Day One, July 16, Explorer Camp in Portland, Part Two

Small groups happened all over the school campus. We had 107 campers today!!! More than CTR has ever had attend ANYTHING!

Simon Yendle leads the older boys in a daily Bible study.

Hayden Yendle's group found a few minutes of free time under a shade tree to make friendship bracelets.

Catherine Luke and two of her girls found the porch to be a nice place for a small group discussion.

Simon Yendle and Joe Lassiter are leading the Built for a Purpose portion of camp for the older boys. They are teaching some basic building skills. The pile of blocks on the far right will end up being birdhouses.

Sanding blocks for a Jacob's Ladder.

Simon could be heard yelling, "Where are the only two places you should put the green paint? Your brush and your block." When asked if the boys followed the directions, he said, "I regret to report that they did not." Joe Lassiter has green paint on his boots to prove it.

Sanding intently.

Inside, the older girls were sewing bags.

Ashley Mince taught the girls how to correctly pin fabric.

Miss Tammy is a CTR member and has helped with sewing at this camp for two years in a row! We love Miss Tammy!

Focused.

While some girls sewed, others learned some cooking skills by learning to mix together Ingram's Famous Chicken Salad.

The best part? They got to take some home!

Yum!

This is the ironing station for the sewing class.

Emily Lassiter made sure no one left with scorched fabric or burned fingers.

Younger girls were outside finishing their journals and pens. Many of them cornered Dan Edwards and got him to list again what God created on each day and then wrote that list in their journals.

A bouquet of pens.

And girls!

Sissy Flynn cleaned up with a smile!

Colorful journals waiting to go home with their makers.

Marshall Acken from Cov Pres is our youngest camper!

Parents lined up to check out their campers.

As long as Dan has some bandanas, he can create a game.

After a long day at camp, many of the team members attended a baseball game to see the Portland Seadogs play. They got creamed!! But we still had fun.

The "girl" bench.

The other "girl" bench.

Emily and Joe Lassiter, minus their daughter, Mary Jane, who found the older girl bench to be more fun!

Dan was sitting in the right seat at the right time when a foul ball came his way!