Day THREE! Wow. The days are flying by! Today's camp was fantastic! The primary focus was on music and photo sessions. During the photo session, we took students around Balaken and had them take photos of things they found interesting (ensuring they asked people for permission if they wanted to take a stranger's photo). This was a great opportunity to get to know the students better, as we had more time to talk as we walked and take photos. This one to the right was shot by one of the kids (and I find it really funny).
Music was fun too. I had been sprayed with water by one of the counselors earlier in the day and warned him, "I will get you back, you won't know when, you won't know how, but it will happen." Well, it happened. During his music session, he made the most egregious error of using water in bottles as musical instruments. What he didn't realize is that in being a late arrival to camp, I had many allies, many allies who would conspire with me to get even. (Some of the counselors were staggered in scheduling because committing to an entire week of camp can be a bit too long to be away from site, but a few days are must more manageable.) I then began to whisper to small groups of youth and asked them if they would be interested in pouring their water on one unsuspecting counselor, I'm pleased to tell you they were. He's not as happy to tell you they were, because at the same time 15 bottles of water were dumped on our music counselor. I'm laughing as I write this because the look on his face was one of pure surprise and one that said "The campers have turned against me!" I gave him a knowing glance. It was a great moment.
After camp, we counselors went to eat some xangel at one of the local restaurants. Xangel is a meat filled pasta, which is delicious. Later in the day we played softball at the local field. We had a blast. (I'll admit, I was feeling pretty exhausted, we've had a busy and very full few days and it's been HOT!) I'm happy to say, Laser Squirrels won the game (that would be our team).
I'll be in Balaken for just one more days of camp, with the pressure from some students I've become close to (and from PCVs) to stay longer, it makes it hard(er) to say goodbye! But I miss my Ming friends and students and have some work I need to complete (PCV reports are due soon too).
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