Directing itself has been an interesting ride. You do the most mundane things from day to day. You print things for games. You make sure that you're there to be a threat for troublemakers. You talk to the partner about facilities, and all in all, the stresses of the day-to-day grind can often feel pretty aimless. In the end, I'm building near to zero relationships with the kids, and I really have to trust that I'm simply creating a space for the teachers to build fruitful relationships with their kids. Even that can often be difficult, particularly because
CAMP 1: ZHONG SHAN
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| We traveled to the south in a sleeper train, and we fit 11 people in a space designed for 4, so we could all hang out. :3 |
When we got to Zhongshan, we had around a week of rest (which means that we have had no rest since then haha), but it was really fun! On our left, as you can see, we got to go on a bike ride again, and we also did Ab Ripper X together, which was fun. We stayed the week at the house club (which moved locations from last year), and it was just a nice time of rest and getting to know each other. :3
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| When Purlow took the historic mall site of Zhong Shan. It was a really beautiful night view! :) |
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| During the camp, one of our co-teachers (the one in the center holding a card) left a dayearly, so we said good-bye. |
This camp was a really big change from our first camp. The kids were a lot wealthier than the migrant kids from our first camp. And the kids also fought a lot (but they were also very quick to apologize).
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| We picked vegetables with our kids in the second camp! :) |
At the end of our second camp, we got the chance to go on a ropes course together! It was really fun. Micah was really good at it. Wendy was almost screaming the whole time, but it actually made the whole experience a lot funnier. :P
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