Lost Canyon 2012: 9

Day Eighteen

July 25th, 2012

Bringing it all together

We just finished pushing 384 people through 8 different events all over at Lost Canyon - this is our version of the AMAZING RACE!.  The events are designed to bring cabins together through crazy tasks.  For example, each team had to start by having the whole cabin eat icee pops as fast possible... Talk about BRAIN FREEZE!!! Then each cabin joins another and another until finally their one cabin has joined with 7 others to form a giant team.

With each event we do through the week there are several purposes behind them.  In this case, we want to build community in each cabin, then community among the entire camp and finally bring it all together in the end for one big event.  At the same time, it is a metaphor for the Body of Christ.  We might all be individual and have separate gifts, but we are meant to be "in this together!"  We want to subtly reveal some deep level theological things through the week.

On another note, keep praying for Andrew from SoCal.  His attitude has changed dramatically from the first time I met him.  He is laughing, excited, running to and from events and in it all it is clear that he his having the time of his life.  Let's now pray that God uses the next 3 days to reveal Himself to Andrew in indisputable ways.


Here are some pics from the last two days...

 Team Japan, running to the finish line for the Amazing Race...

 Ellie playing with her friend Hawk (2) sharing a good laugh yesterday afternoon!

 Every leader in camp on stage about to participate in the ULTIMATE LEADER CHALLENGE.  This is an event aimed at making the leaders heroes by playing games and having kids cheer them on!

 The U.L.C final round.  Two leaders suspended 4 feet off the ground holding nets and kids tossing tennis balls into their nets.  Yep, you read that right... It's awesome!

The U.L.C aftermath.  400+ people with popcorn... Believe it or not; only took 10 minutes to clean up!