Summer Outreach Camp

Last summer I did lots of interesting things, however one of the most memorable times was summer outreach camp. This camp was a church camp, so and we went to a selected persons home and we worked on fixing items that had broken or cleaned up their home because they where too old to do so. I think this was a memorable experience for me and I had a good time.

Tuesday
What happened first was we divided into groups or 'crews' as the staff called them, for the next days activities.We had dinner and went to bed early. It wasn't a very busy day, but we did the important stuff. I think we should have done more, but it was late and we had to work early the next day.

Wednesday
When I got up and I got dressed and  I went down to the cafeteria where some of the kids were already having breakfast. I sat with my friend Aidan who was also on my 'crew'. After breakfast we got prepared and left for our site. When I got there I personally thought that it the house was abandoned.Soon after the crew leader came back out and said to start working and assigned us all jobs. I started pulling weeds that were about 3 feet tall from the planters and other crew members went inside and removed the damaged floor. When I was finished with my tasks we had lunch and went back to work. My next job was to pull sticks out of the grass so we could mow. Eventually it got late so we headed back to the church we were staying at over night and did an activity. We had dinner and all went to bed.


Thursday
This is was the last full day of the camp and so we returned to the same house. Today we were assigned different jobs.  I was on stick duty again and so were a few others, they rest of the crew mowed the grass. Once we finished with the sticks we had to remove broken bottles and other trash right next to the house where the lawn mower was not able to cut.  I completed that task and then I got to caulk a window. That was fun and I think it was the highlight of my day. After we left the site we went to a pool to rinse off and relax for a bit. When we got back to the church we had another activity and then we ate and went to bed and when I fell asleep I was so happy I could just relax.

Friday
When we woke up we got picked up and left the church and went home. I was happy to get home and felt good about what we did. The home was in a lot better condition than when we arrived.

In conclusion  I liked what I did. The only thing I didn't like was that to wake us up they would flash a light in our eyes and it felt weird. I plan on doing this next year so I am looking forward to it. I hope that its even more fun than last year.