It's been awhile, but i'll try to catch you up as much as possible!
camp Highland
- amazing, great group bonding
- first night we slept in sleeping bags, on a wood floor that had 3 walls. aka awful.second night we slept on the new turf field- awesome!
-we did a balancing thing, a tall wall thing that we had to get everybody over, and a ropes course, jump off a telephone pole, got pulled up really high and swung . we also climbed a rock wall, played an intense game of ultimate frisbee, and had the best camp food ever.
the interns
we are awesome
- we were told that we encourage each other more than any other group that came through camp highland
- the guys are hilarious and have some major bromance going on.
- the girls all get along and are so so funny
- zach and caitlin, our leaders, have a policy that we can't ask any questions about the future. it is like killing us.
haiti-
- the flight there was great.
-we had a packed car ride from the airport and it was hot!
-at the airport people were begging us for money and food and water, it was awful. we aren't allowed to give anything, not that i had anything at the time
- the hotel was the ritz carlton of Haiti- we even had flushing toilets and air conditioning!
-the food was amazing!
- we built 2 latrines which consisted of moving lots of concrete blocks and buckets of concrete
- we played with lots of adorable kids
- at the first place, the kids were at school and had nice uniforms
- the second place wasn't too close to a school and the kids that were with us were the ones that were too poor for school.
- a bunch of them wore a big shirt and no pants and something of the sort.
-we went through port- au- prince and saw the capital. it is awful. it is such a beautiful building that now has to be completely re-built.
- we also went to the national cathedral that was hit by the earthquake. it was beautiful and there were huge blocks of concrete on the floor that had steel cables holding them up that just snapped. they were so big and heavy that i they didn't budge when I tried to push it.
- at the church there was a man with a baby in his arms, and a woman with a baby too. they both begged for money or food for their babies. we are not allowed to give anything.
- the flight back was really long. security to leave haiti takes 3 pat downs and luggage screening.the flight from miami to atlanta was delayed like 3 hours. we went to bed at like 3:30 this morning.
- zack our leader is from haiti, and he seriously runs the place. he just went straight through customs and was talking to all the security people. we had police escorts because of him.
- we also happened to have U.N. guards at the hotel because some important people were staying at the hotel also.
rest of the week-
- we talked with Reggie Joiner today, look him up- he's a big deal.
- Jared Herd also talked to us for a bit- he's pretty cool too.
- we went to Northpoint church today- they started bigstuf
- and heading down to Panama city beach monday.
-camp starts on the 4th!
--- soooo confession. Shannon wrote this. Emily is tired. But she loves you all!