Camp 2009 officially started on Saturday at 1pm with almost all of the 27 staff members showing up on time (it’s a miracle!). We believe it’s very important for the staff to have time to bond and prepare for the week of camp to come, and in order to do this we have a night devoted purely to the staff at the beginning of camp. This year our staff night was chalk full of pizza, thunderstorms, prayers, and swimming (not during the storms of course).
After a 3 hour orientation meeting the staff proceeded to do evening prayers and head on over to Edna’s delicious pizza joint for some taco, BLT, and deluxe pizzas. We absolutely packed the house, filling a total of 27 out of 24 possible seats (some lap-sitting may have occurred), and as always Edna was delighted to have us back.
Heading back to camp, we rounded out the night with some general merriment and relationship building, including lots of swimming, laughter, and just plain old walkin’ around and enjoying the great outdoors. All in all it was a successful first official day of camp with plenty of team-building and preparation. Get an inside look at staff night in the following photoset:
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