Cadets is the Reformed Church’s version of Scouts or Boys Brigade. Boys between the ages of 9 and 14 meet together on a regular basis, do some Bible Study and work on projects, which are then awarded with badges. The badges usually involve a certain skill level being attained.
Andrew used to be a leader in our church many years ago. He did things like making leather lanyards, making a small boat from thin sheet metal, learning how to tie certain knots and taking the boys camping. The camping would then involve outdoor pursuits.
The NSW State camp was on over this past weekend and even though Andrew is no longer a leader, it was a great opportunity to take the older boys along to a camp. I appreciated the fact that Andrew was going with them as well.
Here’s a photo of the main marquee:
They drove up to Sydney on Friday night and had to pitch their tent in the dark. Saturday had a full program of rock climbing, BMX trail bike riding, archery and swimming. As Andrew had to actively supervise a group, he didn’t think to take any photos of all of that!!
They had a bush service together on Sunday morning and Stevie got to do a Bible reading.
After that, it was lunch, pack up and come home. We saw some tired and yet excited boys later that day.
"We got to do ‘real’ archery, Mum!"
"The rock climbing wall was so good!"
and many other stories were related when they came back.
I had a lovely, quiet weekend with the younger two. I’ll write about part of it another time.
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