The Night That NEVER Ends

Today is the day at camp that kids are introduced to their own sin. They're called out for who they really are and what they really are made of .. and for being completely separated from God because of it. It's quite a downer to hear, so naturally they make the rest of the night one crazy night of organized chaotic fun! They get dressed up and have bbq up the mountain at a little place called pioneer and then have what they call opera, which is just the program guys putting on a show. After opera is the square dancing/hoe down, followed by an insane carnival (that gets set up in just about an hour) in the gym where kids get to play games for tickets to exchange for the privledge to pie a leader in the eye or dunk them in the dunking booth. Oh what a night! Tonight we had a visitor up at pioneer that didn't seem to want to leave. He was a large black bear that took many gun shots to try to scare away. He left temporarily for campers to be able to eat dinner, but showed up on the road only 15 min later eating the trails of peanuts left behind from campers. Luckily no one was injured, bear or human. Last week there were a group of adult guests who dressed up like this..

I have been to Young Life camps a million times and can't believe I forgot my 1800's attire this year! I'm stuck wearing my blue polo. Oh well.