Camp Del Oro Music Camp
My week has FINALLY come to an end, ha! 10 straight days at Music Camp in the Del Oro Division, which they call 'the west'. Why do i get the feeling i'm in the Greater West??? Ha! It honestly felt like a divisional music camp!
But i have to say that it was the most testing camp in terms of how long i can go without a break but that it was also the biggest highlight of my time over here thusfar!
I co-counselled with Latisa for the camp which meant we had 7 girls between us to watch out for over the ten days. All extremely beautiful girls on the inside and out!
However Letti's cabin is the top most point at Camp Del Oro which meant trekking up there at least 3 times a day, if not more! It was until camp was half over that we realised we didn't need to go up there all the time and we just got the girls to drop their stuff in the lockers near the pool, still a bit of a trek, but sooooo much better than getting to our cabin.
Seriously, this camp puts Collaroy steps to shame! But as hectic as it is, i am no more fitter! Gahh....
Anyway, our girls were amazing! A bit of whining and complaining particularly when we went up hills but overall and on a whole they were so wonderful!
My week consisted of mostly hanging out with them but during ministry major i had the opportunity to help out with intermediate band and the kid i sat with grew so much in his playing as the camp progressed, such an exciting thing to watch!
In the afternoons i had lake watch in their freetime which just meant me looking out for the kids as they swam, it was a great time to hang out and get to know one of my other co-counsellors, Chelsea - she's amazing!
After dinner every night i had the privilege of joining in the staff band which was fun! We even played El Es Senor - a piece of music I've played in SYB.
Then we had the evening activities which were a lot of fun. One of them was where counsellors were given a piece of music and had to sing it while the cabin were back-up dancers! We had a paramore song that i didn't know but i still dressed the part and danced like a mad-woman when it came down to it! Some others were Ghostbusters and Mission Impossible, scavenger type games - not my favourite but i'm sure the campers had fun - i hope
Then we also had our Counsellor campfire where we put the night together, again alot of fun! Amy and i, because we were foreign teen counsellors, hosted the evening as crazy as we were! And the theme of the campfire was Reality TV so each cabin hosted their own shows ie. Deal or no deal, camp idol, are you smarter than a program staff, cabin feud, Don't forget the lyrics, who's line is it anyway - etc.....lots of fun, lots of 'techinal difficulties' ha!!
The last activity we held was Academy Awards where all the counsellors were presented goofy awards. Letti and i were presented last with 'counsellor of the week'! And to top it off, during the week the cabins all competed to win cabin points for various tasks. Our cabin won that as well!!! Wow, so therefore we were officially the best cabin of the week/at camp! WOOOOT!!!!
And as if the week couldn't get any better, on our last night, one of our girls shared what God had done in her life over the week and the Holy Spirit moved in the most powerful way amongst our girls! Being able to pray with them and love and hold them when they cried was so amazing, it was that night that i realised why i had come to camp, what God was going to do, how he could use me - i couldn't have had a better week!
So it's ended now and i'm happy to have had a break (sunsplash/waterslide park today! was TUBULAR haha literally!) but we're back at it tomorrow for just 3 more weeks - time has flown by so fast and soon i'll be back home again, not sure that's where i want to be either! Leaving that in God's hands!
See y'all soon!
Alisha xoxo
But i have to say that it was the most testing camp in terms of how long i can go without a break but that it was also the biggest highlight of my time over here thusfar!
I co-counselled with Latisa for the camp which meant we had 7 girls between us to watch out for over the ten days. All extremely beautiful girls on the inside and out!
However Letti's cabin is the top most point at Camp Del Oro which meant trekking up there at least 3 times a day, if not more! It was until camp was half over that we realised we didn't need to go up there all the time and we just got the girls to drop their stuff in the lockers near the pool, still a bit of a trek, but sooooo much better than getting to our cabin.
Seriously, this camp puts Collaroy steps to shame! But as hectic as it is, i am no more fitter! Gahh....
Anyway, our girls were amazing! A bit of whining and complaining particularly when we went up hills but overall and on a whole they were so wonderful!
My week consisted of mostly hanging out with them but during ministry major i had the opportunity to help out with intermediate band and the kid i sat with grew so much in his playing as the camp progressed, such an exciting thing to watch!
In the afternoons i had lake watch in their freetime which just meant me looking out for the kids as they swam, it was a great time to hang out and get to know one of my other co-counsellors, Chelsea - she's amazing!
After dinner every night i had the privilege of joining in the staff band which was fun! We even played El Es Senor - a piece of music I've played in SYB.
Then we had the evening activities which were a lot of fun. One of them was where counsellors were given a piece of music and had to sing it while the cabin were back-up dancers! We had a paramore song that i didn't know but i still dressed the part and danced like a mad-woman when it came down to it! Some others were Ghostbusters and Mission Impossible, scavenger type games - not my favourite but i'm sure the campers had fun - i hope
Then we also had our Counsellor campfire where we put the night together, again alot of fun! Amy and i, because we were foreign teen counsellors, hosted the evening as crazy as we were! And the theme of the campfire was Reality TV so each cabin hosted their own shows ie. Deal or no deal, camp idol, are you smarter than a program staff, cabin feud, Don't forget the lyrics, who's line is it anyway - etc.....lots of fun, lots of 'techinal difficulties' ha!!
The last activity we held was Academy Awards where all the counsellors were presented goofy awards. Letti and i were presented last with 'counsellor of the week'! And to top it off, during the week the cabins all competed to win cabin points for various tasks. Our cabin won that as well!!! Wow, so therefore we were officially the best cabin of the week/at camp! WOOOOT!!!!
And as if the week couldn't get any better, on our last night, one of our girls shared what God had done in her life over the week and the Holy Spirit moved in the most powerful way amongst our girls! Being able to pray with them and love and hold them when they cried was so amazing, it was that night that i realised why i had come to camp, what God was going to do, how he could use me - i couldn't have had a better week!
So it's ended now and i'm happy to have had a break (sunsplash/waterslide park today! was TUBULAR haha literally!) but we're back at it tomorrow for just 3 more weeks - time has flown by so fast and soon i'll be back home again, not sure that's where i want to be either! Leaving that in God's hands!
See y'all soon!
Alisha xoxo
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