The Beginnings

Settling in

Well I have been in Germany for about 10 days now and I am settling in nicely. I live in an apartment building on base where I have a room to myself which is pretty sweet. In my apartment are the only 2 other guys at Ramstein for Camp Adventure. There are a total of 33 people here at Ramstein for Camp Adventure which means 30 are girls and 3 are guys. I work with 4 other girls with aquatics and all the other people work at different sites around Ramstein (the biggest military base ever) doing Day Camp. It's really nice to be at a big site for Camp Adventure because my past experiences have been very small so it will be great to meet new people.

My job

This first week and a half my job has been coming to the pool each day from 9:30-6:30pm. During the day all of us counselors either lifeguard or help teach swimming lessons. So far it has not been very entertaining because its not really Camp but more like a regular job at an indoor pool. The facility I work at is fantastic and has all the equipment I would ever need for teaching swimming lessons. Next week starting on June 22 we start whats called 'Swim Camp' which we will run for the rest of the summer. Swim Camp will be a camp for kids 6-7 and 8-10 year olds. From 8am-12pm the 6-7 yr olds will come to the pool where we will run a camp. Basically, we will play games in the water, eat snack, and play games out in the yard. I am so excited for this because it has a day camp feel to it but its really aquatics (sorry if thats to much Camp A lingo for ya). Then we will have a 1 hour lunch break from 12-1 and then come back and have swim camp from 1-5pm for the 8-10 yr olds. My summer will consist of running this camp (playing games in and out of the water), teaching swimming lessons, and lifeguarding.

Outings

Saturday we finally were able to get off base and experience some of Germany. We went to a local place called 'Big Emmas.' The burger there was bigger then my head. I'm not kidding. Everything there was HUGE. To say the least I left full. We eat there and watched the USA soccer game against England. Sorry there are no pictures I am working on that and they will be posted later.

This weekend my aquatics group will be heading to Paris, France (you may have heard of it). I am excited to go there for the 2nd time and see Paris during the summertime. I will have pictures and better postings when the summer gets rolling.

I do miss home a lot and most of all I missed my loved ones. Each day I am getting stronger in my faith and my life here. As much as I love traveling aboard I still will always miss home and being with people I care a lot about.

Blessings to All.