Camp Wetoga

I had a life changing expercience this week at a camp in Georgia, Camp Wetoga. I've never been so blessed by so many children before! The deal with this camp was having one kid to a counselor. All about the relationships with the children. The bus pulled up on Monday at one in the afternoon and my legs were like jello and my heart was pounding. So many negative thoughts were running through my head. The kids got off the bus and I go find one of the main counselours to ask her to help me find my girl, Tisheba. We find her and the first thing she does is hug me! I was shocked, but so relieved. From then on, me and Tisheba (Meka) were best friends! I liked that I actually could connect with her and get to know her, rather than just asking questions like hey, what's your favorite color? Instead we talked about One Direction, and Justin Bieber, and all those fun girly subjects! Meka was probably the best camper there! I never had to get on to her, she never complained, and she loved EVERYONE. She was always so interested in the bible lessons and was always full of questions! Meka participated in everything we did and always enjoyed herself and hanging out with her friends and me! It was amazing to have so many little sisters, especially her! Another fantastic part of my week was sharing a cabin with some other awesome girls! Of course, I knew most of the counselors but not all of them, two were strangers and one was from our group, I just didn't really know her. I made some amazing friends this week, and their girls where amazing too! It was like a big, fun sleep over every night! I just loved all of the children this week! They just wanted to be held and giggle all the time! I also learned a lot about myself this week. My whole aspect on my attidude has been changed drastically! I usually am pretty good at complaining and being negative and not looking at the bright side of things. Well, I knew this week that I could not do that, I had to stay focused and be happy and positive! Which, was really hard at some points, like when you were really hot, tired, or hurting. But seeing all the kids, and my girl being positive helped me so much to do the same! Especially when it came to doing an activity that I didn't want to do. The first day of camp was the hardest, adjusting to the kids clinging to you, adjusting to having to stay busy at all time, and being very hot! But, by Tuesday, especially Wednesday I knew how things worked and I was really connected to my girl! I had such a fun time this week and just wished it never ended! Last night was the last night, the hardest night ever. After dinner, realization began to sink in that I would be leaving these beautiful children the next morning. I tried so hard not to cry, but I just wept. Then, after we were finished with all the activities for the night, so many of the children clinged to their counselor or another one and just cried. It broke my heart to hear their little voices saying that they didn't want to go home. I finally sucked it up by the time we got back to the cabin to have a fun last night with the girls! But, the next morning came too soon and the goodbyes came too soon also. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life. I just cried and cried. Putting those children on the bus that was taking them home instead of packing them up in my car, was devastating. I'm still pretty weepy, but I'm going to be just fine. I know that this past week is a week I'll never forget! I love those kids and hope to go back again next year!