Day 2 and Day 3

Day 2

Day 2 of camp was a blast! Even though Mr Sun never came out from behind the clouds, we still had a great time exploring the outdoors. In the morning we played sports on the field including cricket, soccer and frisbee.  Carl is a soccer star!  Michael excelled in frisbee, and Sonja was one of our best batters in cricket.  In the afternoon we were off for a nature walk with Charles leading the way! We climbed up a hill and saw beautiful views of camp and the surrounding valleys.

In addition to our adventuring, we had our first Connect time in the morning where we learned about Joseph and the Coat of Many Colours.  During the afternoon we had Drama class where everyone learned to act like their favourite animals.  Camryn does a great baboon impression!  Day 2 wrapped up with a special Boys and Girls Time to watch movies.  The boys watched The Incredibles, and the girls watched Princess Diaries. 

Editors note: For the second night in a row we couldn't have a campfire because of the rain!  Hence a fun movie night which isn't normally part of the schedule!

Day 3

Hello Day 3 and hello sunshine!  Today was filled with water fun!  During our morning exercise time we had fun with water balloons by running relays and playing tossing games.  Lloyd hit his mark every time!  In the afternoon we were finally able to take advantage of the pool.  Splashes and smiles were everywhere.  Amy, a self proclaimed "waterbaby", was swimming laps and doing handstands.  And the best splash award went to Tim.  Our day of fun in the sun ended with a dance party and games.  Together we made up a funny story that included parties, swimming and funny costumes.

Editors note: Other activities in the past couple of days have been team challenge games, music, crafts, guys and girls time (a special time before dinner where the girls and guys meet separately for more manly or girly activities and chats! eg yesterday evening the guys had a talk about fire safety), relaxing and eating delicious food.

Day 1 of fun

We're almost halfway through our first full day at camp and everyone is having a wonderful time!  New friendships are already forming, loads of fun and laughs and of course delicious food.  As campers and volunteers are about to head out on to the field to play cricket, soccer and volleyball I bring you a post from one of our amazing volunteers, Logan.  Logan is part of a team of 7 from The World Race who are with Higher Ground for the month.  They are an amazing group of guys and girls with huge hearts and together with 3 fantastic local guys and girls make up our volunteer team for this camp.


Hello Family and Friends!

Everyone was excited to make it to camp today and get started with the fun.  Although the rain moved all of our activities indoors for the evening, it could not dampen our spirits.  We play board games, did puzzles, and even built towers out of marshmallows and toothpicks during our Team Challenge evening!  Jolene and Tim became the camp photographers, snapping lots of great pictures.  And Darren had everyone singing Queen's We Will Rock You by the end of the evening.  Overall Day 1 of camp was huge fun, and we can't wait for Day 2!


I'll try include some photos in the next post! 

Hope you're all having a great weekend.  Love, Emma