As you may figure out in the next few sentences, this isn't Ken writing to you! This is Stacey...Ken wanted to eat breakfast and I wanted to blog so I think this new system is a win-win for everyone! Sorry that we might have left you hanging without a blog again last night, the internet was down again but we are up and running this morning.
For those of you that aren't familiar with the daily schedule of camp here is a little run-down for you. Every morning we wake up for devotionals at 7:15 (SO early for a college kid!). These are generally just our American team and the Czech Christian team but as the week goes on a few more our our students wake up with the sun to see what exactly we are doing. After devotionals we have breakfast (ranging from anything from toast with fish paste, that was today, to jelly filled donuts or hotdogs on toast). At 9 am we start English lessons that go on until 12:30 when we have lunch. After lunch is free time and then usually an afternoon game. Today is "American game day" so I think we will be introducing the Czechs to the great American pastime of Ultimate Frisbee. At 6 we have dinner then 7:30 is our evening meeting. This year we are studying Hero's and have been visited by Jan Hus, Mother Teresa, and Elizabeth Elliot. After our meeting we have discussions with our classrooms and then get to hang out before we all go to bed.
Now that you know our schedule here is a short versions of what has been happening over the past few days! (I won't give you all the awesome details because I could go on blogging forever and you probably want to hear them in person from your loved one when we get home in A WEEK!)
Sunday we played our annual afternoon game. Generally the Czech team makes this up and lets just say it is always an...interesting experience. This year we played Labyrinth of the Heart, Paradise of the Mind (or something to that regard) and everyone had a chance to pick their own life stories and then got to see how fate intervened. Just to give you a little taste Craig ended up as a widow (he was married to Anna, the picture perfect wife who sadly died at 45), alcoholic, diabetic, doctor and single father of a stolen baby. Tommy on the other hand was an international football star who dropped out of high school, became a gambling addict, then became a day laborer, married a non-English speaking girl who made him get his GED then day labored some more and at the end of their lives they debated going to university or gambling. The gambling won out and sadly on the casino boat, they died in a crash at the ripe age of 75. Good times for all.
Monday's highlight was the hike that we took. Would have been FANTASTIC if it hadn't been raining all day. It was actually a great time for most, minus the small group that got a bit lost on the path. Luckily Anna left a goldfish trail and they were able to find their way safely back home. This is not a joke, it really happened. Usually you can see Poland from the trail but because of the rain and fog we weren't able to. Oh well, there's always next year! The hike proved to be a great bonding opportunity for us and the Czechs and I think I can say for the group we are coming to love everyone that we are interacting with and will be sad in a couple days. We also had a campfire where we got to roast sausages and sung some awesome campfire songs with Becky on guitar with guest performances from Mike and Ken.
Yesterday was the infamous night game. This year it was kind of Amazing Race style with teams having to venture into the forest and do different tasks to get new clues. Anna and I wore glow in the dark gangster hats and it was a successful evening for all. Niko says that it was a good time except for his minor spill in a river in the dark. Czech games...always interesting to say the least. Yesterday was also filled with Just Dance 2 matches and games galore. Everyone had a great day.
I have to get to class now because my students are probably waiting for me! We will try to keep you updated on our lives for the next week. Thanks for the prayers and thoughts, they are always appreciated!
~Stacey
P.S. Sorry for any spelling or grammatical errors, as my mother knows, neither are my strong suit and I didn't have time to proof read!
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