This is my cabin, called Elijah.
Sunday Mom and Dad dropped me off and helped me get my luggage into my cabin. I got a top bunk, and I knew everyone there! Then I went with Suzanna, and we dropped her stuff off. Then we went to a huge area where the cabins had gathered and played a game. I joined in with my friends and other cabins. We played Ride That Pony, The Name Train, Do You Like Milkduds in Your Tomato Soup, and one more game that I can't recall.
Then we went to The Porch, a stone slab where there were benches outside of Bethlehem [where we ate]. We sang songs and got to know the counselors. After we sang songs and greeted, we went back to our cabins and unpacked and did other games and activities. That took a while. Then we went to the bathroom and washed our hands, and then we went to Bethlehem and sat on The Porch.
Then we got dismissed by cabins into Bethlehem and sat at tables with our counselors. Our counselors got glasses for us to drink from, and there were pitchers of water on the tables. Then we said grace, and we got dismissed by cabins up to the counter to get our food from Ginny. Ginny's helper for the week was Christina. After that we put the garbage plate in a pile, the plates in a pile, the silverware in a pile, the cups in a pile, the bowls in a pile (if we had any), and the water pitcher next to the rest of the items. Then Jamelle said into the microphone, "Silverware, plates, cups, bowls, water pitchers," and we brought them up when she called their names.
Then we went back to our cabins where we hung out until the bell rang, when we went down to the campfire around which we did our worship service. After we did that, we went to the church and did devotions. After devotions we showered, brushed our teeth, and then went to bed. It was freezing cold that night; my sleeping bag was unzipped.
This is the place where I slept.
In the morning the bell rang at 7:30 A.M. We showered, brushed our teeth, got dressed, went to the bathroom, and did anything else that we needed to. We went to The Porch and got dismissed into Bethlehem and sat at our tables. We got dismissed to get up and get breakfast. We had a choice of juice or milk or water. Then we did the same thing as the previous night.
After that we went back to our cabins and waited on our porch for Hannah's and Matt's cabins. Hannah's cabin went to the basement of the church for crafts, and Matt's cabin joined with ours, and we picked up twigs and garbage from the area where the campers slept. Then Hannah's cabin went back to her cabin, and we went down for crafts. We made a birdhouse.
Then we went to The Porch and got dismissed into Bethlehem and, the same as the morning, we ate dinner. Then we bused our dishes and went to our cabins and had Sabbath time. While Nikki (our counselor) slept, the girls (including me) made bracelets. After Sabbath time, we joined with Hannah's group, and we hiked to the three crosses on the side of the hill above the campfire; and we hiked a little higher, and Hannah and the girls who were afraid of heights stayed at that area, and Nikki and the rest of the girls who weren't afraid of heights climbed higher and higher and higher. I thought the scenery was very nice; we were getting higher and higher, and we could see way, way off into the Badlands, so I took a lot of photos. We took one break to get a drink of water. We didn't hike all the way up to the big, huge cross because it was too steep, and all of the girls wouldn't fit. Then we hiked back down.
This is Nikki and I in our cabin.
By that time the girls who were afraid were down by the campfire waiting for us. Then we went to The Porch and waited for the other people because the bell hadn't quite rung yet. Then the people came, and we got dismissed in for supper. Then we did the same and ate and bused our dishes and went to our cabins and put away our backpacks and talked. Then we went to the campfire for our worship service. The cabins that were staying for the rest of the week went back to their cabins for devotions, and Hannah's cabin, Matt's cabin, and our cabin had smores. After smores I kneeled on the ground outside the campfire and took a moment to say a prayer to God before bed. Then we had devotions in the church, and then we brushed our teeth and went to bed.
Here is the sign that shows how to get to Badlands Ministries Bible camp.
In the morning we took showers, brushed our teeth, got dressed, and did the other things that we needed to do. We went to The Porch and got dismissed into Bethlehem and had breakfast. Then we bused our dishes and went to our cabins to pack. That took a very, very, very long time. Then we moved our luggage out to our porches and took photos and talked. Then we went to Bethlehem and sat on the ground and waited for the worship service to start. Then we did the worship service, Mom and Hillary helped me bring my luggage to the car, and I said goodbye to my friends and Nikki. My favorite thing about camp was everybody there--the counselors, my friends, and the new friends that I made.
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