Home! The Alaska MSM GO Team made it home to Madison, but not without a new kind of adventure - the dreaded cancelled flight! The team made it to Anchorage from Eaglecrest in plenty of time for their Saturday evening flight to Minneapolis, only to find it was...
The last day was a blast of fun and water! In the morning we made shields and barriers out of an array of cardboard and duct tape. It was a super creative process in preparation for the afternoon “battles”.In the afternoon we used fortifications and shields in a big...
Each day we’ve been using the time before breakfast to reflect through a devotional created by Eaglecrest. It’s been a way to connect to God and teach us values related to leading. So far, we have reflected through reading selected verses and questions about leading...
Wednesday is a day off at camp. We had the opportunity to spend some quality time as a group without the campers. Our morning was spent with the Eaglecrest team on a fantastic trail on the Butte. We drove South of Palmer, about 35 minutes from camp. The hike itself...
They call this day of camp “Tired Tuesday” we heard because it’s the day that the time difference and travel fatigue hit. Not so sure that was the case with our group. Students and leaders alike were ready for another day of fun with the 30 + campers ranging in age...
Hello all, Your kid is probably at home while you are reading this, but Emily needed someone to do this blog, so I volunteered. I hope when you are reading this that you have leg room, because I am writing this from a cramped plane. The word that was most used to...
Hello this is Caden, Chance, and Abram Caden: I really enjoyed the water fights we had today lot of people used human shields and lots of innocents got hit. I connected with Ryder during 9 square Ryder is an outgoing and easy to talk to with a loud personality. We...
Greetings from the leader team! Today we woke up to, you guessed it, more rain. The Director of Eaglecrest, Jim, let us know that this has been a record amount of rain for Alaska in the month of July! Despite the wet and very muddy conditions, we still had a fantastic...
Greetings parental figures & supporters!!!!!!!!!! Wednesday's adventure started bright and early with a classic team moment: five people forgot their towels on the way to shower. It's safe to say the day was off to a strong start. Wednesday is a day off for...
Hello all nervous parents, You will be happy to hear that your kids spent yet more of your money at yet another grocery store on yet more candy and soda (Abram bought a 12-pack of Mountain Dew-Baja Blast and Caden ate 7 bags/boxes of candy and a partridge and a pear...