DAY 1
After lunching at McDonald’s in Fredericksburg we made it out to Camp Eagle on time with everyone safe and sound. The latest weather report says we might get some rain showers this week, so it’s a good thing Mrs. Laurie picked up ponchos on her way out to camp!
After lunching at McDonald’s in Fredericksburg we made it out to Camp Eagle on time with everyone safe and sound. The latest weather report says we might get some rain showers this week, so it’s a good thing Mrs. Laurie picked up ponchos on her way out to camp!
DAY 2
It is our first full day out here at Camp Eagle and we got off to a great start and hit the ground running, starting with breakfast outside and our ten-for-ten devotions, and moving along to group activities and contracting before some waterfront time and the Zip 3K. At our evening experience we tried — and failed — to leap across a gulley before the cross was lowered down to make a bridge for us.
DAY 3
Day 3 was jam-packed with bible reading, worship, prayer, and lots of time in the great outdoors! The boys had to do a ‘funishment’ after forgetting to keep track of the ‘contract’. The whole team got to climb and swing (and hang and fly and fall) their way across the Millhouse challenge before taking a break at the Camp store for some treats. Then we went down to the field for one of our favorites: Team Arrow Games (TAG), and once we were good and hot and sweaty, we got to cool off in the Nueces at the waterfront, and then it was time for Bible study on the deck overlooking the river. At tonight’s evening experience we each got an inch of string (representing our life’s story) and then we followed along another string that went from the riverside all the way up a hill, so we could compare our story to God’s, and contemplate our place in His purposes.
DAY 4
After breakfast and morning worship, we had our devotion time and headed into the woods for a real challenge: our group had figure out how to stand on a single wood pallet — all of us!
We had a nice time cooling off down at the waterfront before heading to the cliffs to try some rappelling. Later, we played games in the yard under a double rainbow before gathering together on the main campus yard for the nighttime experience, finishing the night with campfire cooked s’mores!
DAY 5
Our last full day out at Camp Eagle was full indeed. We walked downriver to the pontoon for a team challenge. We made our way to the giant cross on the hilltop at the far end of Camp and enjoyed a rain-soaked bible study. Afterwards, we rode big trikes on the tennis courts, and by afternoon things cleared up when we made it to the river for some tubing.
DAY 6
What a fast week! Just enough time for breakfast, devotions, debriefings, and goodbye hugs before the bus picked us up for the journey home.
