I got a tan!

So I am home from camping! Myalls Lake National Park is where we went. It was about an hour and a half away from home. We got there and the men had set up our tents and everything. My kind of camping. So the whole base was there. All 98 of us or something crazy like that. It was so fun and great to get to know the whole staff and the July DTS came back to go camping with us! They are a cool school but of course, October is better! I got to see wild kangaroos, an ugly lizard thing called a goanna, tons of gross spiders, birds and possums. My tent was so tiny and fit only me and Bo and was literally like 200 feet away from the lake. They lake is half fresh water but is filled with tea tree oil. So the water was beautiful. It was especially nice because we had no showers. Not showering was so disgusting. But it was okay because no one could shower. Anyways, everyone left us on Wednesday night and then it was just October kids and the Base leaders and their families. We did our lectures and learned about the Fatherheart of God. Super awesome topic. Then on Thursday we did this thing called ‘openness and brokenness’. It was basically an opportunity to be vulnerable with each other and tell each other everything. It was super hard but in the end, it has brought us so much closer.
Crazy story for you guys. On Friday we wanted to go to this historical native creek. So with us we had two boats and an aquavan. An aquavan is a homemade boat which is an old motor home turned into a boat. So cool right? Anyways so we started our trek which consisted of several adventures.
1st adventure- The aquavan wouldn’t start. The way we fixed it was by jumping the battery with one of the boats.
2nd adventure- The boat we used to jump the aquavan wouldn’t start. Blew a fuse.
3rd adventure- Once everyone was on the water and on the way to the creek, the aquavan decides to take a short cut. Bad idea. We get stuck in this mud and reeds resulting in our rope of the anchor getting caught up on the propeller.
4th adventure- 3 of the boys get out to push us because it wasn’t that deep, little did they know this mud acted like quick sand. So they were sinking by the minute. They made them hold on to a boat while the boat dragged them out.
5th adventure- Aquavan dies again and won’t start for anything resulting in being towed by both boats.
6th adventure- A thunder storm rolls in while we were on the water. Sweet right? Not. So scary. But we made is safely back to camp in one piece with all three modes of transportation.
It was supposed to take us an hour or two but ended up taking us 5 hours.
They still haven’t announced outreach teams due to craziness of camping. Sorry guys. I would tell you what one I think God wants me to go on, but if someone from my school reads this, its pretty much off with my head. Just kidding but seriously.
So in a month or so I’ll be teaching dance at the base here for Youth Street! I’m not sure what I’ll be teaching either jazz or contemporary. Either way it’s going to be fun.
You guys will never guess what. You all know Uncle Jesse from Full House right? No you don’t personally but this girl on my DTS named Katie does! Man, he is her ex-boyfriend’s God son. So she has met him several times, been to his house and has pictures with him. So cool hey Jenni?
But I think that is all I have to say. So until next time, keep fit and have fun!