2nd Jr. Girls Week
posted in Camp Updates |Dear Camp David Family, I have missed sending you these updates from camp, but our internet was down for 2 1/2 weeks, and we are trying to catch up. Here are the pictures from our second Junior Girls week, July 6-10.
We had a total of 21 campers, our biggest girls week ever! God provided enough counselors, and we divided the campers into 5 teams.
Meet the Radiant Rubies~ with counselors Katie Brown & Faith Burnett.
It’s the Shining Sapphires~ with counselors Lydia Nebel & Susanne Eldredge.
Here are the Dazeling Diamonds~ with counselors Danielle Foley and Laura Marchbank.
It’s the Elegant Emeralds~ with counselors Chava Hall and Anna Stoyeff.
And the Precious Pearls~ with counselors Ellie Hall and Emily Brown.
The morning activity classes included craft time. The camp Grandmas and Aunties that serve each week help with the craft time. Here is Tatianna painting a little frame.
Visiting the Petting Zoo during Nature Class with Grandpa Tom and Grandma Pansy. This is Princess Samantha.
During Nature Class, the campers go to the Discovery Garden and taste the herbs and veggies growing there.
Note: Two of the girls have brown patchwork purses over their shoulders- these were sewn by camp friends across the nation and we gave them to the girls at the camp birthday party. They absolutly loved them!
We are grateful that our neighbors, Don & Lois Himelright, allowed us to take the campers on trail rides on their property. The fields were so pretty with all of the wildflowers!
A beautiful girl on a big beautiful horse!
This is Hannah- she was small for her age (8 yrs old) but she was not afriad of much and was a very determinded young lady!
A favorite activity of the week was the Fruit loops & Shaving Cream game- which turned into a fun “battle”.
This is Emily with some of her little campers. She showed them God’s love ~even in the sandbox.
Grandpa Tom took the Princeses on a horse drawn carriage ride and delievered them to the front door of Fort Turley. He also took the campers on carriage rides during the Nature Class.
Miss Ellie with one of her girls, Ty’esia.
At the Rendezous on Thursday night, the girls got to have their faces painted and participated in fun relay races.
Over half of the campers were alumni this week, and these two girls were excited to be together again.
When you live with the pain of having a parent in prison and (in some cases) your mom’s boyfriends come and go, you can wonder if anyone really notices you and cares. That’s why at Camp David we make sure that each camper get’s the individual attention and love they so desperatly need.
A number of the girls made descions for Christ at camp, and 4 of them wanted to get baptized. Some of the girls had tears in their eyes as they came out of the water and we knew they had really taken their decision to follow Jesus seriously. It was very special to have this camper’s mom drive all the way to camp to be there for her baptisim.
Thanks for being a part of giving hope.
In His service,
Ben & Grace Smith
