Aaaaaand, We're Back!

Hi everyone! We’re back! It’s Rev. Jennie reporting in from Camp Cody. I’m the Senior Pastor of Old South Union Church, and I have the pleasure of serving alongside my colleague Rev. Larry Gipson as one of the camp chaplains. I’m also the resident camp blogger, so I’ll be keeping you up-to-date throughout the week with all the adventures we’re having up here in Freedom, NH. So please check back in each day to see what we’re up to!

First off, let me give you the news you’ve all been waiting for—everyone arrived safely at Camp Cody. (Sorry that news is coming so late in the day. Hopefully you trusted that everyone made it here safely, even though we didn’t tell you sooner!) The buses made it up to camp a little before 2:00 p.m. Everyone spilled out of the buses and made their way to the council ring for a word of welcome from our fearless Camp Director, Tom Remsen. Then they found out (drum roll please...) their cabin assignments! Everyone headed to their cabins and had some time to unpack before gathering back at the council ring for introductions and announcements. Here’s a picture of our whole camp crew in the council ring:

The rest of the afternoon went quickly… Morning groups met for the first time and began delving into the camp theme for the week: Once Upon a Camp. Then we headed off to dinner. It’s always fun to see what the Camp Cody staff choose for our first meal of the week. This year was grilled chicken with either BBQ sauce or honey mustard, rice, asparagus, and brownies (Cody desserts are so good!). The salad bar was also open, as it is every night at dinner. After dinner we had our first chapel service, which was led by members of the staff. The evening activity was the opening campfire, which featured songs and skits put together by the staff. We had to shorten up the campfire because the rain clouds started rolling in, and we wanted to be sure to get evening vespers in before the rain started. And we juuuuust made it! Everyone went back to their cabins for an early evening. We can’t guarantee that an early evening = more sleep. We’ll see who’s ready to rise and shine bright and early tomorrow morning…

Have a great evening, everyone!