Camp Bighorn Day 5 6/24/2010

Camp Bighorn Day 5 6/24/2010

My Camp Bighorn Adventure continues. The day began with active devotions at 7:30 am. The activity for the morning was ultimate Frisbee. This game is very popular at camp. I did not play but I was out there cheering for the people who were playing. It was exciting to watch. After ultimate Frisbee we came back into the lodge for individual devotions. We did the reading for today in our devotional books. At the end of devotions this morning we all gathered outside the lodge and sang and worshiped together. That was probably my favorite moment of my experience so far at Bighorn. There is something very peaceful about worshiping God and singing praises to Him and observing how others enter into worship. I loved it. After devotions I went back to my cabin and got ready for the day. I collected and put out the mail before breakfast. We all gathered for breakfast at 9:15am. There is a great spirit of community here at Camp Bighorn. I am still working my way into the community. It gets better each day. After breakfast I distributed the mail. Handling the mail is one of my favorite parts of my job. Everyone gets really excited when they see me coming with the mail. I had three big boxes to carry over to the staff mail boxes in the lodge. I thought I could handle them. However about half way to the lodge I knew I was probably going to drop something. At that very moment one of the girls on staff came over and asked if I needed some help. I said yes I would like some help. She took half the stack and I took the other half. Then I came back to the office and uploaded some pictures of staff training on the camp hard drive and the camp facebook page. We had kind of a lazy day in the office. It was really warm and sunny outside. So Sarah and I sat outside and talked for a while. When it got too warm for me outside I came back to my desk and finished sorting through the staff training pictures. I was finding the best pictures we had taken and putting them in a favorite photos folder. These pictures will be used on the camp website and other promotional material. When I finished sorting the pictures it was time for lunch. I enjoyed reconnecting with people and hearing about what they had been doing all morning. After lunch I came back to the office and relaxed for a little while. Camp is really quiet when everyone is out training. When Sarah came back she showed me how to save picture for use on the website in photoshop. I picked out the ten best pictures from the favorite folder to use on the website. When I finished that I went and took a nap. I have been really tired today. When I woke up I came back to the office and wrote up a little update on facebook about how staff training is going and what the staff is doing this week. When I finished that I was done in the office for the day. I get to learn how to answer phones and take messages tomorrow. I am a little nervous about this. When I left the office I wandered around camp for a while. I walked down to the ropes course to see what they were doing there. They were working on the high ropes part of the course. I stayed there a few minutes then walked back toward the office. While I was walking around I felt really homesick. I hope things will pick up around here soon and I won’t feel like I want to go home all the time. I sat outside in the shade for a while and just enjoyed the beautiful day. I came back to my desk and updated my schedule and calendar. Then it was time for dinner. We had a formal dinner tonight. It was really fun the kitchen crew all dressed up and came around to our tables and served us our food. We had tacos, they were great. After dinner Mindy wanted to use my computer. I got her set up to use my computer. We sat in the office and talked while she checked her facebook page and some other things. Then I went to my truck to get a soda. Warm coca cola leaves something to be desired. I got some ice for it in the kitchen so it was ok. I sat outside and talked with some of the staff people for a while. Then I came back to my computer to write my blog for the day. I am about ready to head to bed. I wonder what adventures are in store for us tomorrow. More on that later…