Wow! It's incredible to think that we are coming up on our final camp program for the summer. It's been a month since we've last posted an update, but a lot has happened.
At the end of Girls week 2 we saw 4 incredible young women graduate from our CILT program. Budgie, Lyra, Myna, and Scarlet all graduated, along with Augi, who was unable to attend week 2 but completed the CILT program and graduated a week earlier. Congratulations ladies! Despite a little bit of rain and having to transform the dining hall into a CILT grad and closing campfire location, it was a great evening and we are so proud of the ladies who graduated. The rest of the week was filled with lots of fun activities and new experiences as we were able to reach out campers and staff alike. Our cooks for the week took our theme of "Ancient Treasures" and ran with it as the created themed desserts such as popsicle pyramids and even served chocolate gold coins with browies one evening.
Week 3 was the final week of Girls camp that we ran for the summer, but it was still a blast! The drama class came up with a "Phantom of Camp Cherith" skit that was a real hit on friday evening for verse night. We had a great staff for that week, including our newly graduated CILTS who we are to stay on for week 3 as first time staff. All the staff worked hard during this week to make it a great experience for all the campers, and we were able to hear at the end of the week some of the things that they learned about God through their activities and morning watch/bible ex time.
Also during week 3, a few of our maintenance staff took on a huge remodeling project down in the Cedars Bathhouse. The girls side of the bathhouse received new tiling in the showers and under the sinks, which has made such a difference in appearance. Thanks to the staff who worked so hard to start that project!
Unfortunately, we had to make some difficult decisions for this summer and cancel 2 weeks of programming due to low registration numbers. Our Co-ed week, as well as Science Camp were canceled. A few of the staff stayed at camp after Girls Camp ended for what would have been Co-ed camp, to complete some other work projects and continue the work on the bathhouse, which included giving priming and painting the walls of the girls side, and also painting one of the cabins down in the Cedars. The new kitchen space that was created from replacing our fridge and freezer received the final touches for spakle and a coat of paint so that it would match the other parts of the kitchen. And if anyone of you were on site this summer, you probably saw the cabinets and cupboards that were hiding in the corner of the dining. Well, they are now in place in the kitchen filled with dishes! We've still got some more work to do, but the changes have made such improvements already!
As we conclude Camp 101 tomorrow, I'll try to give an update by the end of the week. Thanks for visiting again!
