New Week, New Kids

So the travels to St. Petersburg are over. And as much as I hate to admit it, I am sick. Allergies, congestion, nausea, if you think it I have it. But after acquiring some medicine I am getting back to full speed and raring to go!

We welcomed a whole new bunch of kids today and it was awesome! I have the church group from North Jacksonville (which makes me super happy seeing as I'm from a place close to there) and they're super sweet! . This new group of kids needs some love though. Speaking with adult leaders and other students some of them are going through a lot of things that they just need to see God working in.

Today after opening celebration we went to my bible study room, which is literally a ten minute hike from the auditorium. We arrived to only find that the air conditioner was not working. And in St. Petersburg at seven p.m. if the air conditioner is not working, neither is your brain. We created a game of using the name tags as fans which all the kids loved. After a quick session, we made the ten minute hike back to the auditorium for the party, and oh what a joy the party was. To start off the people working backstage need to be on the constant lookout for sticking any part of yourself in the middle of the screen, and well three out of the four people working the party forgot about that part of the job. Not only did we have some unscheduled appearances for the screen but we set up the last game, Fiesta Explosion, too early. Michael and I had already rolled out the Paca Pit and then Ben comes leaping up to the stage and pushes it back whispering that we had forgotten a game. So not only did we set everything up, but we had to tear it down and then set it up again in a matter of five minutes. After the party everything pretty much followed the schedule and that was a relief in and of itself.

So, now that the mishaps of the day were said, please be praying for my bible study group, track times, and all the churches that came to camp this week. I'll try to keep a little more up to date but that's about all I have for today!