Friday: Closing Ceremony for the Olympics

It's our last day with campers here at Luther Dell and it's almost time to say goodbye to them.  We've had a great week and can't believe it's over!

Today we had the Closing Ceremony for the Olympics!  Here are the pictures of each nation!

The 4th Place Unicornians!

The Unicornians showing their horns!

The 3rd place Kashyyykians!

The 2nd place Orange Flamingos!

The Orange Flamingos flapping their wings

And finally, our winners, the Blazin' Buffalo Wings!

The Blazin' Buffalo Wings got to vote on a staff member to throw into the lake!  They voted for Rachel!

Rachel goes in the lake!

That's for a great week!  And thanks everybody for a great summer!  We hope to see you all again next year!

Thursday Noodle Hockey!

It's the last full day of camp here at Luther Dell and it's been a great day!

The Roots campers helped lead Chapel this morning!  They lead the songs and actions, had parts in the skit, lead prayers, and gave the message.  They did a great job!

They even zippered everyone in and got people excited for chapel!

Video clip of the Zipper into Chapel!

Video clip of Chapel - Blessed Be

The Skit

The young versions of Lucas, Becca, CJ, Laurel, and Anna!

The older versions of Becca, Laurel, Lucas, CJ, and Anna!

A ballet recital!

Our final event of the Olympics was Noodle Hockey.  In Noodle Hockey, the object of the game is to get the gator ball into the opposing teams net, using your noodles to pass it up the field and score.  If the ball hits your feet, you must raise your noodle above your head and count to five before resuming play.  If a camper scored a goal, 16 points were awarded to their nation.  If a staff member scored a goal, 8 points were awarded to their nation.  It was an intense last day and any of the nations could have taken home the gold medal!

The game faces of the Blazin' Buffalo Wings

The Kashyyykians are ready to play!

Video clip of Noodle Hockey

Video clip of Noodle Hockey

Here's the scoreboard at the end of the day!  It was a close one!

Tomorrow we will have the Closing Ceremony for the Olympics!

Tonight we played Mighty Mighty one last time!  It was a great game!

Video Clip of the start of Mighty Mighty

 Video clip of Mighty Mighty

We had a fun day today and are looking forward to to the time that we have left with these campers tomorrow!

Our schedule from today:

First Word

Breakfast

Cabin Cleanup

Chapel

Bible Study/ One on Ones/ Cabin Time

Team Building

Lunch

Simmer/ Nap time

Free Time/Beach open

Free Time/Canteen open

Game Time - Eliminator

Olympics - Noodle Hockey

Dinner

Rendezvous/ Time with God

Camp Game - Mighty Mighty

Canteen

Worship

Church meeting

Devos

Wednesday's Post: Minute to Win It!

We had trouble with our internet last night and were unable to post this.  So here is the post from yesterday!

We have lots of pictures and videos to share with you from today!

This afternoon we played some fun games in Upper Sunwall!  We started with a game called "Shuffle Your Buns."  In this game there is one open chair and one person in the middle.  The person in the middle is trying to sit down in the open chair, but everyone in the circle is trying to prevent that.  So everyone shuffles in one direction until someone taps the seat twice and says "shuffle your buns!"  This switches the direction and everyone has to shuffle back the other way.

Video clip of Shuffle Your Buns

Next, we played a game called Train Wreck.  There is no extra chair in this one.  The person in the middle says their name and something about themselves, such as "I like ice cream!".  Anyone in the circle who also likes ice cream has to get up and find a new seat.  The last person standing is the new person to introduce themselves and say something about themselves.

Video clip of Train Wreck

Finally, we combined Shuffle Your Buns and Train Wreck!  So it started out like Train Wreck, where someone introduces themselves and says something about themselves.  Everyone who also has that in common get up and try to find a new seat.  Meanwhile the people who did not get up start shuffling.  As you will see in the video, it is pretty chaotic and lots of fun!

Video clip of the combination

Today for the Olympics we played Minute to Win It games!  Each nation sent up a representative for each challenge and the winner earned 5 points for their nation.  It was pretty intense and everyone was very excited!

The Olympic team captains!

Dave - The Orange Flamingos

Becca - Unicornia

Dain - The Kashyyykians

David - The Blazin' Buffalo Wings

Ready for the straw relay!

The Straw Relay

Cookie Face

Cup Stacking

Ping Pong Ball Relay

Golf Ball Stacking

The Cotton Ball Relay

Dice Stack

Along with Minute to Win It games, we also played Choose Thine Option as a part of the Olympics today!  Everyone chooses from three options: the buoy, karate, or dancing.  The leader turns around and everyone chooses an option and acts it out.  The leader then turns around and does an action.  Anyone who matches the leader is out.  The last person standing won 10 points for their nation!  We played three exciting rounds of Choose Thine Option!

Video clip of Choose Thine Option

Here's the Official Olympic scoreboard at the end of the day.  We go into our last day of Olympics tomorrow with Noodle Hockey!

We also played Hula Launchers tonight!  Here are some pictures from the game!

Wednesday Schedule

First Word

Breakfast

Cabin Cleanup

Chapel

Bible Study/ One on Ones/ Cabin Time

Lunch

Roots leave for Longville

Team Building

Simmer/ Nap time

Free Time/Beach open

Free Time/Canteen open

Shuffle Your Buns/Train Wreck

Olympics - Minute to Win It/ Choose Thine Option

Dinner

Rendezvous/ Time with God

Camp Game - Hula Launchers

Canteen

Worship

Church meeting

Devos

Servant Fair!

Last night we had Servant Fair and the staff did all kinds of fun things to serve the kids.

Here's an update video about the day from one of the church staff, Dain, from Word of Peace!

Here are some pictures of the Servant Fair Stations

Hand Massages

Nail Painting

Marker Tattoos were popular!

A Marker Tattoo for the Olympics nation of the Blazin' Buffalo Wings 

Our camp nurse, Becca, did blood pressure readings

 At this station campers could launch hula balls at counselors.  If they were one of the first people to hit the counselor, they got a free freezie from the canteen!

Want to know about some of the campers' favorite activities?  Watch this video!

Last night we also played Skittles, the night game. 

These campers were ready to play!