with a cozy campfire, delicious night snack, and all-camp devo.

We can’t wait to see what our last day holds. With this group, it’s sure to be just as fun-filled and faith-focused as the ones before!

 

Happy Monday from Ox Lake!

To kick off our first full day at Ox Lake, we hopped into knocker balls for rounds of sharks and minnows, gladiator, duels, and battles against our counselors for free canteen items. As a creative way to combat the heat, our cabins created snowmen out of the bubbles! Between rounds of bubble soccer, our campers were content to lounge at the picnic tables with ice water and sway in hammock village. We even jumped in the Balsam branch, a small river on site, to cool down in the afternoon! Our campers had a blast picking river weeds and splashing around in the cool water. As the sun began to set and the temperatures dropped, we played a classic camp field game – Mighty Mighty Scoop Noodle Challenge. Everyone had a blast dodging tags, chasing down items, and throwing balls across the line. At the end of the day, we still had energy to spare and had a great campfire full of fun actions, dancing, and laughter as well as worship. To celebrate our last day, we all enjoyed making choco-tacos over the fire before diving right into devotionals.

We are living for the energy this group brings, from games to campfires to all the moments in between, it seems like they’re always bouncing around and finding something to laugh about. We can’t wait to see them do it all over again tomorrow!