Day FOUR!  Unfortunately, only one more….

There WAS an early morning, “Polar Bear Swim” scheduled for Thursday morning, but…ahem…we all slept in.  With the exception of the lifeguard on duty for that time.  Yeah, umm, sorry man!  He was a good sport about it though…

Quiet time/Battle Plan time followed by morning devo by the Cobalt Cobras.  A devotional RAP no less, led by Sunny Day Jay.  These boys had mad skills!!

Morning chow ops…mmmmmmmmm good.  Food is good.

Back to cabin clean while learning the memory verse of the day:  Romans 8:37.

We gathered back at the Rally Point to hit on the last two pieces of armor:  The Shield of Faith and The Sword of the Spirit.

The Roman battle shield was very tall and was usually made out of wood and animal skins stretched over the frame.  They were then soaked in water so they could extinguish the firey arrows of the enemy.

Finally, “the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.”  We learned that the Greek

word for “Word” in this sentence is rhema, which means the SPOKEN word of God.  Scripture applied through speaking it.  We talked about how Jesus used the sword of the Spirit when he was tempted by Satan in the wilderness and how we can use it in our daily lives.

The groups broke up for their small group times.  Some did “Trust Falls” as a faith object lesson (the 5th and 6th grade boys caught Cornfed Johnson…that’s FAITH baby!).  Others continued to digest “The Gospel of Pushups” they had seen the night before.  Great to watch these Warriors wrestle with all that was packed in that!

The rest of the day was much the same as the previous days.  Except for our evening competition….

After evening chow, we did a quick wrap up of the previous evenings activities and then broke for some oven prepared SMORES!  Since there was a burn ban, we couldn’t do them via fire, but we all had our fill.

We returned to the Rally Point to check out the skit competition.  Lots of pranking the counselors and directors and the disturbing introduction of CPAP-Man…kind of a cross between Darth Vader and Snuffleuppagus.  Yeah.

We capped the evening by honoring our 6th graders.  While we can’t share it all (as we don’t want to spoil the surprise for our newbies for next year), suffice it to say that each young man was challenged, encouraged and honored.  Tanner, Jordan, Lucas and Dane:  Never forget…you are DANGEROUS FOR GOOD.  We look forward to seeing what the Lord Jesus is going to do in you and through you in the years to come!

Get ready for bed, story time, LIGHTS OUT!

Jason & Matt