In the afternoon I got to hang out at the "American sports" elective with Karl and Andy. We played an excellent game of american football that kept reverting back into rugby. They couldn't seem to grasp that when you were on defense, you didn't get the ball back right away. I played hard but I didn't sweat. It was around 95 degrees but it's a dry heat. Maybe I should think about moving to more of a desert climate.
My elective was the gimp elective. Making random things out of flat plastic lacing is always a good time. What I like most about doing gimp is the time I get to just sit with people have good discussions.
Because of having all the older kids at camp, we decided to make the post-high school age students counselors in leadership training (CILT). A group of youth would help with the vacation bible school and then there would be at least one CILT with each youth bible study. Their job would be to help lead discussions and take more of a leadership role instead of a camper role. So far they have been doing a great job during bible study, activities, and chapel. It has been cool to see them move from camper to counselor.
Our evening activity was video making. Each group was given a genre and random props and had to film a 4 scene movie. Our group had the western genre and it was hilarious to hear South African kids try and talk in a western accent. Speaking of accents, several kids were trying to teach me how to pronounce afrikaans. It's quite difficult with lots of gutteral "g" sounds and rolling "r's."
After worship, I spent some time outside just checking out the sky. There is absolutely no light pollution so you can see so many stars. The milky way is also visible. We tried to find the Southern Cross and after much deliberation as to which stars made up this constellation, I think we finally got it.
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