We're in the last bit of camp and if you ask me these last 70 hours are the most important. It's the last chance we have together to make a difference in the world through our youth so we intend to make it count!
This morning we spent chapel talking about how God is illuminated when we serve other people. It feels really good to make a friend smile or give someone a high five. After some singing and a little prayer, we talked about how at the Last Supper Jesus fed his friends but he also washed their feet and said he was showing them the full extent of his love by serving them. So to be like Jesus we washed each others feet and prayed for each other. I wish all of you could hear these sweet little prayers!
Then we talked about different stories in the Bible where Jesus told us to serve one another. Each family group got to act out skits such as the Lost Sheep, the Prodigal Son, and more.
After chapel time we played everyone's favorite game, Magic Tambourine. It may seem like we play this game a lot, but to our youth there is no such thing as enough Magic Tamb.
Our afternoon began with time at St. Mary's Sewanee where we took our morning and applied it to real life by serving our community. We helped them by doing various tasks outside and taking care of their grounds. We talked about how it is always good to serve other people, even those who serve us a lot. The sisters at St. Mary's serve everyone they can so it is so good for us to be able to serve them!
After we got back we spent some time at the pool and at the art barn- where we made little votive holders (if you pay close attention to the pictures of Eucharist tomorrow you may see them again...) before giving everyone some creative time to prepare for Coffee House!
Camp 3 Coffee House closed out our day and friends, this night is always one of my favorite nights at camp. Our youth have talents that are so varied and watching them all share that with the group is more fun than you can imagine. On top of that these hilarious youth put on cabin skits where they all play silly roles and make us laugh till we're rolling on the ground. Here are some of the acts from tonight's performances.
So apparently tomorrow is the last full day at Camp Gailor-Maxon 2015. What happened to the month no one is really sure (thank goodness for the blog and photographic evidence!) I'm trying not to be sad but we really are bummed to leave these youth! We are all going to go get some sleep so we can make this last one the best one!
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