Super Soaked

Last night, after talk #3, Jeff was asked to sit in on a cabin time for a group who had a young leader (11th grader) because he struggled to keep the 7th grade boys in his cabin on task for discussion (cabin time).

Jeff grabbed the sound guy out of the sound booth and said, "you are coming with me to help them with their cabin time." The sound guy is on Summer Staff. Each summer staff was given a different cabin to pray for each week. The sound guy was shocked as they entered the very cabin he had been praying for! He was randomly assigned this cabin to pray for, and now he has the opportunity to participate in their cabin time.

Jeff always wondered exactly how the kids were tracking with his messages and if they understood and could apply what he said to their lives. As Jeff and Gero (hero), the sound guy, listened to these 7th grade boys talk about their lives they were shocked.

One boy named Levi (another Levi!) talked about how his father died 4 months ago. He didn't get to say goodbye and he felt like the relationship remained broken as he didn't have any closure. He also responded to a later question about Jesus being concerned with the paralytic's sin more than his legs (Mark 2), that it doesn't make sense. And that often, that is the way God works, in ways that don't make sense to us and that we have to trust that he is working for our best.

Jeff was relieved. What a great opportunity to interact with these 7th grade campers.

Gero will be working with their cabin for cabin time for the rest of the week.

It will be neat to see how their week ends.

Weather wise, we woke up to a very normal tank top day. Sun was shinning, pool was open, kids were zipping! We used free time to have a family swim. We got out of the pool to get some lunch as it started to thunder. Lightening flashed across the sky and they emptied the pool again. Just then, it started to rain. I gathered our things and the children and we waited for Jeff to return with lunch under a shaded area by the pool. It wasn't waterproof, but I thought it would be a quick one. It poured. Jeff returned with our hot dogs and brownies and they were soon soaked. We saw campers running in the field dancing and doing cartwheels and realized it was our very own Everett leader, Brittany Franke and her girls making the most of the bad weather. It make us think about Brittany's life. She has really danced through some rough storms. What a valuable lesson to share with them. Their glee turned into shrieks as the drops turned to dime sized balls of hail. We were wet under the net, but were protected from the hail. Our kids were good sports. Deek ate his brownie dripping from the rain while his sweatshirt hood filled with water. Janna was protected under an umbrella Jeff fashioned with an extra pair of shorts on top of a water floaty. It stopped and we made it back to our cabin super soaked!

The rain must have been good for something, stopping fires, fun and excitement, or just slowing kids down. By the time we got back to our cabin, the lightening had stopped and all of the rides were open again for the campers to enjoy.

What a crazy day!

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