So here I am again...just after 4 days I'm back again! It's been a whirlwind time here and I can't believe how much has past since. (It's actually incredible that I remember what day that we're on!) We've gone from learning the about the different directors and what their role is over to becoming certified belayers! I've been keeping very busy and thankfully it's been so much fun!
I've had the greatest time getting to know my fellow Kaleo-ers and it's been the coolest thing figuring out who each of them are and how we're similar and so completely different. Just being in this environment-one where we all have the same beliefs is just so encouraging. Being able to talk to so many people on the same level about our faith is new for me, but it's something that I'm interested to learn from.
We've spent almost 3/4's of our time in orientation, learning more about our school and it's mission and the different people involved in camp and in school. I haven't minded in the least getting to know the different people and all the staff- there are brazilians here and they are so much fun to hang with, they have so much energy and love to have a great time! There are so many parts to this place and it requires so many dedicated people to make it work.
I've also been linQed (linked) with a staff member as well, Laura who is the head chef here at Qwanoes is going to be my "mentor" for the next 8 months. I've figured that it's going to be a different relationship that I've ever had, but I'm praying really hard that we can learn to have a friendship that delves deeper and that I can learn from her and that she can learn from me. We've also been joined to a church. This is also going to challenge me in a very large way. It's a small little Baptist church with an average of 35 people - 5 in the youth group and 3 in the children's ministry and none in the nursery. I'm helping lead the youth and the children's ministry so it's definitely going to be an interesting time for me learning to adapt to that since I'm used to 20 two year olds in 1 sunday school class. It's definitely an older generation church, so I'll be learning a lot from the elders there. We did get a chance to meet the pastor of the church yesterday (i think it was yesterday!) and it was just so interesting because he brought his granddaughters with him. The older's name was Hannah and she actually remembered me from anvil days and the other one was Casey. Casey, I learned was brutally bullied in public and private schools so her parents pulled her out to homeschool her instead. But as I talked to her more, it became apparent to me that she has so many passions, and I was so excited to see that she opened up even more about herself in the little time that we talked. Even if I only have 5 kids in the youth group, I know that with the one on one time that we can invest so much in to their lives more than we could ever do in a larger setting. We can show them the love that God continuously shows to me and the couple other of Kaleo students that I'm working with.
Already I'm learning so many things, and I'm hoping that I can manage to take it with a humble spirit what God is choosing to give to me. I'm also really interested to see what my role is here at camp and how I fit in to this whole thing.
That's just a tidbit of what's been happening around here, and hopefully it'll be even more exciting and adventurous. In fact it just might be, Monday morning we're heading off to Mnt. Albert-Edwards for a 3 day hike....Wish me fun times and bonding time:)
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