SABBATH
Sabbath is my favorite day at camp and not just because we have the most well-behaved campers this week!
After a special breakfast tradition where the counselors have a picnic-style continental breakfast in the cabin, we all gather around the flagpoles at 10:30 am to start our day. For the morning we have a special program where campers get to go all over camp to accomplish different missions in a world that consists of Biblical characters. (See photos above)
Each cabin decorates their counselor to look like a Roman Soldier, Scribe, or Fisherman and then the characters from the Bible (scattered around camp) react to them in their different roles. It's a lot of fun and part of the challenge is that there is more to do in the activity than the children can do within the time limit. This means campers really need to prioritize, work together, and try to figure things out in short order.
I spent some time working with Mojave on the journey, and they were able to do about three of the challenges while I was hanging out with them. At 12:30 we were dismissed with just enough time to visit the bathroom, wash out hands, and get ready for lunch before the mail call bell rang. We managed to pass out all of the Saturday mail today, there's no mail left anywhere at camp to hand out for this session.
Lunch today was vegetarian scallops, with mashed potatoes, gravy, bread, corn, salad bar, white or chocolate cake, fruit cocktail, jello, and there may have been whipped cream. Again, I always try to watch what I eat on Sabbath because the food can really make you feel sleepy, and I think we all did a good job making food choices today.
Church is at 3:00 pm, and its getting better each week. It was still a bit shorter than usual but I think the campers still enjoyed the songs, special music, skit, and sermon. We dismissed to our PM activity a bit early (again!) and it really was the highlight of the day for some of the campers.
From 4:00 - 5:00 pm the campers get to test drive the 2017 theme year materials. It's really fun and we get to see if our stuff for next year is of the same quality as our 2016 program. I don't want to post to much about our testing, but I am very optimistic right now about how our future plans will be an interactive and positive influence on our campers.
Dinner tonight was build your own sandwich, salad bar, chips, and watermelon. It's a pretty traditional meal here and it takes the children a bit longer than usual to eat dinner. I waited until dinner was almost over before I ate, and there was still plenty of food left over.
After dinner was vespers, and then we had skits, camp songs, a video/slideshow presentation, and our final goodbyes. After program it's time to pack and then get ready for bed. It's been such a great week of camp and the campers have been very well-behaved. I knew it was going to be a good week for our camper from day one. They were probably the most mild-mannered and polite good I've ever had for a session of camp and I know we're going to miss them when camp starts all over again next week!
Blessings,
-Jeremy
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