Fun Week at Camp Moriah

Well, we survived another fun week at Camp Moriah, our church camp, located in north Mississippi. My kids and I stayed in our camper and enjoyed our air conditioning on the extremely hot days. Some years the temperature is not too hot, but not this year.

Alec plays kickball with the 11 year old and under group.

Kirsten plays ultimate frisbee with a group of kids.

Three years ago, a young man started The Challenge -- a workout/running exercise that takes place from 6:30 to 7:00 every morning. The exercises are tough and so is the run. Alec and Brandon got up every morning to participate. Kirsten only made it one morning and the rest of the mornings she slept in.

This is a picture of Kirsten's Bible study group, which meets for a hour every day.

This is Alec's Bible study group.

We have arts and crafts everyday, but the favorite of all the campers is T-shirt painting day which happens on Thursday. Everyone paints their own shirt and the creativity of some of the campers is really amazing. For others, they just enjoy the craft.

Kirsten paints her t-shirt.

All the campers are broken down into counselor groups. Alec's group is the 9-10 year old boys. They meet every day at quiet time for 30 minutes and also for an hour before bedtime for cabin devotions. All the groups perform a song or skit during evening worship during the week. Alec's group performed a skit depicting Daniel in the lion's den. It was pretty entertaining.

Kirsten's group of 11-12 year old girls performed two songs for the whole camp.

This year we had a water balloon fight for the campers 11 years old and younger. Everyone got 3 balloons each (we had over 80 participants). They also gave a prize for the most balloons picked up after the fight. Alec was more focused on picking up the trash than he was on hitting other campers with the balloons.

Kirsten is deciding her strategy before the fun begins.

It was a fun experience to watch and for the kids to do.

Another annual event is to throw the headmaster into the lake at the end of the week. Several people get together to decide when and how to make this happen. The headmasters are always a good sport about it and don't put up much of a fight. The smaller children enjoy the spectacle very much.