Faith through Love: Camp G2LOW

My summer has been quite boring, at least when I was in Ethiopia it was. I didn't do much for most of May and June. I did a lot of TV and movie watching and some reading. I spent some time with friends and did quite a bit of baking. July 11-17, 8 volunteers and myself put on a camp for 36 campers and 9 junior counselors, there were also 8 Ethiopian counterparts. Camp G2LOW stands for Girls and Guys leading our World, its focus is leadership, HIV/Aids awareness, and empowerment. We came from all around the Amhara Region. It was a lot of fun and very exhausting. I met with my campers around noon on Friday, July 11 and we rode to Bahir Dar. I took a sibling group and their father came with us, because he wanted to see the campus. There was a miss communication and I didn't realize it until we arrived at the campus and I had to pay almost triple what I expected to pay, I wasn't happy about it. Camp consisted of 5 different topic days, gender, environment, health, business and leadership and education. There were many fun activities and plenty of free time for sport and cheers/games. The theme of camp was World Cup. My team was the Netherlands, were I had 5 campers, 2 junior counselors, a counterpart and myself. The week went by fast and there was very little drama. Camp ended on Thursday and I returned to Injibara with my 5 kids. I slept for almost 2 days and watched TV. The next thing I know it was time for me to head back to Bahir Dar to leave for my 3 weeks in the States.