CONNECT: Kid's Camp(i have dreads, sort of- and molly has teased her hair)
Wow Folks - It's been a long time, and we do apologize. We arrived at Capernwray on the 20th of March - after a struggle at the border. The border patrol lady didn't quite believe we were volunteering at a Bible School and apparently we didn't have particular documents needed (we were unaware that we were supposed to have these). She called us unorganized and basically stupid and then cause us to miss our train to Carnforth. PERFECT! After a long trip, we got to Carnforth - here we thought we might have been forgotten because no one picked us up for about an hour.
Over the next few days we got to know some of the former students that were working over their one month break. --- insert picture of lorea and hannah ---- These two are Lorea and Hannah. Molly and I bonded very quickly with these girls. They were just ridiculously welcoming - and quite hilarious too!
(molly, hannah, lorea, and ericka)
Lorea and Hannah ended up leaving the first week because they went traveling. By then we got to know almost everyone else on staff. Our favorites: Belinda Nyabako (student - Zimbabwe), Martina Bukovska (student - Slovakia), Janine De Waal (kitchen staff - Holland), and Andrew Wilson (receptionist - N. Ireland). And of course there are many more. --- insert photo of all of these people ---
(Belinda, Molly, Ericka, Andrew, Janine)Let's explain our living arrangements. Ericka is in the castle on the upmost floor with four other girls, while Molly is in a van down by the river!!!!!!!!... just joking. Molly is down yonder in a building called the conference hall. She lives in the rooms underneath it with five other girls. Our jobs have changed since the beginning of our stay here. At first, we were both part of housekeeping. There were no guests here at Capernwray for the first week, so the 20 or so of us as staff did 'spring cleaning'. Basically, 
hardcore cleaning of every single room....and there are a lot of rooms here! The weekend following we had a women's retreat. Eighty women were here, so Molly became part of the dishwashing crew and I became part of the Kitchen crew. Haha - I feel like I'm at Haggen again, minus the fact that I actually have fun working here. Then the next weekend was a second women's retreat - one hundred and eighty women!! It was crazy. But, the ladies were blessed and refreshed. (Mom- I think you would have enjoyed this women's retreat). Right now, we're in the third week and there are 161 kids here, between the ages of 10 and 14. They are just a delight! Both Molly and I are slightly involved. We are room leaders - so, we hang out with about ten girls each from 10:00 pm to 10:20 pm. We just talk, play games and get to know eachother. It's also a time for us to discuss with them the talks of the day about Jesus. It's a lot of fun!
hardcore cleaning of every single room....and there are a lot of rooms here! The weekend following we had a women's retreat. Eighty women were here, so Molly became part of the dishwashing crew and I became part of the Kitchen crew. Haha - I feel like I'm at Haggen again, minus the fact that I actually have fun working here. Then the next weekend was a second women's retreat - one hundred and eighty women!! It was crazy. But, the ladies were blessed and refreshed. (Mom- I think you would have enjoyed this women's retreat). Right now, we're in the third week and there are 161 kids here, between the ages of 10 and 14. They are just a delight! Both Molly and I are slightly involved. We are room leaders - so, we hang out with about ten girls each from 10:00 pm to 10:20 pm. We just talk, play games and get to know eachother. It's also a time for us to discuss with them the talks of the day about Jesus. It's a lot of fun!(John Dewitt and Martina)
We've been doing some other crazy things during the few days here and there when we don't have anyone staying at Capernwray. We've played lots of games like sardines and hide-and-seek in the Castle at night- it's perfect because it gets really dark and there are so many rooms that it's kind of creepy. We've also started up Ultimate Frisbee - WOW, we are out of shape!
It's sad to think we only have a week and a half left, because we developed such amazing friendships already with the staff here, but we hope that these friendships are for a lifetime!
--and now that I've become really cheesy in my writing, we will now hold hands and sing to Michael W. Smith's song, 'friends are friends forever' and kumbyah it up ---
PS: This is our friends Jeremy and Brie-Anne in line for a Disneyland ride!
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