Camp Erdman

This weekend I went with my youth group to Camp Erdman on North Shore Oahu. It is located at the same place where they film the "Others" for LOST. It was pretty cool.
We all arrived at the airport in Kona at 6am on Friday (public school kids/teacher (me!) had furlough, private school kids/teacher had to ditch school the day. We arrived in Oahu a little after 9am and from there went to lunch at Teddy's Bigger Burger. It was soooo good!!!! After that we went ice skating, and were there for three hours! It took me a while to defrost afterwards!

We finally got to camp later that afternoon and the good times continued. After our "session" (where I did the music and the talking!) we played games ( the boys played a game where they pelted each other with a ball, and the girls played cards... all in the same room!!!) and after that we all went back to our cabins and totally crashed!

The next day was filled with even more fun activities! We went hiking, swimming, played trashcan ball, did the rock wall, and the girls even played a prank on the boys! We took all their stuff and put it above their bathrooms in their cabin and then put their mattresses IN the bathrooms so that the room looked totally bare!

That night after dinner we had another 'session' and then we had our bonfire, and it was amazing! We had smores and some of the boys tried to see how many warheads they could do at once. The record was 4! It was hilarious!

The next day after we left camp we went to Kailua BeachWalk and had lunch and from there we went to the beach. When we left the beach we finally made our way to the airport and made our way home!

It was an awesome weekend and I had a great time hanging out with the kids and all the other leaders. I am quite sore and tired today, but it was worth it!

P.S. If you want to see pics from Saturday you can go to the Ignite FB site and see the pictures there!

One packed week!

This week has been pretty busy thus far, and there is no sign of it slowing down! Yesterday in class we started procedural writing (how-to writing) We made cinnamon popcorn in class and then after recess we wrote out the steps on how to make it. The kids did amazing! I was so proud of them! The days was packed with lots of other hands on activities, and by lunch time I had hit the wall. I was dead tired and still had another hour and a half left! By the time I got home I was done for the day.

Today was much like yesterday, except that we made peanut butter sandwiches instead. For some reason the kids were more rowdy today, but I ended the day less tired, which is good because i have youth group tonight!

Tomorrow we are going to made hearts out of paper and then write the steps on how to do that. Tomorrow night our school is having our first RAP session, which is a read aloud program. The kids come with their families and there are read alouds and pizza and prizes. So tomorrow is going to be another loooong day, seeing as how I won't be done until 8.

Thursday will just be a regular day (thank goodness!) but Friday morning I leave with my youth group to go to a camp on Oahu! I am leading worship and speaking on Friday night! So not only do I have all this school stuff going on this week, but I have to prep for that too! I am really excited for this weekend though, and it will be a good chance to get to know the kids more.

Well, that is it for now! Aloha!