Dear Campers,
What a great start to a new camp! You did a super job this morning. Thank you for making yourself present in such a beautiful way. You inspire me with each smile, each squat and even every single grimace of pain. This will be a fantastic 5 week session. We will be turning our attention to the element of water. As I mentioned this morning, there are 722 water references in the bible. The first is Genesis 1:2 and it flows all the way through Revelations 22:17. Without water, life cannot exist. It is critical to every cell in our bodies. The human body is over 70% water and will begin to loose optimal functioning the moment dehydration begins to occur. Water is the "electricity" of life! Each day during this camp we will celebrate a scripture that pertains to water, learn an important fact about hydration and create change in our approach to preserving this vital resource.
*Our first scripture is Genesis 1:20 - Then God said, "let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures and let the birds fly about the face of the heavens."
*We learned that water consumption brings clearer thought process. When signs of dehydration creep in, cognitive skill begin to diminish. Water is such a key element to survival that when lost in the desert, the human body sees mirages of water as a coping mechanism and as a way to signal the body to forge on with a final push to find the elixir of life.
*Today I challenged you to take 3 minute showers as a way for us to conserve water in during this drought. (Maybe some of the changes will stick with us even when it rains again. It will rain again, just keep praying!) If you need to shave and shampoo, then turn the water off, suds up, then rinse off. See it as a challenge and a way to work on your fast twitch muscle fibers!!!
There are a few date modifications that I need to make to this camp schedule. GISD will be out of school on Monday, Oct. 10 for Columbus Day. We will not meet that day. That week we will meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The following week, October 17-21, many of your fellow campers will be participating the the Stephenville Spooktacular fun run (you, too can still get registered!) on October 22, so the week prior to that we will meet on Monday 17, Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20. Sorry if that is confusing....just ask and keep checking your email!
There is a group of campers that are meeting to walk/run on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the Y. If you want to be a part of this group, just come. Same time different channel!
Unless I see you tomorrow at the Y to run, I will see you dark and early Wednesday morning.
Be thankful for our water.
Blessings,
Amy
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