Coyote was nice enough to take a few counselors into Salem yesterday to experience like, private showers, and eating out, and video games. It's a nice break, and I'm going shopping with Mango and Rice this afternoon. Turns out I need a watch after all, too bad Spiderman watches don't have alarms.
If you've been following along, you know that all last week was lots of TRAINING and guest speakers. I don't think I have learned so much, information and about the lives of others and myself, in one week. My favorite aspect by far were the speakers that came in. What I loved about each of them is that they were each close friends with Grasshopper and Muskrat, they weren't well-researched guest speakers that so often bore me to tears. They were deeply faithful and loving people, all with amazing attitudes. The two speakers that touched me the most were Mark and Barb. One of their sons had been a camper at UBC since he was twelve, his first time away from home. They reminded me so much of my own grandparents and uncle, and many of their stories I smiled at because they sounded so much like Uncle Mark's own stories. They talked of their struggles and their blessings through their son; the father spoke of when their son was born (around Christmas time) and how the sermon at church was about baby Jesus and how tiny he was but how much impact he would bring, the whole time tearing up. Of course, I cried my eyes out. It was in that moment I realized one of the reasons why I look up to my own grandparents so much is because of the amount of love they showed Mark (and uh, everyone); it's incredible. That same love those two parents that came to speak shook me.
Last week I taught my first class, a campfire-making class of all things. I know it went well because we successfully started a fire; here's to hoping my teaching career in the future can be as successful.
Along with this, watching the movie, "The Woman Who Willed a Miracle", a film about a man who was a musical savant, it made me really excited about my future career in music and helping others. I was reminded of how powerful music is.
Campers get here Wednesday and I'm so excited!!! Tomorrow we're tying up lose ends for camp preparation. I'm hoping the weather continues being as beautiful as it has been the past few days, it's been like, a week without rain, crazy!
Have a good camp!
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