Wow. What a week. Bridgeton was awesome, but it really gives anyone who wants to blog about it a headache of a massive degree. It's almost like there's a freakin earthquake in my head, and the earthquake is made out of bits and pieces of the week and...
Forget it. Thinking about that makes my head hurt.
We were one of the last groups to show up at the site on Sunday. It might have partly been because we followed the camp director for our church and got lost along with him. Word to the wise: There's a BIG difference between "111 Northwest Ave" and "111 North West Ave." We followed the GPS' directions exactly, and where did we end up? In the parking lot of a Walmart. After that, we had to rely on our map and our weak navigating skills to get to where we were supposed to spend the week.
Upon arriving, and finally entering into our room, 14 boys fought their way in through the narrow door to secure a comfy spot in that tiny classroom we were assigned to. It would be the first of the many 85+ degrees nights we'd spend throughout the camp.
One other thing I'd like to mention about that first afternoon is that we discovered the most amazing Mountain Dew ever. It was the blue new flavor. We were so happy because it tasted so good, but by the fourth day of one blue Mountain Dew every day, we got bored of it. Bye the last day, it was, needless to say, tastless.
But the water was GREAT!
My crew consisted of 5 other people. There was Enoch Ling, Cody Owens, Jenna Steele, Michal Rentschler, (yes, she was a woman,) and Brianna... brianna. Interestingly enough, it wasn't unlike my crew from last year. Everyone was nice, and right off the bat I knew that this week would be quite awesome.
The fact that we were at Jesus camp might also have contributed to my assumption.
Originally our group was assigned a few tasks we should have gotten done by Thursday. Cleaning out gutters, painting a small room inside, and replacing the top of the deck seemed quite feasible.
It wasn't.
When we peeled away the top part of the dilapidated deck, we found that the wood underneath was so rotten, you could literally break the 2 by 6 in half just by gripping it extra tightly. (I know it sounds awesome, right?) So what did we end up doing? Assigning ourselves to the task of completely rebuilding the whole 13' by 10' deck in under a week. Demolition took one and a half days.
We were just about to "screw it" when Thursday came around, in which we arrived at the worksite and found the foundations and posts put neatly into place by the red shirt staff, otherwise known as the ones running the camp. That was a huge help, and we finished half the deck on that day alone. It was close, but when Friday came around, we all gave that extra push and finished the job. and quite a job it was.
I would have a picture right here, but hey. I didn't take a camera.
Poker played a big role in the guy's room. Since we were at a school, the gym was closed up, it was extremely hot outside, and there was no a/c, we sat in the room with a giant fan blowing full on us, everyone shirtless, playing poker. The room stunk after about two days, because with the mixture of the summer heat wave and ...cough... humidity in the room, even good circulation with the fans was fairly useless.
The guy's showers were fine, but I heard that the girl's showers were quite different. My counselor spoke about how it was just a little trickle, and made it impossible to get a good scrubbing down. Sorry girls. Looks like we one upped you. In terms of cleanliness, anyway. Actually screw that you guys... nevermind.
After service most of the nights, when it was considerably cooler, Kang, Kai and I would go outside and play a little game of Dead of Alive with the soccer ball. Now, I can't play soccer, but I can punt. And what we did was I would punt it, and the two would run after it. Whoever could get the ball back to me would win a point. It was a pretty fun game. Exhausting, but pretty fun.
Man I am really craving some smoked salmon right now. Anyone up for that?
Funny story about one of our nighttime activites before lights out. A couple of the guys and I went to go on an expedition into the dark woods behind the school. We were totally psyched about it until we saw the entrance. It loomed in front of us and to be honest, it was totally scary. No doubt about it. We would go twenty steps in, and then bail and run all the way back to where the floodlights were. We were terrified, I mean, it was 10 20 at night and we were out there alone in unknown territory.
So what did we do? We called for help.
We actually ended up calling out two of the girls to egg us on and make us feel like it was our duty to act tough in the woods. And well, it worked. But then one of the girls in our little expedition crew lost her phone...
............................................................... dang.
BACK INTO THE FOREST! It took us some time but we were finally able to find it. HORAY.
Wednesday was our off day. After getting back from the campsite right after 1, our youth group left for the beach. We went to Wildwood, and spent most of our time diving into waves. The boardwalk actually wasn't all that great, everything was too expensive, and it just all wasn't worth it.
Kang and I decided to go into the arcade to find some kind of shooting game, Time Crisis, anything. We ended up spending about 10 dollars sitting in a little box with guns shooting at a screen for around 20 minutes. Game was called "Let's Go Jungle!" or something gay like that. But it was just good fun.
Zach won a big Pokemon plush. It was a Piplup, as Kang told me. There was a big fight between the girls and the guys as to who were the real owners of what we now called "PP." The guys ended up trading two Mountain Dews for one night with it, and well, we still have it. So we're a bit confused about that too.
Oh goodness Vivian is going to kill Kang and Kai over Piplup after they read this. Vivian, you really don't want it anymore. It's... it's gross. The things they did to it during that night...
To kind of wrap up this entry, I'll end with a few questions and my answers to them.
Resident?
Vernoica Surrency and family.
Favorite food?
Lucky Charms every morning.
Favorite Care Card?
"Your manley But Im' even manleyer" -Kai
Meet anyone interesting?
You all know who she be.
To Enoch, Sam, *cough* and everyone who went to Bridgeton July 12th - 18th, it was a great week, God be with you and I hope to see you all next year!
