Well here is my last blog post about Camp Evergreen this year. As the the spring/summer work term ends, I can definitely reflect on all the fun times I had at camp this year. So let's dive into the last couple of days.
Day 4 was super solid as the evening program consisted of a camp wide game of Bible Smugglers. Now I use the word game when referring to Bible Smugglers lightly because of, well, it isn't really a game. Bible Smugglers is more of an experience or a simulation that we set up for the campers. We take them into North Moskovia a fake fascist/communist nation that bans the Bible and the Christian faith. We set up the game so that kids have to acquire a visa in South Moskovia to then be allowed acceptance into North Moskovia where they try to smuggle Bibles across the border and into the country. They have a lot of checkpoints that they must go to and numerous stations that involve picking up Bibles, choosing to either buy legitimate visas or fake ones, etc. As soon as the campers reach the border crossing they are met by guards on horseback who will then search them for any Bibles or any other "illegal" material. Once across the border they must drop off the Bibles to a secret contact without being caught by the North Moskovian spies. After the campers give away the Bibles they must sneak to an underground church meeting to partake in prayer and worship. Altogether the experience for the campers is intense but also very eye opening as it gives kids a wider perspective about Christ and the lengths/dangers that Christians will go in order to spread the Word of God, it's actually quite phenomenal.
Day 5 was also legit. Camp Evergreen's big finale of the summer; Homemade Jam, a compilation of skits, talent shows, and improv that make the campers not only laugh but also have a great time. Our theme this year was a Narnian newscast that include the main news anchors Aslan and King Peter. The White Witch was the weather women, Mr. Tumnus was the on scene reporter, and the Minotaur was the news stations sports analyst. Altogether it was an awesome night and the kids loved it! I was so pleased because of the hours I put into the project to make sure that the set, the lighting, and the skits, were all in order, and the fact that the whole night ran rather smoothly was a major relief for me.
Staff Wind Up was sad to plainly put things. All of the friends that you made over the past 17 weeks leave and then you maybe/probably won't see them again. It's quite an emotional time. But Ashley had a great idea of giving each staff member a sheet of paper where fellow staff could write encouragements and praise for all of the hard work that each staff member put in this spring/summer. It was a genius idea and I can't wait to see/hear of all the things that people have written down on each others papers.
Anyways that pretty much wraps up my summer at Camp Evergreen, and so the packing begins as I move down to Lethbridge to start school; and really start a new chapter of my life. It's not only exciting but also quite nerve wracking as I don't necessarily know what lies next or what will happen in the next two years that follow my diploma. Well here is my props and my goodbye to Camp Evergreen this year but I hope that in the future I will get to visit her one last time. Goodbye Camp Evergreen and hello Lethbridge College!
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