first day of camp.

The mission team that is leading this week's Native Youth Camp is from Oklahoma. They got to Anchorage last Thursday and have been at First Native for a few days until coming here last night. They brought a few kids with them that didn't have another way to get here. We all introduced ourselves and went over some rules then just had a rather chill night. Me, Rebecca, Will, and Thomas went out to the ballfield and played some horse, then volleyball, and then softball. I ran back to our cabin before softball to grab something & one of the native girls was playing on the swingset outside our cabin. I said hey to her and asked her if she was having fun and she said no. So i asked her if she wanted to play softball with us and she said she would love to. So i told her that we were about to play over at the field if she wanted to head over there and i would be there right after, but she said she'd wait on me to go over there. so we went over there and we taught her the basics cause she had never played before & it was a lot of fun. then she started telling us all of these jokes she knew, which i used to tell jokes all the time when i was a kid, so it was fun hearing them. one time she hit the ball well and i told her that she rocked and her face just got eaten up by her smile and she said in the sweetest way "thank you Robyn" - that's probably gonna be my favorite moment of this entire summer.

today was our first real camp day. it was long and busy but good. this morning we got to the dining hall at 7:30am and did our jobs that we're assigned for breakfast. afterwards we cleaned the bathhouses and started on some weedeating. then we went back to the dining hall to do our jobs for lunch and ate lunch. after lunch we did some more weedeating and then got a shower and went back to the dining hall to do our jobs for dinner. one of my jobs was to serve drinks and Elizabeth helped me with it. she's lived here for 5 years so she knows how to do most everything and it was fun to just have that time to talk with her a little more. after dinner we cleaned the bathhouses again and they had their first night worship service. it was a lot of introductory stuff and playing games to meet people that we hadn't met yet. it was interesting and fun. afterwards kids were just playing out on the field so i was heading over there & Alyssa was outside my cabin again so she came over and played soccer with me, Thomas, Will, James, & Hannah. it was good having that time to hang out with Alyssa again since during the day i'm busy doing jobs & stuff. i hadn't seen too much of Hannah and James last week because they were catching a break in between school and camps starting, but i love them! when rec time was over and they had to go back to their cabins Alyssa was so cute when she said goodnight! i hope i get to spend more time with her over the week, she's such a sweet girl!