Week 1 of Camp downnn

Photo: Teamwork! Red team works on human knot.

Photo: Red team and Green team battle Orange and Yellow in a tennis ball pyramid game.

Photo: Faves, Van and Tai.

First week of camp was great! Competition day was Friday. It was really fun getting to see the kids compete in all of the different sports--since usually I only see them play tennis. They took a test in all of their academic subjects as well as their higher education/leadership subjects. It was nice to have a change of pace from the usual daily routine. We graded tests, watched the competitions and cheered our teams on :) I decided that I have a favorite girl student, her name is Haz. She is sooo beautiful! And she is like a little angel, but she is also very tough. She is on Red Team and always sticks up for herself in front of the boys. She gave me her heart shaped sequin hair pin to wear throughout competition day, sooo cute haha.

Not all of the tests are graded yet so we dont know which team is in 1st place after the first week of camp. (Academic and sports scores are combined for an overall team score.) I think we will find out on Monday!

On Thursday at lunch one of the guys from the other camp "dared" anyone from our camp session to try one of these little Vietnamese peppers...They were giving us a hard time since nobody was volunteering. So, Rose and I volunteered. AHHHHH. Dad and Tripp you would be SOO proud of me. It was seriously the spiciest thing I have had in my entire life. I was sweating and tearing up for ten minutes straight. I downed 3 glasses of ice water, tried to eat white rice, tried putting sugar on my tongue--nothing was working!! I just had to wait it out. Everyone thought it was pretty funny. Not sure I'll be having one of those again.

This weekend we are off to Can Tho! It is the biggest city in South Vietnam. I am really excited! We go with the Vietnamese coaches on our bus! (But since they all attend Can Tho University, they will stay in their boarding houses instead of the hotel.) It is 1-2 hours away from Hoa An. We use the same bus every day to go everywhere...It is medium sized and says Peace Tour on it haha. Our bus driver is pretty legit--he fought in the Vietnam War for the South Vietnamese. He has some pretty interesting stories. I'll write more about the weekend--cant wait to be in a city!!

xoxo