and now there's nothing to do!!  hahaha

the 5 nights and 5 day camp was so intense.  so physically strenuous, yet incredibly fun.  although we could've used a lot more sleep, watching how involved these kids were made it all the more worth losing sleep over.  just a few pictures to show you what we did those days.  i realized i took almot 600 photos the whole camp so i can only select a few...here it goes!!

welcome to namsan won summer camp!

our re-entry into namsan won as if we were really going to camp :)

stretch before swimming!

다현 diving!

numbers game

한슬 :) :) :)

my team kiddies on a mission.  took like 3 hours!!!

i love 웅's enthusiasm

how the girls, female teachers and little kiddies slept while the older boys slept in tents outside.

game of who can knock the other team hats off first!

go pink!!  my team, 배불뚝이!!

intense game of 집찾기

nice catch!

철균 that cutie pie, changing shamelessly in front of everyone haha

little monster!!!!!!

hahahahahaha chaney getting his makeup done...i shall share no other photos of this night due to personal requests...but basically, our talent show required me dressing up like a dork dancing to a korean pop song and chaney and other boys dressed up like women dancing to different pop songs.  chaney, not a pretty woman ahahaha.

our babies dressed up as mousies!!!

fun game of running with newspapers around their necks.  don't rip it!!

balloon popping game!

arm wrestling :) the little ones were so cute!

brother's 웅 and 용, one of my favorite pictures i took

survivor game!! 

basically the kids had water guns filled with colored paint,  each team must protect their team flag from being stolen.  if you get hit in the chest, you are locked up until your team member finds you a way out.

this is why you don't want to be one of the teachers without a camera hahaha...you end up like the teacher on the right!

boys playing water basketball

haha 성진 passed out

darn car is named grace so all the kids ask me why my parents named me after a car hahaha

at the pool!!

poor 한슬 woke up like this.  the big boys drew all over the kiddies while they were sleeping.  the funny thing is, he thought he looked so funny and loved the attention so asked for more scribbles on his face!

potato to alleviate the sunburn :/

me making 뽑기

it's melted sugar and starch that becomes this beautiful cookie hahaha

all the teachers got dunked in the pool the last day :)  i got dunked 3 times!!!

my team slaving over hot coal to make the best dinner ever!!!

camp fire ceremony.

kids and their candles.  we threw the candles in the fire at the end, representing our release of negative thoughts and grudges throughout the camp.

camp fire!!!!!!!!!  beauitful, no? 

there goes the fireworks :)

i don't know why they burned a cross though...never thought of that until now

playing with sparkles!

namsan won up in flames

hahaha last night...what did you expect from the boys hahaha

I experienced a lot of love and anger throughout the camp.  It was truly a test of my patience.  At times I really wanted to yell at these kids for having lack of respect or for just being irresponsible, but at the end of the day I got to love these kids more than anything.  The kids were so dedicated to representing their teams and really looked out for each other.  And as a part of a team, I got closer to kids I rarely spoke to and discovered what amazing spirits they each have.  They may seem unmovtivated at times, but with the right amount of oomf, they give it their all.

Thank God for keeping us all safe and bringing Namsan Won together as a big family.  I pray for these kids to have that kind of passion they had during the camp and apply it to their daily lives.  If they do, there's nothing they can't achieve.

-Grace