I don't even know where to start or how to structure this post. So much has happened in the past week, but it might take me a minute to get started here...
I guess I'll start with the good news: Grandma went to the doctor today and the pressure behind her eyes has gone down! We've been praying so hard at camp for this ,and I can't wait to tell the kids that God truly and very obviously answered our prayers. I can't imagine how relieved Grandma is. She was so worried and was crying about it at chapel this morning.
Speaking of chapel, I had to lead it again this morning. I've discovered I'm just really not good at speaking to little people, and talking to college students comes much easier to me. I'm not really sure why Theo keeps putting me in charge of it. Maybe he just really doesn't want to do it. I don't know. I really don't want to do it again. My kids did their skit though, and that was...well... they came up with it themselves... so ... creative... but not. I was proud of them anyhow.
For some reason, today my class exploded. I've had very few kids the past couple weeks, and then today Jaden, Jamaal, and two new girls, Nia and Nikita, came, plus all of the regulars minus Landon. Music class was a little hectic because of that. Also, I made them sing a Justin Bieber song to warm up, which a few of them hated, but mostly they just got really wound up. They are doing the song "Change" by Taylor Swift for chapel next Thursday, so that's what we'll be working on from here on out. The learned most of it today, and we called my old roomie back home, Kristin , so that they could sing it to her. She LOVED it , and they thought it was cool to make someone's day.
Tomorrow, we are supposed to be doing our last "Pay it Forward" project, which is cleaning up that vacant lot. It got rained out today, but hopefully we'll have better luck tomorrow. I'm a little concerned about what we may find when we clean it up. I'm praying for no drug paraphenalia.
Well, shoot. As always, I have so much more to say, but I haven't taken the time to shower in a couple days,and that HAS TO HAPPEN before I go to bed. I'll try to write again tomorrow and talk more about the interns and things that happen outside of camp as well. Our days here are long, and it's always hard for me to include even the big thing that happen.
Love and peace,
LH
P.S. - I'm not sure if I've attached this link before, but if you scroll down, there should be a video of the 7th and 8th graders singing last week, as well as a bit about the interns.
http://spencerperkinscenter.org/v1/
