Surf City 2014 Day 3

In case you haven't noticed,...these posts get updated later and later as the week at Surf City goes on. There's something about sleeping on a plastic camp mattress that's only as thick as my pinky finger that ages you quickly. The older I get, the more Advil I have to survive on. The posts also get updated later because our days are so jam packed with fun and excitement...it just takes more sleep to recover!

Day 3 started with our normal routine of Bible study, breakfast and morning seminars. After Seminars we found out that it was going to be a camp beach day! So, everyone at camp loaded up on school buses and traveled about 10 minutes down the road to Lake Michigan. I'm sure it wouldn't surprise you how many times we heard the question, "Is this the ocean?" I always enjoy trying to convince the students that it is indeed the ocean and their geography teachers lied to them. :) At the beach we competed in the annual sand-sculpture contest. Our crew, the Yellow Batman Gobstoppers, decided that it only made sense to create a sand Batman and a massive box of Gobstoppers. The judges were impressed with our teams sculpting abilities. We will find out today if we won the coveted first place title.

After lunch on the beach and some swimming we headed back to camp for an afternoon of more swimming, sand volleyball and some napping. Dinner was next on the agenda and then we headed to another installment of club. Last night Mark talked to the students about how even though we were all created good and in God's image... along the way things got messed up. Humanity rebelled and as a result, sin entered the world. Because of this sin, we are messed up...we distance ourselves from God. Students were left to talk in their groups about their own experiences of how they may have distanced themselves from God. It's never easy to talk about sin...but it's necessary if we are to have an understanding of how significant grace is. I can't wait for our students to hear that message.

We ended the night with a "Night at the Oscars!" Students were chosen to act out improv games on stage with the program team. They also showed a few funny videos where they did voice-overs from the Hunger Games movies and they even made their own "Let it Go" music video involving a port-o-potty. I'm sure it won't take much for you to figure out what that was all about! The enchanted evening ended with a surprise engagement of some Surf City staff. It was a great way to end the day!

That's all we've got for today! Check back tomorrow for more pictures and updates! We are having a great time!