Each day a team has a chore... some help with breakfast, or clean the grounds, organize tools or other random jobs needed around the camp. So each day we have a chore to do, those are sprinkled throughout the day. Our camp has around 100 people here, we have Univ Minnesota, St. Louis University, IUB, IUSB (Go Titans!) and then two youth groups here and a couple other random volunteers. The camp is run by 5 staff who live here full time and a couple other part time/seasonal staff, and two cooks... Kay and Serita take great care of us and our stomachs!
Here is our typical routine:
7:15 AM - Optional Devotion Time (this is a religious camp)
7:30 AM - Breakfast
8:00 AM - Lunch Prep (make sandwiches and pack lunch)
8:30 AM - Tool Shed (get more tools/supplies)
9:00 AM - Leave for the site (we have a 35 min drive)
12:15 PM - Lunch break
1:00 PM - Back to work
4:00 PM - Pack Up and head home
6:00 PM - Dinner Time
7:30 PM - Nightly Activity (Educational or Cultural)
11:00 PM - Lights Out in cabins (people can stay outside as long as they want)
So here are a few pics from us from throughout the day. One morning we caught a rainbow, our crazy drive through the mountains to our site, lunch breaks, of course a pic each time we finish a project, nighttime music or bonfires, etc.
It has been a great trip so far, hopefully tomorrow we will have some great before and after shots to show. I think even if we don't finish, the powerful conversations we have been having each night about poverty, politics and how to help make the world a better place will make a ripple effect on these issues...
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