Preparation and English Camp

Today we prepared for the English camp.  We all got up at about eight o'clock for breakfast.  We had biscuits and gravy and biscuits with jam and butter for breakfast, it was all very good.  After breakfast Logan, Gene, Troy, William, and I (Scott) went to the court to play some soccer with the Brazilians.  Playing soccer with the Brazilians was a really fun experience, all of us guys said that we had a lot of fun.  After we came back from soccer everyone was busy in the kitchen.  We all had to get ready for the English camp that was quickly approaching.  All the guys went and took showers and hurried back to help prepare for the camp.  There were many things that were to come for the afternoon.  Metal sticks were made for roasting marshmallows at the bonfires.  Lots of potato salad was made for the meal tomorrow.  A lot of cheese was grated for the pizzas that we made at night time for dinner.  Other toppings were also prepared for the pizza also.  The morning went really fast and before we knew it, it was already time for the English camp to start.  The people coming to the camp slowly trickled in, both young and old.  Small conversations began to pop up as more and more people arrived.  People began playing carpet ball and just trying to get to know new people.  I had some interesting conversations with some people that knew English very well.  They had a lot of questions for us, and we had some for them.  Once everyone arrived we got organized into groups with two Americans with each.  We got to know the people in our group with some ice breaking games.  At first my group was pretty quiet, but I did not really know what i should ask them, so we were quiet on both sides.  After the ice breaking games we had some presentations from people in our group of Americans.  They talked about things that they do in their everyday lives in America.  After that we split the large groups into smaller ones with only one American per group.  We set off on a photo scavenger hunt.  Each team had a list of things that they had to do, and while they did it on member of a team took a picture.  It was a good way to help them to learn English and to try and work together and figure out what the things on the list were saying.  We got back and went back into our larger groups.  The winner of the photo scavenger hunt was then announced.  More games now came.  One American from each group was given a phrase in Portuguese that they had to learn, and the Brazilians had to help them.  A Brazilian from each group received a tongue twister in English as well.  Each person that had one had to "present" their phrase to the entire group.  It went well I suppose, as good as could be expected.  Advertise Your American was the name of the next group activity.  Each group interviewed one of their Americans and had to "present" them to the entire group in the most interesting and expressive way they could.  They all went really well.  American pizza was for dinner right after the Advertise Your American presentations.  I heard many people say how much they enjoyed the different kinds of American pizza toppings.  After the pizza were more presentations, songs from our group, and then we all headed out to the bonfires to have some s'mores.  So many people said that they had never tasted anything like s'mores before, but they really liked it.  We met after everyone had left and talked about the things that had gone on during the camp.  Gene shared that he had talked to a particular boy in his group, name Neto.  He guessed that Neto was from a more wealthy family.  Neto said that his family was religious, but that it was something that he did not need.  Gene had a good long talk with him and Neto kept bringing up the facts of religion and faith.  Gene asked Neto if he died if he knew what would happen, but Neto replied that he would just turn into dirt.  Gene offered to show Neto, from the Bible, that there is something more after death.  Neto said that he would here that if Gene brought that Bible tomorrow to show him.  Please pray for Neto as Gene talks to him, that he will be open to the plan of salvation and come to realize that their is more after death.  Pray that he will realize that God is someone that everyone needs, and that it is a thing that should be for him, as well as everyone else.  Please pray for the rest of the group as well, as we are all tired and have much work to do.  Well that is all for today, time to go to bed to get rested up for the activities tomorrow morning.