Today at the beach, we had a great time with all the kids. Each of us counselors were assigned one or two kids. Today the kids warmed up to everyone and the results were obvious. Mason had Andre who is 7 years old and was new to camp for the day. Mosses had Tyreke who was also 7 years and was at camp both days. Will had Lorenzo who is 12 years old and has also been at camp both days. All three of them where cousins and obviously enjoyed being around each other. In the morning they were scared of the ocean and didn’t want to go in too deep because of the waves. But also, they thought the water was too cold, which we could not believe because it was some of the warmest ocean water any of us had ever been in. After awile everyone got to know each other better and trusted us to take them in the water on our backs and play in the waves. By the end of the day everyone was in the water by themselves having a great time together. We ate lunch and went back to church and said goodbye to the kids for the day. It’s awesome the relationships we built in just one day and we can’t wait for the rest of the camp to continue. After the kids left all of us went to the beach together and had a great time going out very deep and playing in the waves. One of the funniest parks of the trip was when Jared got yelled at by the lifeguard for punting a 4 ounce ball.
Please continue to pray for all of us here in New Jersey as we progress through the week. Pray that we grow relationships with the kids and between all of us that came out on the trip. Also pray that the camp goes smoothly the rest of the week and we can all improve our relationships with The Lord.
Thanks so much,
Mason, Mosses, and Will.
PS. Everyone is badly sunburnt so you can pray for that as well (mostly Jared’s and Wills).