Greeting from the land of the pine. The day started off great. A handful of dedicated anglers arose early
and tried their skills in Lake Evelyn.
Their catch and release haul consisted of 3 catfish and a perch. The remainder of camp was called to rise by
the rousing and energetic MC, Adrian, singing “Rise and Shine” through the camp
microphone as he ran down the halls.
As a whole, morning activities went without a hitch. Fr. Sullivan, in the his homily this morning,
referred to Christ as a Lone Survivor as demonstrated through every moment of
his life and exemplified through His Passion and death. He then challenged the camp to emulate those
virtues as Christ demonstrated.
The scheduled activities of the day consisted of riflery,
tomahawk throwing, rock climbing, dodge ball, and swimming. During lunch the annual push up contest
occurred. Camper Joseph scored a
whooping 5,000 manly push-ups, but it was only enough to net 5th
place. Fourth place went to counselor
Adam W. who squeaked in with 6,000 push-ups.
Camper Ian amassed an impressive 7,000 push-ups; afterwards, he said
about his third place finish that he “felt fine. [He] did what [he] had to do.” Scoring second was counselor Hunter and he
was able to thump out 8,000 push-ups. Feeling let down by the hard fought competition,
Hunter promised the camp that he would redeem himself next time. Bringing home the gold for the push up
competition was Br. Jared L.C. who managed to eek out a victory with an
impressive 8,001 push-ups. In the post
push-up conference, Br. Jared only had one thing to say, “victory.”
Following lunch the campers were treated to a series of
formation talks based around a number of themes of prayer, answering God’s
call, and living God’s call.
Before dinner, the campers were treated to either time in
the adoration chapel and/or playing board games: most took advantage of
both. Many campers experienced the joy
and camaraderie of playing board games and simply enjoying the fun that comes
with play. Post dinner and board games,
the evening night activity planned was the Mega-Ultimate-Neon-Dance-Jam party. After getting dressed in their brightest
neon, the campers discovered that the dance hall fell to a biological attack
that happened to turn the counselors into zombies. Their new objective was to find a way to
defend against the infected and hold off till a cure could be located and
administered.
After saving the camp and curing all the zombies, the
evening activity and night prayer, the campers and counselors retired to their
cabins for processing the day’s activities and talks and to share with each
other their high and low of the day.
Campers and counselors alike are already anticipating
tomorrow.
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