Camp 3 does Tuesday!

We started saying "the last one of the summer" yesterday which is really quite sad, so we are really glad to have these campers here to soak up all our lasts and the joy that comes with getting to do it all one last time!

Our morning chapel time was focused on how God illuminates himself to us in scripture. It was really amazing to see these sweet youth discuss how God speaks to them in their favorite verses and prayers. I know several of these were posted yesterday on Instagram so sorry to be redundant, but these light bulbs have just blown me away. Child-like faith is an amazing thing!

After chapel we learned some good ole CGM songs (One Tin Soldier, Little Boxes, Prunie, etc) and finally played what everyone had been asking for- MAGIC TAMBOURINE! (We did play other games such as Car-Dog-Fire Hydrant and Zebratonicus but something about Magic Tambourine gets everyone more excited than anything else.)

Once we were fed at lunch and rested at siesta we went to our afternoon activities- either rock climbing at Foster Falls, swimming at Foster Falls or staying on campus to go to the playground and Art Barn!

The evening was when the staff realized we were starting the list of lasts as we had counselor hunt. Unfortunately the weather pushed counselor hunt inside but in the end we got to silly string our counselors so I don't know that was actually a loss.

Today is Sewanee adventure day, a fan favorite around here so we will be posting about it soon!

Camp 2's Tuesday and Wednesday!

Camp 2's Tuesday- try saying that five times fast (I did, trust me it's not pretty), but our Tuesday at camp couldn't have been prettier! It went a little like this-

Breakfast and cabin clean up lead to chapel- where we talked about how God is illuminated in scripture for each one of us. We talked about the story of Jesus being transfigured on the mountain and reflected on how that story- and the stories in the Bible still can affect us today. Each youth was given a paper light bulb to decorate with their favorite verse- it made for a beautiful strand in the chapel!

We sang some songs, played magic tambourine and of mot importantly learned the CGM line dance! Now we are all ready for the dance Friday night!

With full stomachs from lunch and a little rest from siesta we continued on to our afternoon activities- which included going off campus to the Shakerag hike and staying on campus to do things like tie dye and swim!

The evening brought the ever-so-famous counselor hunt! The youth made up some excellent charges of things our staff are certainly guilty of and those who were found got pushed in the pool!

Wednesday was a little bit more serious as far as chapel goes when we talked about finding God in the darkness. It was so great to watch the youth find that even in the darkness we will never be alone, God is always with us! 

In the afternoon we took our trip to Sewanee! We ran around and played at the quad, stopped by the bookstore and hiked the Tennessee Williams trail to the cross. It was so fun!

At night we went to All Saint's Chapel in Sewanee to have a little evening service. I have rarely seen a more beautiful sight than these 80 youth praising God in that beautiful space!

Thursday here we come! How did we get in to the last bit of this week so fast?

THEY'RE HERE!

The Mini Maxons are here! #CGM2015 finally has campers! The Mini Maxons are so excited and so much fun to be around. We started the day with some games- a rather action packed game of Duck Duck Goose (somehow the parents and counselors are the ones who ended up in the middle) and a big ole game of Magic Tambourine. 

After a delicious dinner of lasagna we spent a little time singing and learning a little more about our chapel program. 

Finally, the night ended with a very efficient game of counselor hunt- these Mini Maxons are rather good hunters we found! Since they found all the counselors so quickly it seemed only fair to throw water balloons at them!

What a day! Here we go again, will report back later!

Camp 1: Tuesday!

Hello from CGM! We have had an action packed couple of days at camp! Let's start by catching everyone up from Tuesday!

We spent the morning talking about laying down our nets- the things that keep us from God and from each other. We loved getting closer to our family groups and making skits! There are also some great pictures from our singing!

The afternoon was an adventure as the rain set in on us, but the weather cannot get us down! We ended up hiking in the rain on a trail called Shakerag- but we decided it was the best hike we have ever been on! On campus we baked, did yoga, played some indoor games and when it finally cleared up we played everyone's favorite- soccer! 

Tuesday night was an old CGM favorite- COUNSELOR HUNT! In this long standing tradition, the counselors go hide will the directors, doctors, AVs, etc find out from the campers what their counselors are "guilty" of- which includes things like being to excited (Carter Webster), having lioness hair (Sutton MacQueen) and cheering too hard for Louisiana based teams (Will Namie). You can see our campers hunting in groups and our counselors scoping out their hiding spots!

All in all, we were grateful for good weather and even better time at camp!