This past weekend, our team, along with the teachers at our school, and many of the students went
to a sleep away camp at a conference center outside
of Seoul. Going to this conference
center/camp was really cool for me since I used to work at a place
really really similar. I felt like I was at Korean Shocco Springs and it
was awesome! From my understanding this camp is an annual event put on
by a local church in Seoul not too far from our
school. It’s focus is prayer, education, and discussion on God’s
will for unification of NK and SK.
It was a long weekend with a lot of the things we Americans typically associate with summer camp such as: camp shirts, unhealthy snacks, bunk beds, random camp games, and staying up until 3 in the morning. It was a really fun experience hanging out with the students outside of the school setting and really getting to cut loose with them.
After our first worship service on Friday night a lot of the students wanted to play some games outside. We played hide and seek and then a game where one or two people are blindfolded and try to catch and grab other people who are running around. Later, we played the Korean version of "Mafia" which was pretty awesome considering my long history of playing Mafia at any and all youth retreats, mission trips, and camp.
One of my favorite moments was when we went out onto the soccer field on Saturday night, laid down and the grass, and just looked at all of the stars. Seoul is so big and bright that you can’t see any stars there. A lot of the students and our team were really excited that we could see them out at the camp. You kind of forget how much you love something like that when you get to see it all the time at home but it was really special for us. We all laid down in the grass, resting our heads on one another's bellies and shoulders and played games and talked. Our American friend Hannah can actually speak a pretty good amount of Korean and the told us later that that the Koreans were saying how happy they were to be there and that it was such a sweet moment they never wanted to forget it. I love them so much. I won’t ever forget that night.
-Karima
It was a long weekend with a lot of the things we Americans typically associate with summer camp such as: camp shirts, unhealthy snacks, bunk beds, random camp games, and staying up until 3 in the morning. It was a really fun experience hanging out with the students outside of the school setting and really getting to cut loose with them.
After our first worship service on Friday night a lot of the students wanted to play some games outside. We played hide and seek and then a game where one or two people are blindfolded and try to catch and grab other people who are running around. Later, we played the Korean version of "Mafia" which was pretty awesome considering my long history of playing Mafia at any and all youth retreats, mission trips, and camp.
One of my favorite moments was when we went out onto the soccer field on Saturday night, laid down and the grass, and just looked at all of the stars. Seoul is so big and bright that you can’t see any stars there. A lot of the students and our team were really excited that we could see them out at the camp. You kind of forget how much you love something like that when you get to see it all the time at home but it was really special for us. We all laid down in the grass, resting our heads on one another's bellies and shoulders and played games and talked. Our American friend Hannah can actually speak a pretty good amount of Korean and the told us later that that the Koreans were saying how happy they were to be there and that it was such a sweet moment they never wanted to forget it. I love them so much. I won’t ever forget that night.
-Karima