I had the pleasure of riding the big bus with all of the kiddos to camp! THEY ARE WILD! Especially the Vila Rosa ones.... haha. We made it to Camp California after about 2 hours of driving, Friday night. We showed up, had to walk in the dark down a hill with a bunch of scared girls, but the second they saw the lights from the back patio they started screaming and yelling! It was so cool to be on the other side of the "YAY! WE ARE AT CAMP!!" (compared to being on the American team that was sponsoring and greeting the teens when they arrived last time). We had some dinner (they had enjoyed some stroganoff for lunch, and I knew this ahead of time and had Tati make sure they saved me some, so I ate that instead of the rice and beans... felt a little spoiled!). Wellington let the kids know that there would be no peeing in the pool, to run around in pairs or groups, and no boys in girls cabins or girls in boys cabins... you know, the usually.
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| The kids enjoyed pulling my hood on and calling me "Justin Beiber".... I wasn't impressed, obviously. haha |
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I got to be a co-tia-cabin-leader with Leticia, we had a pretty good time... The girls were funny!
I learned the words "VAI" and "VAMOS" which means "GO" and "LETS GO"...Needless to say, I used it a lot! :P
Saturday, the kids had the opportunity to jump in the pool. Only a couple leaders decided they wanted to too, those of which were men. The water was too cold, and the sun was not hot enough! One thing that was a bummer about camp was the lack of pretty flowers that we had in December. Though, in addition there weren't nearly as many ants or ant hills!!
Saturday night we played this terrible game called Monge. It was terrible because it literally had every single girl at camp crying! IT WAS AWFUL! And it seemed like nothing would get those kids to stop. We were walking back to our cabins, trying to consol the girls, and when we make it to the door Leticia decided to turn around and scream/scare the girls again....and the balling started all over again! I left her. Totally turned around and walked out, haha. But when I walked back down to check on Tati (cause she had been crying, which I later found out was all just a joke! She put water in her eyes to make it look like the game made her cry too... PUNK!) and just by knocking on the door all of her girls were crying hysterically. It was just crazy!
The next day I had a chance to spend some time with Tati. Last week was a little rocky. Struggling with the language barrier, with trying to be self-reliant, with trying to figure out the culture difference in relationships with the people down here, and realized that I wasn't relying on my God, but rather myself. This realization was really good, but I needed to actually talk about it, form my support, my accountability, and allow those who are here to support me to know what it is I am facing. Doing this was seriously so good for me. I cried, was about time I got a really good cry in, talked things through, and was lifted up with the encouragement and understanding that was passed onto me.
We left camp around 2 o'clock, making the wild adventure back with our rambunctious bus full of kids. I was ready to go take a hot shower and put some clean clothes on.
{Me with Alaine, Lucas and some of the wild kids}
Church that night was really good, as both Italia (one of the RM leaders) and Pastor Antonio shared
5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings,because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wraththrough him! 10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
SUCH GOOD SCRIPTURE!!!!!
It really encourages me when I wonder, "why? why this? why now? why me?"
*****So when you are asking the same things, please, read this verse. Soak it up. Let Our God melt your heart, breaking off frustration, pain-new and old, and allow Him to heal you with his Hope.
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| Cleaned up and ready for church! |
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| Out at pizza, just enjoying some limes! |
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| I think pizza after church every Sunday will just be tradition (: |
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