Hey everyone!
So I realized I haven't really told you a lot about where I am living! I am living in a house with 3 other girls the house is on camp property and called south fork! We have a living room 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms! It is an awesome place!! Any way this week has been amazing!! We had CO(Certified Operator) training, which means that I can set up, take down, run and rescue on any ropes activity ever made! It was very exciting week since I love to be up in the air! For 3 days we were tying knots, learning about ropes and back up systems and everything you could think of about high adventure! We had 2 days of training and 1 day of testing all 9 of us interns past! It was a really hard test that you had to get and 85% on! We also had to do all the elements to show we know how to set up, take down and run everything! It was a very tiring 3 days, but a very good work out! I can't wait for this next week to see what God has in store. This weekend we have the whole southeastern regional staff of younglife here! So it should be a great weekend!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The Lake House
So this past week went great!! I got to Wrangle(run rides) and we did 2 turnovers(cleaning all of camp) last friday-sunday! I have had an awesome time so far working with these other 8 interns! This weekend we had the opportunity to go up north to a lake house that was offered to us by an awesome supporter of Sharp Top Cove! We drove up Sunday night after turning over the camp! It was a fun drive through the mountains and the house is hidden back down a long drive way! When we got there is was dark, but we decided that the dock was just too cool to jump off to wait for tomorrow! The dock was 2 levels! The first level was 15 feet! The second one had a rope swing to jump in the water with! We had a great time! We headed in the house after awhile to talk about the year and to play scene it! I thought I was pretty good at scene it, but Dan knew everything about every movie before I was born so his team dominated!! It was still a great time! The rest of the weekend we learned more of what our jobs are to look like and had some fun in the sun. Monday I decided to swim the river with one of the guy interns, Luke who is training for a triathlon we estimated that we swam about a half mile! In the evening we enjoyed sharing some life stories and playing more games and just hanging out! Tuesday morning we stripped our beds and cleaned them before we took off for home! Stay tuned because my next blog will have more info on where I am staying for the year!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
1st day of work!
August 16th-
It was finally hear after 8 months of anticipation! Our first day of actual "work" at Sharp Top Cove! And by work I don't really mean work I mean fun! I never feel like I am working when I am at a younglife camp! At 8am all of camp staff had a morning devotional together then we all headed of to work. My first rotation is house keeping, which is really more house keeping/ropes! Brandon who will arrive on friday will be my partener on house keeping staff. We also have a newly hired supervisor named Lacy! She is really awesome! After devo I headed to the office to meet up with our guest services interns. Guest services are the interns that deal with the groups that rent out camp during the week or weekends they get them what ever they need and host during the time they are here. Guest services interns are Octavia, Mike and Patrick. So I met up with them for a little bit of ropes training to get us through the week until we have our CO training (certified operators) next week. We learned how to set up the wall and belay properly as well as how to operated the giant swing (a very large swing that drops you from 40 feet) and quantum leap (a very small pole you have to climb and jump off while trying to hit a bell) Then we headed to lunch with the rest of the staff and after the campers had some free time to ride the rides while we operated them. After free time we had dinner and after I headed into town with a previous summer intern named Casey who brought me to canton which is about 30 mins away from camp. To get to down town Jasper it takes about 15 mins. The camp is beautiful and completely secluded! When we got back I was incredibly tired, but I found out I had tuesday off!!
More later
It was finally hear after 8 months of anticipation! Our first day of actual "work" at Sharp Top Cove! And by work I don't really mean work I mean fun! I never feel like I am working when I am at a younglife camp! At 8am all of camp staff had a morning devotional together then we all headed of to work. My first rotation is house keeping, which is really more house keeping/ropes! Brandon who will arrive on friday will be my partener on house keeping staff. We also have a newly hired supervisor named Lacy! She is really awesome! After devo I headed to the office to meet up with our guest services interns. Guest services are the interns that deal with the groups that rent out camp during the week or weekends they get them what ever they need and host during the time they are here. Guest services interns are Octavia, Mike and Patrick. So I met up with them for a little bit of ropes training to get us through the week until we have our CO training (certified operators) next week. We learned how to set up the wall and belay properly as well as how to operated the giant swing (a very large swing that drops you from 40 feet) and quantum leap (a very small pole you have to climb and jump off while trying to hit a bell) Then we headed to lunch with the rest of the staff and after the campers had some free time to ride the rides while we operated them. After free time we had dinner and after I headed into town with a previous summer intern named Casey who brought me to canton which is about 30 mins away from camp. To get to down town Jasper it takes about 15 mins. The camp is beautiful and completely secluded! When we got back I was incredibly tired, but I found out I had tuesday off!!
More later
Movin to Georgia!!
August 15th-
That morning I left at around 5:40am to make my way to Georgia! The trip is suppose to be 12 hours, but I made it in 11hours! Half way through my trip my AC stopped working and I had to roll down my windows. Toward the end of my trip the AC started working again! I only stopped 2 times for gas and the potty. I thought I was lost toward the end because the drive way to the camp was so long and curvy that I thought I must have made a wrong turn. But eventually I saw a sign that said welcome to Sharp Top! I pulled up to the girls house which is called south fork! I walked in and was greeted by four girls who helped me unload my car in about 2 mins! It was great! I started to unpack, but only got half way done before we headed up to camp for dinner. We got to the kitchen and found out that the bus of kids was delayed because it rear ended a car. So we all grabbed some food and got a bit of a camp tour and headed back to south fork to chill. Everyone seems so great! I am absolutely lovin it! I was super tried, but we didn't hit the hay till almost 12am the first day of work started at 8am the next day!
That morning I left at around 5:40am to make my way to Georgia! The trip is suppose to be 12 hours, but I made it in 11hours! Half way through my trip my AC stopped working and I had to roll down my windows. Toward the end of my trip the AC started working again! I only stopped 2 times for gas and the potty. I thought I was lost toward the end because the drive way to the camp was so long and curvy that I thought I must have made a wrong turn. But eventually I saw a sign that said welcome to Sharp Top! I pulled up to the girls house which is called south fork! I walked in and was greeted by four girls who helped me unload my car in about 2 mins! It was great! I started to unpack, but only got half way done before we headed up to camp for dinner. We got to the kitchen and found out that the bus of kids was delayed because it rear ended a car. So we all grabbed some food and got a bit of a camp tour and headed back to south fork to chill. Everyone seems so great! I am absolutely lovin it! I was super tried, but we didn't hit the hay till almost 12am the first day of work started at 8am the next day!
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