So time for an update i guess. i just have not been writing. i have been working on video editing more,

So the time i have spent here after the interns have left has been great fun!!!

i had the city to myself (only UPH person) and met a lot of locals and made a life for myself,

i have found i really fit in here very well.

I have made a few videos now.

First one is the one about Camp Joy!!!

and this one i made for a playground that was made at camp Hope by a workgroup

and this one is the Day in the Life of Rachel Nelson

She was given a video camera and had to make a video.

The Fourth one that i have made is of a tour i got to go on, i made it for the tour guide to promote his tour, he had no videos and now he does!! and i got a free tour in exchange!

So the Copan Ruinas life is good. we watched the sun set from high up in the mountains the other night, most epic thing i have ever done!!! it was so incredible. you can see this entire valley with mountains on both sides. it was like Imax theatre God style. sooo good.

that's all i have to post i think. i love you all!!!

july 14th

So july 14th, another week almost down!! it's crazy to think that after this week we only have two camp weeks left!!! then the interns are leaving me and i will be all alone :( but only for a while. then the group from New Jersey will be down here for two weeks and that will be a lot of fun.

It's hard to comprehend how fast time is going. once camp started we got so busy that it's near impossible to keep track of time!!! it just goes and goes.

I feel like since i have not been writing my blo

gs every night anymore i don't remember what has been going on! that is no good i apologize for this.

I found out today that someone Burnt down the new playground in Camden that was by my camp site. the play ground that i used every day after school with my kids. . .

It was on the news and everything. I felt it as a personal attack, like that was my own back yard! But it is ok, God will use this i pray. Jesus says to love our enemies and i hope that whoever did this gets love in return for their actions and come to find that they are actually also loved and no longer need to act out this way.

Camp has been going great!! this week i did team building activities with my kids, on monday they had to get from table one to table two without touching the ground! they could only use the few chairs provided. the challenged changed each round. IE. 8 people 4 chairs. or 4 people 2 chairs ect. it went really well and even the little ones were able to do it and have fun!

wednesday we did the spiderweb challenge where you have to get each member of the team through the spiderweb without using the same hole. they loved this!!! With my younger group it just turned into half an hour of louis and i picking up the little girls and passing them through the web. but they loved it so we kept going.

i will try and get more photos up i just have not had time!!!

I hope all is well with each of you who read this.

May the God that loves us more then we will ever know be with you! Bless you! Keep you close and safe!

July 10th!! Myan Ruins

So this saturday we got to go and check out the Myan Ruins, which were really incredible!! you can see the PICTURES HERE! this is the link to my Facebook pics. i think this is going to be the best way to share the pictures and stories with you. i am trying to find the best way to do this with my lack of consistent internet.

The ruins really amazed me. i can not believe how sophisticated they were. they had a running water system made out of rocks!!! yeah that beats our planet killing plastic pipes any day. and it was interesting to see the resemblance of how they lived with their rich and poor classes. people being underpaid for doing the work that the people with the money don't want to do. it's lame.

Friday at camp was so much fun!!! we had this skit, where i was beard o, a villain with night runner aka emma and we stole a bag from snorlax (amner) that was given to him by forever young (rachel) this bag was supposed to go to the camp for the kids with some very important information for them, (the bible) and we stole it, and then the kids had to do different games throughout the day to earn clues to find it! which they did at the end of the day. the second skit had us in my lair with forever young tied up in my chest hair on the ground. then the dreded negrito came in (duane) and darted night runner and i setting forever young free. she then turned back time and saved the day!

PICTURES OF FRIDAY!

I am learning so much while i am here. walking a lot and getting in shape slowly. God is teaching me so much while i am here, it's amazing what being emerged in a different culture will do to your mind. you really begin to realize how spoiled you are as a citizen of the United States and how ridiculous we are for hoarding all the goods of the world to our selves. Just so you know, we have the recourses in the US to provide housing, food, medicine, electricity, education, a better life to every person on the planet. but we continue to support things like Football where we pay people millions of dollars to do something they should be doing because they love it. we pay for celebrities to have 200 million dollar houses. we pay for businesses to pay their employees close to nothing so that we can have stuff we don't need for cheap. while the owners of those businesses live a luxurious multi million dollar life. why do we have to live on 100 dollars a day when there are people who live on less then a dollar.

Does not loving your neighbor mean that you desire everyone else to have what you have? why are members of our churches in debt? why do you have 100,000 in the bank when you see men on the side of the road begging for money.

I pray God keeps me poor my entire life. and if He grants me money i pray that i will never loose the mentality that it is His, and i pray that God gives me the diligence to use it as He needs me to spend it.

if i have learned one thing in the last 2 years it is that God always, ALWAYS provides. i will never fear not having a place to sleep or food to eat. and if i go without then i will be content with that because MY GOD is MY GOD and He is a good God

Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?

Luke 12:24:
²⁴ Look at the ravens. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than any birds!

Matthew 19:24 (Whole Chapter) I’ll say it again—it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!” Mark 10:25 (Whole Chapter) In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!” Luke 18:25 (Whole Chapter) In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”

Why would i ever make money something that is important to me?

God calls us to a life where the PEOPLE in our lives are what is valuable.

if you ever feel lonely, abandoned, unwanted or un needed in the christian community!

try getting rid of stuff, free yourself for the service of the Lord.

Having many things requires you to worry about your many things.

How can you be ready to work the harvest in the protection of your home you do not invite strangers into.

do you welcome in the Mormons for tea and a good conversation about God, or do you say i am a Christian and not interested?

how many homeless people have you bought a meal for this year?

I CHALLENGE YOU TO GO DOWNTOWN AND INVITE A HOMELESS PERSON OUT FOR A MEAL!

i promise you with everything i know to be true that God will bless your conversation, you will change that person's life and your own and see life differently.

The major reason for white males to be depressed in america is because they have nothing to fight for. The reason i am no longer depressed is because i found something to fight for. Christ and his good news to the POOR, This good news of redemption and forgiveness is not for the rich. but for the poor.

Isaiah 61:1
[ Good News for the Oppressed ] The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me,for the Lord has anointed meto bring good news to the poor.He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be releasedand prisoners will be freed.

Matthew 11:5
the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.

Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,that the blind will see,that the oppressed will be set free,

We are called by God! we have recourses as Christians in the US to change the world for the Kingdom of God!!! how amazing is that calling, why are there so many dormant christians. . . it breaks my heart. we are called so such a great thing!! to suffer for our savior!!

Matthew 10:39
If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.

John 6:27
But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man [ “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.] can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.

savings account? what are you saving for? when God does not come through? wow.

and school. .

Acts 4:13
The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.

we walk with Jesus every day, our stories of how He works in our life is His Life.

Luke 22:35
Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out to preach the Good News and you did not have money, a traveler’s bag, or extra clothing, did you need anything?”“No,” they replied.

1 Corinthians 9:16 (Whole Chapter)
Yet preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn’t preach the Good News!

1. Mark 16:15 (Whole Chapter)
   And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.

I aslo challenge you to pick up the bible not as a text book, not as a lesson book. and not with another book telling you about the book. Just pick up the bible. read it from cover to cover as the story that it is and nothing more. don't jump around in some study. and see what it teaches you. it is a living book!!! it is alive!!! it was meant to be read from cover to cover as a story, like that movie or song you cannot stop listening to.

I love you all and you are constantly in my prayers. i wish upon every Brother and Sister in Christ that i have that you would live in Community with each other working to better the lives of those who are struggling or lost. our challenge in the US is far greater, this country where people don't need God because they are rich. keep our lost friends in your prayers and never be afraid to ask someone what they believe in.

The church is the only establishment set up that can give 100 percent of it's recourses and survive. so lets see that happen. out with the 600 thousand dollar stage and in with the provided for congregation. 4000 person pot lucks every sunday!!! This is a celebration of the good news we are sharing with the poor and hungry, the broken and the dead. lets share the good news to unbelievers with joy and food!!

july 7 - 8th

The link to this blog be here.

I was having a lot of trouble converting the word document into what i needed so i think this will work.

July 6th 2010 second day of camp down and under our belts!! Camp is going very smooth and better then any of us could have possibly hoped for!

This is the spot where snack is had. Each of the kids finds a seat, gets their food and then has to wait for the prayer to start eating!

Today we had Carrots and Cucumbers with a glass of water.







This is the youth that we are working with. (hired high school students)
starting from the left Samuel, Louis, Erlin, Gabby, Genesis, Anna, Alejandra, and Christopher. Each of the Mentorns (intern/mentor) is paried up with one of the youth to have as a sidekick! mine is Louis!












During English class the kids went on a scavenger hunt for different animals hidden around the schoolyard, when they found an animal they got to act out what the animal was like. here they are being Kangaroos and then playing leap frog!



























Some of the trees on the property were covered in these worms!! there were hundreds of worms everywhere. Worms of course lead to entertainment and i ended up with a handful of worms. lucky i was able to talk them out of putting as many worms on me as they could.
























Closing program is how we finish out the camp day, usually a game, chant and letting the kids know they are awesome. some pray and send them off!

july 5th

July 5, 2010 was officially the first day of Camp Joy! We had 25 kids for the first day and expect the numbers to grow up to 60. The kids started showing up around 8:30 and camp started right at 9 with opening program, we used this time to explain the schedule and camp rules.

We sent the kids through their class rotation of bible, art and discovery. Classes went very well for everyone and the kids enjoyed all the activities that we had. My class was fun and the kids got a trip out of our balloon powered zip line vehicle things.

I cannot play soccer to save my life. The kids of Copan can play soccer very well. Playing soccer with the kids made me look like I have no competitive sport bones in my body. (This is why I snowboard and long board)

I am so happy that the first day of camp is down and done with, it’s nice to know what to expect for my next classes and I fell like I can be more prepared for the age groups that I am working with in each of my class rotations.

Camp was over around 1 and the day went really fast, we had the afternoon off but spent it sleeping under the fans in the apartment. Monday nights it’s worship night at our house so we had a worship session together, which is always amazing.

It’s so wonderful here I can’t believe I have been here so long already, it feels like not that long but also at the same time it feels like a really long time. It’s weird.

I feel like the super long packed days are harder to write about than the days with less in them so I am going to leave it here :)

july 4th

July 4, 2010 felt like a pretty long day. Sunday started out with some sleeping in (9:30) then some English Church. The staff all gathered at the office for some worship music lead by our fearless leader Dwayne (my camp director) followed by a sermon from the Internet. Today’s sermon talked about division in the church and how Jesus prayed specifically for His followers to be united and un-dividable.

The majority of the day was spent in the office browsing ideas for my adventure class online, I think Wednesday I am going to make silly putty with the kids, because I am pretty sure that they have never seen it before and will love it. Monday we are making crafts that are powered by balloons and have to fly along a string, the winner is the group that has the farthest flying craft, we will see how that goes.

To celebrate the fourth of July, we went to Blair’s apartment for some hot dogs, apply pie and some peach pie!!! The power went out right when we started lightings some fire works, which was awesome because there was lightning going off with the fireworks and the city was pitch black. You could tell where the other US tourists were because you could see a few other spots with fire works going off. I played in the street with the kids that lived on the block running up and down, screaming and howling like dogs, it was great fun.

Starting back right, Obed, Tiersa, Emma, Emily, Rachel, Chad, Amner
This is the intern group that God has given us.