Day Two - Conquering New Challenges

It's been another great day! Here's a quick update:

We had a wonderful hot breakfast and then got back into our work groups. Many of the jobs we started yesterday will take several days to finish (or really are never finished, like chopping and hauling wood). Some finished taking down and cleaning the tee pee tents, others continued to clear brush, and then there was the ever-necessary raking of leaves! But at least today we got to burn some things :) That always makes it more fun.

After a hard morning of work, we enjoyed hot dogs with chili and cheese for lunch, and then headed back out for a few more hours of afternoon work. It's always harder working after you have had a big meal and just want to take a nap, but the students continued to put their all into it, and we really got a lot done. The reward was the "Avalanche"

The Avalanche is the name for the 80 ft. high, 200+ft. long zip line here at the camp. Two students can go down at a time, and it is a rush! Several students were are very afraid of heights still decided they wanted to give it a try, and although it wasn't easy, they made it to the top and enjoyed the ride down. The afternoon got cold very quickly, but students still stuck around to encourage one another as they climbed up and zipped down. I was especially proud as I watched students who initially had promised they would never climb up that ladder, conquer their fear and then have a great ride down.

After dinner tonight we'll have another time of devotions and group sharing, and then watch the OSU v. Michigan game! (Yes, we taped it, and I still don't know the score, so shhhhh....)

Thanks to everyone who is posting comments. I pass them along to the students, and they all roll their eyes back :)

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