We had an great chapel this morning, with our kids once again doing all of the motions to HCC's VBS of last week's song "Never Let Go"...awesome!

Then we met for a church time where students were able to share how they've grown this week, with the overwhelming theme coming from them seeming to be how many new friends they'd made in the group...this pack of 18 crazy JH'ers is really bonding together! Praise God!

Then, for the last day of REC, it was....THE GREAT RACE

here's the first half of the coverage...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyIXuJa5jrs

Strategy, intensity, a little luck, and a lot of cheez whiz helped bring home FIRST PLACE (out of 16 teams!) for the Monkey Bots...a team that included Dennis and 5 of the HCC boys...should be fun to see if they can finish in the top 4 overall for the week...

here's the 2nd half...

http://www.horizonsyouth.com/Junior%20High/media/great%20race%20part%202.wmv

From there it was off to Luigi's Pizza...a special place that I got permission to take our kids to instead of the normal lunch...huge pieces of pizza right at Mission Beach...

for the rest of the day it's off to the beach for some, catching up on naps for others, and one last night of chapel followed by a "victory circle" time in the Greek Outdoor Amphitheatre tonight...

Tomorrow morning it will be packing, eating breakfast, a special time that I do something cool for the kids, and then down to the beach where we may or may not have a student or two getting baptized in the ocean...be praying for that :)

Be blessed!

TN