camp akita

So I haven't updated in a while so here it goes.

I decided to work at a summer camp in ILlinois so I drove from Whittier, CA all the way to Gilson, Il. It was fun, thanks Ryan for the fun trip.

I made my way to camp with my college roomie, Angela, and we got there super late. This is because when you put two very white washed latina chicks together you get super late spanish time. Don't ask me why this is so it just happens.

Two of my cousins from Philadelphia are working here too so it makes for a fun family reunion.

After teh week of staff training we started with Family Camp/Camp MEeting. It was pretty chill. I'm a life guard so I spent my day at the waterfront. We have a pond and a small lake that we do tubing on.

Wednesday night though brought an intense storm though that knocked out the power and water for camp as well as most of Peoria (one of the bigger cities close by to camp). IT was ROUGH! THe night of the storm it woke up all the girls and the lodge that we were staying in was lit up with constant lightening. I felt like i was in an Alfred Hitchcock movie and was waiting for someone to come kill us. However no one died just most of the trees were hit and fell down. The Lord is good though because no one was hurt and everyone was safe.

The lack of power and water didn't stop from the campers from being here though and we finally had to throw everyone out Friday at noon.

The staff was pretty stressed to and we hadnn't had showers for a while so the camp leadership decided to take us to fun city, a water park in Iowa. ON our way to Fun City there was huge tornadoes so we had to turn back to camp. It was frustrating and scary because the weather was intense, but we were all safe. A very wealthy God fearing family invited the camp staff to there house and we were able to stay with them adn shower. I've honestly never have been in such a big house in my life. It was huge!!!

we showered slept and ate. ITw as good adn then we made our way back to camp finished a relaxing Sabbath and then when the sun was down we cleaned. We cleaned until very late and we woke up super early to clean more. Our efforts were rewarded when we were able to have cub campers.

The Lord blessed us and so far it has been very interesting.