July 21st
Waking up and feeling like your batteries are low is no fun. Especially when you know you have to facilitate and organize more than 50 kids in your group all day long. That was the way I was feeling at 6am this morning when the first alarm went off in our room. Usually, seven hours is more than enough sleep for me, but not really having recovered from the previous week (seven hours of sleep over the past two days) was starting to break me down. Awake with an hour before breakfast, I decided to run down the jungle road again for about 10 kilometers in an effort to get back into better shape. It was a much needed time where I could let my mind run wild and where I could be alone for a while.
Coming back to camp was like coming back to organized chaos. Don’t take that negatively though, because good things are certainly happening this week. However, it’s certainly a change in gears for all of us because our camp is so overcrowded and many of the children don’t come from Christian backgrounds. They’re a lot wilder than the kids from the mountains. Anyhow, camp went on as planned…or as close to it as possible. This morning, we had an excellent group in basketball for two hours, but the next group was anything but attentive. It was like pulling teeth almost just to get them to stay in a line. Finally, a little discouraged, I said, “Queremos jugar? (what do we want to play)” Of course their awesome was, ‘Futbol!’ and futbol we played for the remaining hour and fifteen minutes of the time. I even tried to help them organize a game until I got a muddy soccer ball planted on my backside.
Hot, sweaty, and tired, I sat down on a rock and watched the kids go at each other in futbol. I almost wanted to give up at that moment, but I had to remind myself why I’m here. Nothing is perfect, especially when hosting a Bible school in a foreign country, but you have to keep in mind the reason why you’re doing what you’re doing…to show these kids Christ in a personal way.
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