The Bear

     Once there was a christain camp, and for over fifty years every Thursday night they had a decision service for all the kids. There is a story about one perticular Thursday night. A night that no expected to happen. The night the bear came into camp.
      At the end of the decision night two or three staffers will leave early, and place candles along the road so the kids can see where they are going. One of the three's name that night was Mayco, and when they finished putting the candles out they waited for everyone else to come down the mountain, when Mayco happened to notice that all the trash cans had been torn to peaces.
      Amditly they knew there was a bear in the camp. When they saw this, they heard all the campers, and other staffers coming down the mountain. As quit as they could they rushed to stop everyone from coming down. They got there just in time, and told the campers to stop, and wait. When some of the other staffers got there they asked what was goin on. When they told them there was a bear, and together they all got a plan together.
      The plan was that seven staffers would go before everyone else and make sure the bear was gone. Those who volinteered were scared out of there minds. They had no more than a few pocket knives and flash lights. They also had a radio. As they marched into the darkness they knew they were entering into the bears domain.
       As they reached the Activity building, and the canteen they had to split up. They were all making noise hoping the bear would run off if it heard them. When they reached the dining hall the group that stayed on the main road saw the bear no more than ten feet away from them. Without knowing what else to do they all screamed in fear. The bear turned, and ran away from them. the other group heard them, and ran to see what was going on. When they reached the place they heard the screaming, no one was there. They came to find out they had all run and hide in the dining hall.
      The second group convicied the first that they all needed to make sure the bear was for sure gone. After they were sure the bear was gone they radioed the other staffers that they kids were safe and could continue to their cabins. This is the story of the brave seven staffers that put there lives on the line for the kids they were intrusted to take care of for that one week of camp. That is a week those seven staffers will never forget.