Work Week at Michindoh

[The whole group, minus Jack, because Patrick cropped him out.]

This past week the middle school and high school students piled in a bus and headed out to Camp Michindoh to spend a few days volunteering at the camp. We left church Wednesday morning and got home Friday night.

[Do work, son.]

[The crew cleaning up the grounds around the water slide.]

[Rachel, Arianna, and "The President"]

[I didn't know they took this one.]

We spent a few hours raking leaves and picking up sticks during the afternoon on Wednesday and then again during the mornings and afternoons on Thursday and Friday. The skies were clear and the sun was shining so the 65 degree weather made it enjoyable to be outside.

[I believe this was right before I said to myself,

"I hope they don't dive in."]

After working hard all day on Wednesday group of students jumped into the lake to cool off, and cool off they did. The week before we arrived the camp had been blitzed with 9 inches of snow so the lake was FREEZING cold. The girls all screamed after they hit the water, but they still enjoyed themselves and were talking about the adventure at church this morning.

[The girls felt like chasing after the "duck." Unfortunately, this

was not allowed, and we were notified of this by a woman

dressed in 1800's clothing who yelled at the top

of her lungs, "Ladies!!!! Leave the goose alone!!!!!"]

Wednesday night after dinner we spent some time as a group reflecting on the day and discussing the topics of complaining and laziness before heading over to the gym to play dodgeball. Thursday night after working we piled on the bus and went to Arby's for shakes and then hung out around a bonfire enjoying the beautiful night sky.

The trip was a great experience and many of the students are looking forward to attending again next year.