Today we began our day with Pastor John telling us the Tale of Two Rivers. This Bible story comes from Genesis 1 & 2 where God gave Adam & Eve a perfect place to live in the Garden of Eden between two rivers. But Satan tempted them and they disobeyed God and ushered sin into the world. Their sin caused the animals to eat each other, people to fight with each other and sickness and disease to come into the world. We continue to sin because of what they did and we choose to do. God sent them out of the garden but came to save us from sin in Jesus. Jesus comes to make new now what is broken by sin. We experience this in part now and will experience it completely in heaven and when he returns to make all things new.
We paddled today in Lake Wawayanda which is in Wawayanda State Park.
This is a beautiful park where you can paddle, swim, hike or camp. It only costs $5.00 per car during the week and $10.00 on weekends. Who said there weren't still good deals. Everyone did excellent paddling today and grew so much from yesterday. We paddled across the lake.
There were lots of lilly pads in the lake and we even paddled on a lake of green. The yellow flowers you see here would turn white when they were fully bloomed. Watch the video below to see one in Al'lena's hand
We pulled up along shore and tied up the kayaks while we enjoyed our lunch. After lunch Pastor Paul read from Genesis 1: 26-30 and Psalm 8: 6-8 and taught us that people are called by God to care for the earth. He also challenged each one of us to set up a recycling corner at home for paper and cans, bottles and plastic. He gave everyone a Paterson Recycling Schedule and promised a prize for all who do this by Friday. After lunch everyone hiked around a bit and picked up any trash that others left. Imagine if every person in Paterson didn't throw any trash on the ground and everyone picked up one piece a day. How much prettier our city would be.
Here are two videos of our paddlers in action. We ended the day with everyone practicing flipping and a short swim on the beach. See you all tomorrow.
Watch and meet our Kayak Kampers
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