Movie Night 4th
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 Zip-line. 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 we 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. Aja went on to tell us that when God teaches you new things spiritually here at camp or if you come to know God personally through faith in Christ Jesus, you must guard the seed planted within the soil of your heart as it grows and matures…as it comes to BLOOM! Guard it against the enemy who desires to dig up those seeds of good news and lessons from the Lord with FAITH! Not faith in your own power, goodness, or strength, but faith in God’s power, goodness, and strength, and even faith in His amazing LOVE for you! 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, Movie Night. Tonight’s movie was a crowd favorite, Parent Trap. Nothing could be better than bringing your sleeping bag to the gym and watching a movie with 180 of your closet new friends, popcorn included. It was a nice ending to a busy day and a fun one for our minis who leave tomorrow. We will miss those cute kiddos!
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”
