If a picture paints a thousand words... (Take 2)

A few images from Camp Truth in Trenton

An interesting week...

We have finished the first week at Camp Truth in Trenton, NJ and to put it diplomatically, it was interesting. I put a lot of it down to new camp syndrome, with new kids, directors, interns, streetleaders resulting in a week with some very stressful moments.

We also had some good moments. On the whole, teaching rec has been fun and enjoyable, and the Kids love it. We also had a trip to the New Jersey State Museum.

I have faith that in the next week we will continue to get stronger as a camp

Trenton, Day 2

We are in our second day in Trenton, working for Camp Truth in its Inaugural year. We are settled in our house and have had a chance to survey the Church (more like the Cathedral) that we are working in.

The class I will be teaching is Rec and I will be teaching it in a Gym which is in a converted Crypt under the main Cathedral hall.

The feel about the camp is one of excitement. We have some newbie interns and streetleaders, but also some old School camp kids who have grown up and are in the Leadership positions, which gives the camp a really good feel.

The one downside is that out house is so far from the camp we are working at. This is bad for two reasons. One, it means that we are not going to be interacting with the children that we are working with all the time, which is the case for many of the other camps. Secondly, it means that we are a hour bus journey from camp, and because we have a 7.30am start it means a very early bus journey.

I am really enjoying getting to know the team that I am working with. We have 3 from California, one from Belize (a little country below Mexico, in the Caribbean) and one from Camden. We are looking like we are going to be a really good team.

Thats all from me for the moment but I probably update you with some pictures sometime.