Winding Down

So about two weeks have passed since I wrote last which is way better than basically going over a month of not posting at all. So here goes for the last two weeks...

Last week I didn't have a cabin so that meant I had a little more "free time" or "relaxation time." Which didn't really mean anything because I was still so busy the entire day. I did the campfire devotion/message for the kids the first night because it was one that I had done before and I figured since I already had something I would go ahead and do it again. Sports camp was one of the specialty camps this week and so I helped with that again like I did last year. We had 25 campers in it this year and I worked with Jordan and Wes. We liked to have them do a lot of different drills before they played the sport. The sports that we did were: Soccer, Basketball, Kickball and Ultimate Frisbee. It was a pretty hot week and so we had to make sure that we were drinking plenty of water. The kids seemed to be having a pretty good time most of the time except of course there were some complaints about the heat, but there wasn't really anything we could do about that.

Last weekend was our last full weekend together without work and so we decided like a month ago that we were going to go to the zoo on Saturday. Almost all of the staff went, but we broke up into smaller groups. I enjoyed the Zoo a lot because it is something that I just really enjoy going and doing even if I have seen it and been there multiple times.

Jellyfish

So Sunday started the first day of the last week. This week I was blessed to have a wonderful cabin of 5 girls where there were 3 that knew each other well and the other 2 knew each other pretty well and together they all blended awesomely. I did the first night campfire devotion/message again because like I said before I had one already made so I figured it wouldn't be a problem to do it again. This week the specialty camp that I helped with was Bike camp. The other counselor that I got to work with was Ethan and that was really fun because I hadn't really done much of anything with him and it was just a good hilarious time. We had 8 campers that we got to hang out with and go biking around with. We went over rules the first day and rode around a little bit at one of the flatter grounds here at camp on the first day. The second day we went to the sports courts and had them do some really good cone drills with turning and just ride around a little there. On the third day we got to go to town and on a bike trail that we rode on last year. The trials we took totaled up to about 6.5 miles and that was crazy awesome! On the last day that we rode bikes we went on some trails around camp and that was really fun. Ethan took the lead and we went to parts of the forest that I never even knew existed, but it could also be because some of them were pretty crazy and really hard to walk let alone try to ride a bike on. I really had a blast though after we got through it all. Then after campers left today we did some cleaning and then had time to hang out.

It's hard to see that reality is becoming that camp is over and I will be going home one of the next couple days. In the time that I am home before I leave for school I will be pretty busy, but I am really looking forward to the time that I just get to sit and relax and sleep and also seeing my family since it has been a long time since I have seen them. The reality of leaving is so weird because I have been here for almost 70 days. With that though I will end this post. In the near future I will get back to my other blog and finish up the post about my time in Texas and what I did there and also just some finishing thoughts that I have had about this summer.

God Bless,
Justina Marie