Sunday Night- Sunday night was when we had our staff meeting/devotion/worship time together. I really enjoy Sunday nights and just worshiping with our staff alone. I definitely can worship anyway I please, and feel like nobody is going to judge me. Isn't every church supposed to be that way? That's another conversation. Anyways Josh (Krista's husband) gave the devotion. I really like Josh, and the devotion was awesome. We talked about how if we depend on our flesh, and not on the Spirit than we are going to fail. If you think we are so tired and there is no way to go on, we are depending on the flesh and not the Spirit. It was really awesome, and it was fresh on my mind all week which I think truly helped me during the week with getting frustrated/tired.
Monday- Mondays always seem to come super early, and it's when we have red beans & rice for lunch so I'm already not excited. Monday we also met our MissionLab for the week for the first time. We had 6 girls and 1 adult. I quickly figured out this was way too many for our group. I had 25-26 kids everyday, and with my missionlab I definitely felt overwhelmed because of all of the people. It didn't help that these were the worst MissionLab I've ever had thus far. They were AWFUL. Monday for crafts we were decorating some glasses, and the MissionLab brought glitter and stuff for them which was totally fine. We had used glitter before and it went very smoothly. Not today. Don't misunderstand me. My kids were fine, and mature with the glitter. MissionLab were not. They started putting it in their hair, and then they put some on the floor and rolled in it. Literally rolled around in glitter. These girls are 15-17 years old, and the adult thinks it's funny. I wanted to scream. I don't have the authority to get on to them but I wanted to slap all of them in the face. I decided to let it go though, and just vent at dinner and pray they are better tomorrow. We went to dinner at the Cafeteria with all of the MissionLab campers/staff. We sat with some of the staff and were telling them about our day. They had already saw all of the glitter in the room because we swept and some of it would not come up so they were furious at MissionLab and had a talk with that group's leader. Monday I don't think we did anything but go to bed.
Tuesday- MissionLab still is bad. They never shut-up. They are more immature than my kids, and they are not having the best influence on my kids. They should go away. We have been talking about David this week and the kids really like David so this is good. They keep asking questions and stuff when they are paying attention and the mission lab girls aren't talking. Tuesday I don't think we did anything either. Oh! I went to go try to buy a new battery. No luck. I got Subway for dinner though. :)
Wednesday- Becca's birthday! I love Becca. She is so funny! Seriously, hilarious! I am so happy I got to meet her. Camp went by super fast today because I think I was so excited about going out for Becca's birthday. We went to Houston's and it was so awesome! I got seared tuna steak. AMAZING. It was pricey, but we knew that going there and I allowed myself to splurge a little. Also they had the best spinach and artichoke dip I have ever tasted. It was so creamy and wonderful. We then surprised Becca with a cookie cake. Yummy.
Thursday- LAST DAY OF MISSIONLAB! Our group is leaving a day early, thank God, and so today is the last day. I have never been more happy in my life. They are still loud, obnoxious, and rude. Dislike them so much. I had a lot of problem with my kids today to, more than normal. I had 2 girls start crying because one girl was being mean. It's always one girl, and it's always the same one. I just sent her to the office cause I was sick of her attitude and the way she treats others. Stupid. Anyways other than stuff like that everything was fine and then that night I was supposed to get a new battery but Josh forgot and I fell asleep. Oops.
Friday- Always the best days by far. My kids were so awesome today it was amazing. I have never seen my kids act this good. Ever. It was a blessing from God. We had a massive game of dodgeball which we do every Friday. LOVE. IT. This morning though Tristan, my adorable asian little boy, was dropped off and his mom talked to Krista, the director, for a little bit. Apparently he has been getting pick on by a girl named Danielle, same girl I sent to the office yesterday. This makes me want to take Danielle and just hit her a couple good times because Tristan is so sweet and good and awesome and wonderful and not just because he is asian. UGH. So we had a talk with the whole class about it, without saying names or anything. Other than that today was fine. One of the boys in my class, Jonathan, sang in the talent show because we have one every Friday. He played guitar, and sang How He Loves by DCB. I was so proud. Blue team even won best cheer! WOO-HOO! That means that in the first 3 weeks of camp we have dominated, and won everything you could possibly win. We won spirit stick, best cheer, and super counselor. We rock. Friday night we went shopping at the mall/target and I totally bought a long elephant necklace, and a romper that doesn't make me look 3 feet tall. We then went and at Voodoo BBQ which I honestly didn't have high hopes of, but I was very wrong. It was very very very good. I loved it, and it was on the cheaper side.
Saturday- We got up and went to go find Becca some Toms. We went to the quarter because there is a store that sales them, but they were closed so we went to the french market for a little bit. We go snowballs which were amazing, but made me remember the summer snow in Tuscaloosa doesn't exist anymore. :( I also bought a pair of awesome aviators for $5!!! We then went to a Journeys that took forever to find, but we did and it was totally worth it. It was in a mall we hadn't been to, and as soon as we walk in I see a glorious thing...OLD NAVY. I have missed my old navy so I had to go in and buy a new cardigan for my romper I bought yesterday. I also am buying a new pair of Toms from Journey's in 2 weeks. They were the most awesome pair, and they will be mine. After that we went and got a battery for my car, and my car works again! :) We also went and got Rally's for lunch which is pretty much Checker's but I've never had that before so it was awesome and I kind of love it. Tonight we are going out for one of MissionLab's staff, Jeremy. His parents are actually paying for everyone's and they aren't even going to be there. That's crazy. I am wearing my new romper outfit! :)
Let me share some photos!
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| Korbin and Nathan |
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| Some of my best kids. Darren, Monster, Tyler, Maxxi, and Maya |
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| Jess, Cody (MissionLab), and Blake (MissionLab) |
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| Mission Lab Staff Andy singing after we set up 500+ chairs |
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| Assistant director, Jason and his wife Suzanne |
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| Co-Counselor, Ms. Bri |
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| Roommate, and neighbors! |
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| MissionLab and Camp NOLA Kidz out for Becca's birthday. |
Oh and I forgot! Wednesday I got to talk about David and Jonathan and how they were best friends. In the curriculum I was told to talk about my best friend and what makes them special so I got to talk about Bethany. All of my kids thought it was cool she was in Scotland for a month! I also told them that she was coming to visit when she got back!
Also let's talk about stupidity at the camp. Ethan, who is the son of a woman that works at the preschool and is bipolar, goes to this camp. He has some major freak outs sometimes, and he is told to go to the office and cool down by playing or coloring. The problem is that he is very violent and kicks other kids, hits them, and the same with staff members. This has happened on multiple days! I will be the first to sympathize with somebody who has an exceptionality, but exceptionality or not Ethan knows what he is doing is wrong. He is 8 years old, and tells us what he did that was wrong so therefore there needs to start being consequences for his actions which NEVER happen. One day he slapped a camper in the face, and the grandmother of the child, the child was a little girl, came up to complain. The grandmother knew Ethan had done things like this to other kids/adults. The grandmother came to complain to Krista with the handbook showing Krista where Ethan was supposed to be suspended by now because of his actions. If you hit a camper or staff member 2 times you are suspended. One kid really did get suspended this week and he hit a staff member, and bit somebody so he got suspended. Ethan doesn't. Krista wants to suspend him, but she isn't allowed to because her boss, Dr. Stringer, says "Ethan is like family." She won't let Krista do anything. If Krista has a problem with Ethan she is to call Dr. Stringer. MESSED UP SYSTEM. Till next time...
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