Sunday 2nd
Through a Mom’s Eye
Let me introduce myself to you… I’m Frances Lindsey, the Camp Mom, and I have the pleasure to love on your girls all day. During the day I see them at different activities and in their cabins and at every meal. I even get to do pottery or cooking and if I’m really brave I will do the V-Swing. But mostly I just enjoy hanging out with all of your children and give out lots of hugs. So let me take you through a day at camp through a mom’s eye…
Sunday’s are special days at camp as begin with a later breakfast time. With the much needed extra sleep we start off with donuts, bacon and strawberries all wearing our PJs. These girls, ages 6 to 50ish, enjoy this very much! From breakfast they all head to clean up their cabins and reorganize the trunks that you so nicely packed for them. I took a look around and was impressed with the difference I saw from yesterday to today.
Sunday’s aren’t complete without Sunday School and Church. We had a special visitor lead us in worship, Aja Grimes. Aja is very familiar with Skyline as she was a counselor and an admin once upon a time and now serves on the board of the Skyline Foundation. The Skyline Foundation helps to provide scholarships to girls who cannot otherwise afford to come to camp. This summer we provided 16 scholarships!
Church this Sunday focused on our overall camp theme, Bloom, and how we are stronger with God’s Armor. Aja did a great job explaining Numbers 11:4-9 and Exodus 16, where we learn about God’s amazing provision for the Israelites to keep them nourished while in the desert for 40 years. MANNA! And we also learned how they became discontent with manna. They complained instead of being grateful for freedom and thankful for God’s miraculous provision. Those who chose to believe the TRUTH that God loved them and was faithful to meet all of their needs thrived. God’s armor is your defense against the effects of grumbling and complaining and disbelief in God’s goodness. When the world tries to convince you that you need things that are truly just extra “wants” in order to be happy and satisfied, use God’s armor to get back on track and fix your mindset. Aja ended our worship service with a fun dance. Make sure to check out today’s video!
After Church and a delicious lunch it’s off to rest hour and then on to the Skyline Carnival! This is a fun time of games, popsicles, face painting, slip n’ sliding, swimming, and so much more. I believe the older girls really like laying out by the pool and blobbing in the river. Its great to see AND hear the camp filled with so much laughter… The pictures should say it all!
To end the day we have a picnic supper before our nighttime activity, Counselor Hunt. This is really an exciting game of hide and seek where the clubs get points for the counselors they find hidden in some really creative places such as the dumpsters. You will see in the pictures counselors that have been found have an X on their forehead and the campers have smiling faces. Winners for tonight are…Rangers 1st, Mounties 2nd, and Troopers 3rd!!
What’s wonderful to see as a Mom is how at this point in the session there are no homesick tears, only friendships that have become stronger and lots of smiles. The best is when they call on me to share a story of something funny that happened in their day or to show me their “hair tinsel”, a camp favorite. I’m very impressed with each girl here, camper and counselor alike. Thank you for sharing them with us!
Goodnight!
Frances Lindsey
“Camp Mom”
