I will miss the kids I was with this whole week. I will miss teaching them english. They have impacted me so much. The love they constantly show me is overwhelming.
Week 2 of camp is all brand new kids. So although I will miss the ones I became friends with - I am excited to meet the new comers. I will be given the chance to interact with the kids even more this time around.
So many memories have been made this week and I've still got a whole week left. Honestly, I will definitely be leaving a piece of my heart in Ukraine. I love the people, pastor, youth, couselors, church, food, everything!
Camp is 7 straight hours of interacting, playing, teaching, and learning with the kids. There are 2 snack times - one in the morning and another late afternoon. Lunch is at 1:30p everyday. Before I begin teaching my English class I am a leader in team green (Zeleni).
This is Anya (red) and Vera (green). They would literally slightly argue to constantly sit next to me for every activity throughout the day. If one of them won the battle of sitting next to me the other would just sit on my lap lol but I learned a lot of Ukranian cause of them.
During this week at camp. We were all given a 'secret friend' in which everyday of the week we would anonymously give a small gift to our secret friend. And today - Friday - we would find out who our secret friend was.
Some of the gifts I recieved from my secret friend was a Lipton Green Tea, a Kiwi, and a Nezhin souvenir magnet. They were awesome gifts with a note everyday. I found out today it was a Enya. Enya is great! I call her the craziest girl out the counselors. She's extremely funny and hyper! She studies jazz music at the university. We've already had our music jam sessions. She also makes fun of me and gave me the nickname Krasnii Shorts which means red shorts in Russian. Because the first night we played volleyball with the counselors my team would crush her team and I played good that day and she would mock me. I wore red shorts that day.
I had Enya's sister as my secret friend. Some of the gifts I gave her was a famous Ukranian chocolate and a huge lollipop, etc,..
Volleyball is like THE sport we play for like 3 hours after camp. It's so much fun just laughing and having a great time. We are playing basketball next week!
Today I got to walk around the city on my own a bit. Got on a bus and went to other side of town. Went to a few markets outdoors and indoors. It was great just trying to communicate lol
At the end of camp today, all the kids parents were invited to come to the church for a special celebration - To show the parents everything they learned in the camp. I lead a worship song today at the celebration. I co-lead it with Vanya. I sang the first half in English and he the second in Ukraine.
We are finally here at mama Luba's house for a much needed rest.
Tomorrow will be an awesome day! We are taking a 2 hour train ride to Kiev. We are going to a couple of museums. And walk around a bit
Can't wait.
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