Taco Tuesday!

Hey there! Greetings from Camp Cody, where we’re finishing up an awesome Tuesday! I know you’re curious what we ate for breakfast, right? We started the day with French toast, sausage patties, and fruit. We made our way through Morning Watch and then on to the morning all-camp meeting. For the all-camp meeting, we gather all the campers and staff on the basketball court right near the dining hall so that we can start the day with some announcements, some “heads or tails” raffles (campers can purchase $5 wristbands to participate in these raffles for great prizes!), some laughter, and the important reminder to “make it a great day.”

(Campers and staff gathered on the basketball court for the morning meeting)

Our Morning Groups lived up to their names today—we got back on schedule and had our Morning Groups meetings in the morning. The focus today was on two very different genres: horror and comedy. That might seem like an odd pairing, but as the teens in my Morning Group pointed out, both horror movies and comedies have something in common — they elicit strong emotional reactions from people. Also we so often look back at the things that we were afraid of when we were young, and our childish fears can make us laugh. We talked about how we can overcome our fears and how laughter can help us through even the most challenging of times.

We did something different with lunch today — instead of dividing up into two meals, we had the whole camp eat together “picnic style.” We always do this on Fridays, but we decided to add another all-camp lunch to the schedule this year to see how it would go. We invited Morning Groups to eat together to continue the conversations they had during their meetings and to keep strengthening their bonds with one another. On the menu for lunch: Italian subs, watermelon, and chips. And the weather was beautiful — it was a perfect day to eat outside!

Today’s spree time was shorter than usual in order to give some extra time to our afternoon program: “Camp Cody One Acts.” Yes, after a ten-year hiatus, we brought back the camp skits! The campers were back in their color teams for this activity. Each team was given a summary of a well-known fairy tale or children’s movie along with a list of characters, props, and lines they had to incorporate into their skits. Teams had the whole afternoon to pull their skits together. After dinner (Taco Tuesday!—hard and soft tacos with all the fixin’s) we had chapel (led by the awesome Class of 2021), and then went right into the evening program: “Cody One Acts Show.” Each color team presented their skit, and the evening was filled with tons of laughing and lots of cheering. In the end, the forest green team took the award for “Best Picture.” It was a great evening! We then wrapped up the day with vespers and sent the campers back to their cabins for a good night’s sleep.

(The seniors gathered in the middle of the council ring during chapel for the traditional singing of "Let the Circle Be Unbroken")