Two days down. Only three to go. We started this week helping out with a local day camp. We go from 8:30 till around 4:30 pm. I have never known such exhaustion without a strenuous workout! There are appromximately 70 of them and they are CRAZY!! Well, they are like any other kids, but these guys have an endless amount of energy. I really have a deeper appreciation for teachers and what they have to go through to occupy a child's attention. I have learned in a very short amount of time that sometimes just winging it with the kids is the best way to go. You will never stick to your lesson plan entirely.

Even though the whole day seemed like chaos and I was about ready to write all these kids off as hopeless, there is always that one moment that snaps you back to the simple truth: they're just kids. One kid in particular has for the last two days really worn on the whole lot of us, and no matter how many times we had scolded him, it didn't seem to affect his manner at all. But today we were all shown a different light. We had a traditional drum teacher come and visit the camp to show the kids some beats on the djembe and conga drums. When he called on the one kid in particular, I thought "oh no, this'll be interesting". I was pleasantly surprised though when he got on there and beat out a rhythm that made us all tap along. For the rest of the session he paid close attention to the intructor and volunteered to go up and demonstrate once more. He felt proud in his new skill and for a moment you could tell he was the envy of all the other kids. It made my heart smile!