Junior Boot Camp is the Place for me

Week #4

Teen Speaker: Steve Pettit

JBC Speaker: Joe Copp

Prayer Partner: Ashley Hunt

Monday~

Starting off the week with an OP staff celebrating the July-December birthdays! 

I always find selfies on my phone....I should keep it with me more often. 

On Monday night during the service, all the OP staff had a little party! We played games, ate brownies with ice-cream, talked, laughed, and played more games to get to know each other better!

About 1/6 of the OP staff :) 

Rebecca & I beating the Dalton & Emily in foosball :) 

Wednesday~

Surprisingly, Wednesdays are relaxing. After serving two breakfast shifts, we usually set for dinner and head to our crew devotions. This particular week, I had a JBC {Junior Boot Camp} prayer cabin so their Wednesday schedule usually includes tubing after their picnic. My prayer partner this week was Ashley Hunt and she was on the blue team (yay).

Hannah & I both had JBC cabins so we walked over to their picnic together! 

Having a JBC prayer cabin is nice, because it means a more relaxed week. After tubing for about haf an hour, my day with them was over because they have a required nap time {I think it's more for the counselors than the campers}. There aren't any cabin cheers in JBC, but they have one for everyone! It's super fun and usually by the end of the week, the whole dining hall is cheering with the little JBCers. 

Thursday~
Thursdays are hike days for the girls. I was planning on going on the hike, but decided not to. I am so glad I didn't! It started raining and hailing on all the girls out there and most of them got stuck in the thunderstorm.

From my porch! 

That night, the storm was so bad that the lights went out during the service and Steve Petitt preached with the emergency lights!

One dark activity center 

After the service, I changed and found my prayer cabin because JBC also has the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge. I think it's more fun to watch them play than it is to watch the teens play... 

My JBCers 

Before the game, JBC has a carnival that includes: games, snow cones, face paint, and even a dunking tank {where the lead counselors sit}

Heather & I got a flower on our face 

JBCers are so much fun! They are so full of energy and sincerely love their counselors/prayer partners. I met this adorable girl in the craft shop one evening and she was the sweetest little thing. She had misplaced her money so she wasn't able to buy anything, but she wasn't mad about it. She said she really liked watching the rest of the girls paint and buy jewelry. I asked her if she could buy one thing in the craft shop, what would it be? She thought about it for a little bit and then replied that it would be jewelry. I asked her what she would buy and she showed me a gold ring. It was only $2 so I told her to choose one that fit and I would buy it for her. The rest of the week, she would not leave my side. Although she wasn't in my prayer cabin, I unofficially adopted her as mine. :)

I loved having a JBC prayer cabin and was sad to see them all leave on Saturday. 

*Emeralds took the win for week #4*