Saturday, June 27, 2009 and Sunday, June 28, 2009
This is the day the kids left camp. I was really sad. I just started getting to know them. Deann was quite hilarious and I didn't know what I would do without her entertaining me! (Mikayla is on the right with the yellow wig. She was a good jump roper and also very entertaining!) I was excited because a couple of them were going to try to come back for Teen Camp since they were 12 years old- Karen and Tami for sure. (I don't recommend letting them return as it is difficult on the coaches as their attitudes change, but I still love them all!) After Pastor Jimmy picked up the Kotlik group I got to take a two hour nap and get a shower after we cleaned up the camp. (Typically there is only one time of day we can take showers and it had been so cold I didn't feel like freezing to death after I got out) The shower was scorching hot, because it is all one temperature. It was still amazing!! I was so glad not to smell as bad anymore!! The weather was still cold but it was starting to warm up. We got the camp ready for the teens to come on Monday. Lots of cleaning to do. Bathrooms, Showers, etc. We had to rake the chapel and clean up all the mildew that was starting to form (seen as white dots). I also had a lot of trays to clean as we no longer had the kids to help with them. The weekends were relaxing, but short lived as Monday would soon arrive. We didn't know how many teens to expect, but we had to prepare ourselves physically, emotionally, and most importantly - spiritually. We had church on Sunday so we could get spiritually charged. The PA and FL teams came in on Saturday. It was different having new people, but we instantly became friends. I was glad that Kiki and I were the same age, because a lot of the other coaches were quite younger than me. But really age didn't matter, because we were all having fun getting to know each other and working together to reach the teens for Christ!
I will write more as time permits...
This is the day the kids left camp. I was really sad. I just started getting to know them. Deann was quite hilarious and I didn't know what I would do without her entertaining me! (Mikayla is on the right with the yellow wig. She was a good jump roper and also very entertaining!) I was excited because a couple of them were going to try to come back for Teen Camp since they were 12 years old- Karen and Tami for sure. (I don't recommend letting them return as it is difficult on the coaches as their attitudes change, but I still love them all!) After Pastor Jimmy picked up the Kotlik group I got to take a two hour nap and get a shower after we cleaned up the camp. (Typically there is only one time of day we can take showers and it had been so cold I didn't feel like freezing to death after I got out) The shower was scorching hot, because it is all one temperature. It was still amazing!! I was so glad not to smell as bad anymore!! The weather was still cold but it was starting to warm up. We got the camp ready for the teens to come on Monday. Lots of cleaning to do. Bathrooms, Showers, etc. We had to rake the chapel and clean up all the mildew that was starting to form (seen as white dots). I also had a lot of trays to clean as we no longer had the kids to help with them. The weekends were relaxing, but short lived as Monday would soon arrive. We didn't know how many teens to expect, but we had to prepare ourselves physically, emotionally, and most importantly - spiritually. We had church on Sunday so we could get spiritually charged. The PA and FL teams came in on Saturday. It was different having new people, but we instantly became friends. I was glad that Kiki and I were the same age, because a lot of the other coaches were quite younger than me. But really age didn't matter, because we were all having fun getting to know each other and working together to reach the teens for Christ!
I will write more as time permits...
hey Abby! I love the slideshow! Will be visiting your blog again!
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