Well, I'm a few days late, but here's part two of my trip to Venezuela:

Wednesday we got up muy temprano (very early) to meet to go to camp. We ended up sitting around for at least an hour or so. (BTW, Venezuelans are never on time. Time is just not an important issue to them. In a way, this is cool, but it isn't when you are starving and everyone is running an hour late picking you up for dinner. Anyway...) We finally all loaded on to the bus and headed to camp. The bus ride was long and hot, but fun. It gave us time to sit and chit chat with some of the youth. We got to camp around noon or so. Upon our arrival, we were informed that the camp had lost all electricity. This was a very bad thing. Especially when you've got about 30 hungry kids around. We ended up being without power for about the first few hours. Johnny and Paul had driven up separately and were running late so by the time they got to the camp with all of the food, the electricity was back on. We mainly just hung out most of the afternoon. Some people played futbolito which is just soccer played on a basketball court. Others swam in the big green pool which Jenny was completely grossed out by. She cringed every time she walked past it. I found it amusing. :) We had dinner and then had our first main session. It was really good. The drama team did skits every night and they were funny even though I had no idea what they were saying! Once again, the worship was amazing. And I'm sure the sermons were good too, but that stupid language barrier thing got in the way again. ;)

Every day at camp was pretty much the same. We had a morning devotion at 7:30. Actually, by the time everyone got there, it was more like 8:30. The CSF gang was in charge of the devos. Jenny gave hers Thursday, I gave mine Friday, and Daniela gave hers Saturday. Then we had breakfast. After breakfast, we had two sessions. During the first session, we could choose between two electives to go to. On Thursday, I went to the one that was going to be taught in English. Luke, a missionary in training if you will, taught it. It was about the world and not being consumed by it. It was really good. He focused on 1st Corinthians and compared the Corinthian Church to the church today. For the second session, we divided up, girls and boys. This was the sex talk, hence why guys went to one and girls went to another. It was really good. All I have to say is that Julie, another missionary in training, is amazing. She is definitely one of those girls that you just love to be around. Her talk was amazing and she was just amazing the entire time at camp. On Friday, I skipped the first elective because we all had to help Julie orgainze a skit for her session that day. Friday was the dating talk. Some of the girls put on a hilarious version of "The Dating Game." All I have to say is that Daniela plays the best geek ever! That session was definitely my favorite. Julie taught it as well and she was awesome.

We had a lot of free time during the day between lunch and dinner. This was spent in various ways. Futbolito, swimming, the climbing wall, the zip line, and playing hide and seek were the most popular activities. This was a fun time of the day because it gave us time to just kidna hang out with the youth. I love futbolito! It was so much fun playing with everyone!

Both main sessions Thursday and Friday were just as good as Wednesday's. Thursday, the CSF group sat in the back and prayed throughout the entire evening main session. It was an awesome experience. There were a couple specific things that we were asked to pray for, but mainly we just prayed that God would break these kids. The theme for camp was "Transformation" so we prayed that God would touch the hearts of everyone there and that he would transform them into what he wanted them to be. I don't really know exactly how to describe that night. It was definitely one of the most spiritual experience I've ever had. It was also awesome to see some of our prayers answered by the end of the week.

Friday's main session was really really good. At the beginning of worship, Johnny asked everyone to just get into a comfortable and humbling position, whether that meant laying down on the ground, standing up, falling to your knees, whatever. A lot of the kids were just bowing down before God. It was awesome to see them worship and humble themselves before God. After the main session, we built a bonfire and a few people shared their testimonies. Daniela gave hers and then a guy named Hannibal gave his. His testimony was very emotional and moving. His mother was Catholic but wasn't very involved in the church and his father was an atheist. He grew up as an atheist and believed in science. He had a rough couple years. He had a nasty break up with a girl and his life kinda went downhill. He was depressed and was diagnosed with some kind of depression, but I'm not really sure what. He tried to kill himself and he got mixed up with just a lot of bad stuff. He started hanging out with the youth group a few years back and finally gave his life to Christ about a year or so ago. His testimony was very emotional and moving. I definitely shed a few tears throughout that one. He is such an amazing guy. He has such a strong faith and you can see that in everything that he does. He is only one of the amazing people I met while in Venezuela. Anyway, after the testimonies, the CSF crew got the opportunity to share an amazing American tradition with the Venezuelans...making s'mores! It was so much fun! Some of these kids had never had a s'more before! One kid, Gabo, ate 10 s'mores! TEN!! And he never got sick! It was hilarious! I asked him how he felt and he just got this huge smile on his face, patted his belly, and said "I feel good"! It was great! He was such a fun guy! Anyway, despite the stress of melted chocolate bars and broken graham crackers, it was a lot of fun to make s'mores for everyone. I think I had one too many. I was insanely hyper that night. If you know me well, you know how I can get when I have a lot of sugar and I get into one of those hyper, annoying, slap-happy Kim moods. Yeah, I was totally in one of those that night, but it was fun. We all ended up hanging out till 1 am that night. It was a lot of fun, but getting up for the 7:30 devotion the next morning was not very fun...

Saturday, we just had one main session after breakfast. Paul gave the sermon. It was awesome. He hates to preach, but when he does, he does an awesome job! After the main session we had lunch and then just started cleaning up and packing to head home. We got back to Caracas later on that evening and just went home to get showered and do some laundry. We were supposed to go to dinner at 8, but that turned into about 9 or 9:30, but it was definitely worth the wait! We (being Me, Jenny, Daniela, Joel, Paul, Johnny, and his wife, Zandra) went to Outback for dinner (yes, they have an Outback Steakhouse in Caracas, as well as a TGIFriday's and a Hooter's!). It was a blast. We were all so exhausted and slap happy, it was great! If you don't know any better, you would have thought we were all drunk. Between Paul's Chocolate Thunder from Down Under and hearing him and Johnny talk about the big ass they saw earlier that day, it was hilarious! (Ass referring to a donkey, mind you) :) It was hilarious! Anyway...

Sunday, was the same as the last Sunday except more fun because we actually knew everyone. We went to Wendy's for lunch again after church and got to hang out with everone. Youth group was awesome! I gave my testimony which was nerve racking but everyone said I did good and that they enjoyed it. Then we all talked about our favorite parts of camp and what not. The end was the saddest part. :( I had to say goodbye to everyone. It was soooo sad. It was so hard to say goodbye. I mean, these people were amazing. I can't even describe how amazing they were! They were just the most loving, friendly, and God filled people I've ever met. We were supposed to go to there to help encourage this kids, but I honestly think I got encouraged more than I encouraged. Everyone shed a few tears while saying our goodbyes. Ok, everyone shed a lot of tears while saying goodbye, especially me.

Well, there you have it. My trip in a nutshell. I'm not the best at telling stories and I apologize if you were bored throughout any of this. If you want to know any more about my trip or have any questions, feel free to leave me a comment or drop me an email. It's just really hard to put into words all the amazing things I experienced while in Venezuela. I'll leave you now with some memorable quotes from the trip:

Kim: "Mi casa duele! Wait, I mean mi cabeza duele!"

Jenny: "Anyone want any chicle? Did you like that, I said it in Espanol!"

Francisco: "It's an internal joke between the two of us."

Daniela: "The butt's open!" (referring to the back of the Explorer)

Paul: "That's the biggest ass I've ever seen!"

Jenny: "I cannot do the work on God in this condition!"

Everyone: "Da Moose, Da Moose..."

Linda: "Why you do that?"

Johnny: "But it's my birthday cake..."

*Sigh* Good times! I just wanna send a big thank you out to everyone who supported me throughout this trip. Whether it be financially or through prayer or thoughts. I really appreciate it and I love you all!!!!

Oh yeah, one last thing....here's the link to all my pics! http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/qpdoll50/my_photos

Check 'em out...they're fun!

Well, goodnight all, I hope you all are well!!

BTW, Tomorrow's my 19th Birthday!!!!! YAY!!! :)