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The third day of Hye Camp 2007 offered the children a chance to live our faith while learning about the origins of our beliefs. During the Arts & Crafts class period, campers made crosses using felt and decorative sequins.
Then, before dinner, Fr. Aren blessed every single cross.
The campers have been wearing their new crosses all day and have been very excited about their hands-on witness to our faith.
In their Religion class, campers were taught the origin and meaning of the Sacrament of Baptism. Fr. Tavit discussed being reborn in God’s world and living in praise of him and led the reading and discussion of Bible scripture. Rounding out the class schedule, Talin Hitik continued her excellent Armenian Language class, teaching new words and phrases, and Maestro Khoren aroused the beautiful voices of our campers with his energetic teaching and singing.
Hye Camp received a special guest this afternoon, Fr. Krikor Sabounjian, the Director of St. Vartan Camp in New York. Fr. Krikor will be with us for a couple days to share ideas with Fr. Aren and work to make all our camps more fun and spiritual. Fr. Krikor arrived just in time for dinner, where Maestro Khoren was surprised with a special birthday cake to celebrate his 70th birthday. Maestro found himself at a loss for words, so he did what he does best; he led the entire mess hall in song.
Today marked the first competition of Hye Camp Olympics. The 10 olympic teams combined into two groups for a camp-wide game of capture the flag. The Blue Team, consisting of Teams 6-10, managed to outlast the coordinated attacks of the Red Team long enough to secure victory. After all the running and strategizing, the campers were ready to take it easy for a bit. The teen-age cabins spent time with Fr. Aren, Fr. Krikor, and Dn. Levon in a question and answer session we like to call “Hot Topics”. At the same time, the pre-teen cabins were treated to a roaring camp-fire where they made s’mores and sang camp songs.
The multi-talented senior staff members, Harry Kezelian & Jermiah Newman, along with Fr. Tavit Boyajian, collaborated to form the Hye Camp Folk Band. The pre-teens were eventually replaced by the teen-age group and soon after all the campers had their lights off and rested up in preparation of Day 4 of Hye Camp.
