The days of last week were a nightmare I could not wait to forget. The kids were terrible, and we were ghastly understaffed, unprepared, and overwhelmed. With all that being said this last weekend was every bit as good as the week was bad. If you scroll down to the pictures below you will see what I mean in regards to the fun.
Friday: Camp talent show, which was incredibly fun, interesting, and awkward. It was just another typical Chinese talent show. After the sun went down, some of the staff went up with other volunteers to the camp hill/mtn (Its more like Lutsen less like Breckenridge). It was such a blast riding to the top standing in the back of the camp truck holding onto the roll bar singing "Hotel California" with Nike my translator. The sentence sounds ridiculous to say aloud but that's China for ya. At the top we had a lovely bonfire under a full moon. Temp: 85F so it was nice and warm that night.
Saturday: We had the campers clean up the camp and then sent them home after breakfast. The rest of the day I was able to hang out with other volunteers and simply unwind from 12 days of literal Hell. 300 of the worst kids you've ever seen, most of them are the children of government workers so they the top of society out here in Inner Mongolia. That night we had Mongolia lamb which they slaughtered right before grilling. I'm pretty sure I will never have meat so fresh again. It was wonderful though. During dinner we sat down and watched cultural performances which were a joy to witness. Late that night, the crew stayed up and watched Legends of the Fall while following the Korean World Cup game on another laptop.
Sunday: Played ping pong with Jennifer and learned how to really play. I was foolish to play against a Chinese person. The boys and I figured out the schedule for the next week's camp. We really run things around here without the formal title. A new session of kids started at 4pm. This time we only have 50 kids. Sunday night the crew came up with a slapstick skit reviewing the camps rules. It was a wonderfully hilarious mix of English and Chinese also known as Chinglish. The group of campers is the polar opposite of last week, this was a HUGE answer to prayer considering the rest of my team is/has getting sick or losing their voice.
Quotes for the week
M 6-21 Just call me the Cilantro thief
T 6-22 Finding fellowship abroad
W 6-23 Today's word is Hypothermia. My translators wanted to know what it was called when you get to cold from rafting and your body can't warm itself up.
T 6-24 I tried flavored watermelon seeds. Delicious.
F 6-25 Talent show and Bonfire
S 6-26 Lambchop was killed out back, then grilled for your enjoyment! How does that make you feel? Great!
S 6-27 Comedy Sports meets China
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