Day 3: Look at me differently

"Justice be served to all mankind
Searching for identities we've left behind
One God, one Name, one destiny
Rise up, rise up, rise up, rise up, RISE UP!!"
— The Urge

FROM THE FRONT LINE: Actual conversations between campers and counselors


Camper A: "Do you know if Ryan is going to be OK? He looked pretty messed up."


Counselor A: "Huh?! What happened to Ryan?!"


Camper A: "Oh my Gawd, you haven't heard!?"






(Counselor #2 observes Camper #2 walking by, with a noticeable limp...but Camper #2 does not seem to have noticed his limp)


Counselor #2: "Dude, what happened to you?"


Camper #2: "I dropped a boat on my foot."

Dawn at Camp White Eagle, and a girls' cabin is studying the Bible together

Brennus Jonquet creates a birthday card for Logan Keysear, who turns 13 today

This morning, the boys heard from Phil Perez of DeKalb, who spoke from the first book of Samuel. He brought along our new brother in Christ, Kiaree Daniels, who was baptized on July 7 in DeKalb. A football player for Northern Illinois University, Kiaree told the gentlemen that it took men who dared to stand out to grab his attention.

"People respect you more when you're doing the right thing," Kiaree said. "They look at you different.

"Everybody in here wants to see everybody else do good," he added. "'Bad company corrupts good character' — put that on your mirror.

"I wish I'd went to high school with all you boys."






THE EVENING PROGRAM
The campers watched a filmed called "To Save a Life" tonight in the rec shelter, a movie that depicts the effect one teen can have on a multitude of other people. The film dealt with many of the traps that Satan will try to lure our campers into once they come home (drugs, impurity, violence and more), but showed them the power that they can have in their lives if they choose righteousness instead.


The film was intense; some campers cried, some were visibly stirred.