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Saturday, August 12, 2006
Japan Post #3
To blackwings - Yep, I'm in the group shot at Inuyama Castle. I'm the second one in on the right in the first row.
Okay, first I'll talk about Sunday. We went to two church services, both lead by Pastor Melton, one in English and one in Japanese. The Japanese service was first. The most amazing part was listening to the singing. I recognized most of the songs, but all the lyrics were in Japansese. It was just beautiful to listen to. Our Missions team sang a song (but in English) at both services as well, with me and another of our team members playing guitars. The second service was at a Brazilian church in Minokamo, and we all felt much less akward because we could actually understand the sermon lol. Everyone we met at the churches was so nice. I also went to a youth group at each church, lead by a guy named Kyohei that worked at the camp as well. He was really nice, and one of the most humorous people I've ever met ^^
This is one of the Meltons' dogs, Sasha, dressed in a kimono for Sunday XD
And now, onto camp week...
About 80 kids came to spend four and a half days at the camp. I was made a counselor for the oldest group of girls, along with a bilingual girl named Hitomi. There were 6 girls in our cabin, all in 6th grade or junior high. Their names were Juli, Nozomi, Haruna, Kaho, Miemi, and Aiko. They all had nicknames too, like No-chan and Ai-chan. Normally, I'm not very good with kids, but I got pretty attached to these girls during the week. They were all so sweet!
Here are five of them - Haruna, Nozomi, Juli, Miemi, and Kaho, going from left to right.
The other kids were all really adorable too.
The language barrier was tricky, but the girls in my cabin knew a little English, and when Hitomi was there she could help a lot. The kids loved it whenever I said something in Japanese. They all clapped for me! It was just adorable XD There were plenty of events going on all week. One was the Test of Courage. We took a hike up into the woods during the day, and Pastor Melton pointed out certain things to the kids. Then at night he told a ghost story and we walked into the woods again, but this time in complete darkness. There was one part where kids were supposed to go in pairs, and Miemi asked me to be her partner, so I got to go through all this too. Several of the other counselors were hiding in the woods to try to scare everyone. A lot of the kids were really freaked out. I had fun trying to figure out who the hidden counselors were.
There is a river by the camp that a lot of the kids (and staff) went swimming in. The water was pretty cold, but the area was beautiful. There was a huge rock that everyone enjoyed jumping off of.
And of course, I couldn't resist taking a picture of the boy with the AstroBoy towel ^^;
There was also a skit night which was a lot of fun. I was in a skit with the girls from my cabin as well as one with my Missions team. There were chapel services twice a day, which the kids seemed to really enjoy. They had Bible quizzes every night and the kids really got into it. I had been really nervous about camp week and about being a counselor, but I ended up loving it. It is definitely an experience I will never forget.
One last group picture for today. From left to right, it's Hitomi, Nozomi, me, Miemi, Juli, and Natalie.
Sorry this got pretty long, but thanks to those that read it! I'll finish the stories from Japan in my next post. Ja ne!
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