How It Went

So Thunder Bay... was amazing! I'll try mention the important things.

The drive up was 17 hours and took two days. The first day I met the people who work there. There's one couple there that we met. The man was really black and his wife was white. They have four children so it's interesting to see the mix. All of them are cool people. I also met a family that God had called to Thunder Bay from Switzerland. They are a beautiful family and they have three gorgeous daughters. The oldest was five and the youngest was only a month old. Love them all.

So I went up to this place with people I don't live in town with so there was even quite a bit of getting to know people within the group I went with. But the 17 hour drive was good for that.

The first day we got there the team went to see the Terry Fox monument and the sleeping giant on lake Superior. I was really more interested in the lake than the monument, which we had come to see.

I mostly worked in the kitchen. Quite honestly, that is pretty much the last place I would choose to work. But no complaints here. No place better for me at least to learn how to be a servant more. The job never really ends, if they need help in the kitchen you gotta be there. The biggest downfall to this I think was seeing the other staff doing devos together in the morning and probably talking about the things they had seen in the campers too. Meanwhile, I would be making coffee or cutting watermelon or something. But there were a couple times when we finished prep for breakfast early enough to join them for the prayer.

The thing I liked most about working in the kitchen getting to know the other three girls in the kitchen. One day a friend of mine told her whole life story and even told us things her mom doesn't even know. I didn't really get to know the cook much more than anyone else at camp but he was good to work with. And serving the kids food is always fun, making sound effects and talking in different voices while wearing my bright yellow sweater and also possibly funky sunglasses.

One of the best parts about camp for me each day was the small groups. Each day in the morning, staff would get to break off into small groups and spend time indiviually with one or two kids. The same kids everyday and we developped relationships that way. They were the ones I got closest to.

Um this is really getting long and I don't have that much more time. Chapel was great everyday. The people who did the music, the skits and the messages were great for what they did. And the kids loved it. It was like their favourite time of day.

Testimonies were shared at the campfires each day. Man, there's just so much else that happened.

We did the whole ride back without stopping to sleep. In my van, I got to talk to with some of the girls pretty in depth about stuff when some other people were sleeping. It was priceless, the kind of stuff that never comes up in casual conversations.

It was just an awesome, awesome trip! In general, the best part was building relationships both with campers and with the people on my team. It was really cool.