Summer Camp 2013

Start with the "fun" moments from camp

-The time the door got jammed and Miravan cried cause she thought we would be stuck in the classroom forever.

-Name a country in South America!

Chipotle!!

-When Jeremiah made me memorize the birthdays of his entire family, including his extended family members.

-When I accidentally ate Miravan’s fruit snacks and she cried.

Where are my fruit snacks?

Ummm….I’m sorry Miravan they’re gone…

What?? Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. What happened to them?

Uhhh….don’t worry about it.

-When the kids discovered that I squeal when they poke my stomach fat…

-Yuri: you look like Belle

Me: From Beauty and the Beast?

Yuri: yeah cause you have big eyes like Belle

Me: oooh thank you ^_^ is that why you want me to wear heavy dark makeup on my eyes…

Yuri: yeah cause Belle is sooooo ugly

Me: -_____-;;

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To be honest I didn't really want to do summer camp at first. My dad just suggested it because I needed another job over the summer. However, I got like 10 more students? at the tutoring job that I worked at and suddenly my schedule was packed. For the month of July I would be leaving for camp at 7:45am and coming home some nights from tutoring at 10:00pm. 

So ofcourse I was like safjslakfjalkfjwalkj!! what did I get myself into!! but God really answered my prayers that everything would work out. it took alot of faith cause literally the first week of camp, I got the stomach flu again and thought I was going to die. but during those moments I trusted God and gave thanks (I have learned to do the opposite of what the Israelites did in the wilderness) 

the next three weeks flew by and I was having so much fun. not only that. I only had 2 kids in my classroom! when I was supposed to have like 6. and my 2 kids were angels. we were in our class listening to classical music and reading books while the kids in the other class next door were screaming. and I was supposed to teach an art class but Karina took over. oh thank you Lord. He knows I would have died otherwise. 

To my surprise, summer camp also changed my mentality towards kids. Growing up I really liked working with kids and I couldn't wait to have kids. then recently I was like ummmmmmm maybe not. ehh kids are not that great and they are so much work and responsibility. and kinda annoying. and so on....

but after hanging out with the kids from summer camp. i realized that I sort of missed them. and my 1st graders were melting away the walls around my heart towards children. realistically kids are alot of work. but they're also worth it. something about them....ahaha I feel like Gru from Despicable Me. 

Just want to end with a story from the last day of camp.
sometimes I do this thing with kids where I imagine what they'll be like when they grow up. and some of the kids i'm like uhhhhh I hope they turn out okay. so on the last day I wanted to bless my students. I took Jeremiah and Miravan aside separately and prayed for each of them. 

Jeremiah in the bible is considered to be the weeping prophet. so I prayed that he would always be filled with joy. he also is so much smarter than the other kids (he's four and he know's how to solve square roots) so I prayed that he would have mercy on others and not look down upon them. and etc...

Afterwards Jeremiah gave me a big smile and he was quite nice to me...he even shared his Doritos with me later. which is a big deal for him. 

Then I prayed for Miravan. background story: the first day of camp Miravan tells me that her dad died. pretty intense. but this girl is always smiling and is so sweet. so I prayed that she would be the sunshine of this world and she would melt even the coldest hearts. that she would have compassion on others and bring healing to them. and after I prayed for her I opened my eyes and saw that she had tears in her eyes? I didn't want to embarrass her so I didn't say anything. but then later she told me that while I was praying for her, she cried tears of joy. 

I was like what the heck.. I really didn't even expect the kids to understand haha cause they did not seem to pay attention at all during bible study. but it's amazing how God can touch their hearts at such a young age. 

God never ceases to amaze me.