livin' like there's no tomorrow: hero and helper

tuesday (july 24), i didn't wake up quite as early as monday morning (i woke up around 6:30). the lake was beautiful, as always. for breakfast we had sausages and eggs. :P that's o.k., though... today's was my favorite one of kelsey's messages. it was about how we need a hero and a helper. the way she illustrated it was she was eating fruit and she sat down in a chair. then 2 lifeguards (caleb and dex, just in case anyone wanted to know) ran down the beach and taped her to a chair with duct tape. after they were done, they carried her into the water and left her where the water was almost over her head. then she went under. she was only under for about 10 seconds, but it felt like a whole lot longer! then her brother zach came running down the beach (he was really really fast!!) and carried kelsey out of the water and took the tape off of her. it showed how when adam and eve ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, sin came and basically tied them up, and we are drowning and dying in our sins. we need a hero to come and save us from our sins (a.k.a. Jesus). one cool thing that jodi told us later was that when she was under, kelsey had actually called for help, even though no one could hear her. it's like how sometimes when we call for help, Jesus hears us no matter how quietly we say it. i thought that was really awesome (there are pictures from it below!)!! the verses she talked about was acts 4:12 (how salvation is found in only Jesus, and no one else can save us from our sins), and john 14:6 (how Jesus is the only way, the only truth and the only light).
for quests, we had a hike and crafts shack. the hike was pretty fun, a lot of bugs though. and craft shack was fun, too!! we made bandanna pillows, and i made a white and blue one! :)
lunch was cold cuts (you guys probably don't want to know what we ate everyday, but oh well!).
during chill time, i noticed how many bottles we had around the cabin. i ended up finding 16! so, i took pictures of all of them (though i won't post them, because you all will be bored to death!!). so, we ended up collecting them for the rest of the week. :)
for freetime i did archery, went to the craft shack and just kinda walked around until....our dodge ball game!!! yeay!! they had a dodge ball tournament, so we made a team!! we were the sidekicks, and it was me, kaeleigh, sophie, rachel and jodi on our team!! :) although, meghan subbed for rachel during this game. the way they did it was they had 3 rounds and whoever won the most rounds won! well, we only won 1 and lost the other 2, we lost. :( that's o.k., though, it was a lot of fun!! :)
for dinner, we had shepherd's pie, which by the way, is really yummy!! :)
during chapel, jodi talked about superheros and dumb sheep. :) jodi asked what the girls thought a superhero was, and this is what we came up with- a superhero is: someone who saves people from danger, a helper, someone who got their powers mysteriously, or someone who defeats evil. the actual definition of hero is- "one who is willing to risk or sacrifice their life for another. she talked about how in john 10:11-15, the good shepherd is a superhero. and how Jesus is really the only real superhero. He sees everything and everyone, and He knows everything. He can hear us when we're crying out and no one else can hear us. it kills Him to watch us live on our own, dying in our sin, and He wants us to cry out to Him for help. He is the only one who can heal our broken hearts. Jesus can help us everyday if we ask Him to. and, i am a sheep and you are a sheep!! lol!
after chapel, we had a night swim!! it was a lot of fun, even though i didn't swim. jaina and i hung out with the bugs. we also talked for a while to jodi, patti, lacey and anoli. it was a lot of fun!! we talked to jodi and patti about rings, and i found out that patti, lacey and i all have the same "fear not" rings!! that was really cool!! we took a picture of all of them together on friday. oh, and another thing, jodi and anoli were telling us how people sometimes mistake them for each other, so they decided to switch identities for the next night's chapel!! :D that was really hilarious! it was a lot of fun!! :) i love camp!!
here are some pictures--

the spot of sunlight on the lake