Hello friends!
I don't really know how to start these things anymore soo here goes...

I am at camp.

er... you already know that I guess...

K.

Every wednesday here we have been plying some ball hockey at the only gym on Quadra.. it is fantastic. We get some pretty good guys out! Full goalies...full equipment... it's nice cause I can slapshot! :) We play games up to 10 goals...usually takes an hour every game... they are heated games...very intense... which only pushes me to do better...needless to say I haven't gone a game without a hat trick yet... normally 3 on 3 hockey with 3ish subs... This past night I got 5 goals the first game and four goals the second game and setup the winner...
This reputation though...comes with it's downsides... I get pushed around alot more... slashed...alot.... pff...
This past week I had a 250 pound man fall on top of my head...with speed... rubbing my face against the gym floor...needless to say I have a very nice shiner! my elbows are ready for him next week! :D

We just finished with a group called GLEEM... They were grade 8 Korean exchange students. It really reminded me of back home and Focus club and things like that and made me really miss what my Dad does at TRU. Dad... I tried my best to teach them proper english and I followed your example and was funny and hilarious and made them laugh! One thing that I was paying attention to and had noticed before at Focus events and such is Asians and their lack of Chivalry and interaction with the opposite sex. Hmm...
I feel that as an canadian/american culture we have lost our sense of Chivalry too... back to that later though.
I was teaching Obstacle Course for this camp and with the Koreans I planned some "team builder" exercises to see where they were at and help them mesh together. Needless to say we got to "The Wall" which is a 9 foot wall that you have to get your team over... by supporting, pushing, lifting, and such...
Well I sent the guys up first because well...they were bigger and I thought they would be a help...well...the opposite was found out... They got up there and were useless...hahah
They refused to help the girls up... like they were scared of even touching them...
Later on playing some run around games... the guys refused to interact with the girls... pff pish posh i say...
Soo anyways it just reminded me of myself in the older days :) and how Girls had cooties and were gross... they do still have cooties but... aren't soo gross :D
I also thought about my own interaction towards the opposite sex... maybe it's just me but until the past year... I was not chivalrous at all...
I am slowly learning to open doors for the woman and respect them with uplifting words and such...cheesy maybe but i think it pays off in the end!
I do like to pretend and joke about the whole traditional women views and such.... like they should stay in the kitchen...clean everything... laundry...bedroom... all that funny stuff. When it really comes down to it though... I hate those views...alot... I can't wait to do laundry and cooking WITH my future wife... it'll be a great time... maybe even throw some children in the dryer...er... the mix... most of these things take two people anyways... Cooking... one person to eat the food one person to make it... Laundry...one person to wear the clothes..one to wash...
Bedroom... one person to... ...:) hehe You get the point.
I am striving to respect the females. Especially my girlfriend... that is pretty basic though. :)


Anyways.


We have Mother/Son weekend right now. It is exciting.. makes me miss my mommy!
I helped lead fireside! sang some songs... made a fool of myslef in a skit as per usual.
I have grown pretty close with one of the kids that lives here at camp, Seth Schuurman. He is 4
and is the cutest... he is my little brother of camp. Tonight as the speaker was talking... I was setting up for Mugup(snack) apparently Seth interrupted the speaker and burst out in front of the group "Wait! Josh isn't here!" hahah soo cute... I almost cried haha
Soo Sarah came and got me and said that Seth wanted me to be there... i went and he sat on my lap haha soo funny!!

Flip! Am I growing up if I am longing for the moment my kid says "wait, dad isn't here yet!"?
Just waiting for his favourite person in the world to show up. hhhh
I can't wait.


I am going to peace out.

I get monday and tuesday off... and then the next two weekends off!!!
I am coming home march 29th- April 4th hopefully! Be ready for me!


-Josh.

Hello friends! It has been an amount of time since my last blog post.

Camp is going well!

We have been getting spring like weather around here and I don't want it to go away.

I went for a kayak today with Sammy and Kris... it was 12 kilometers long.... quite tiring.

It is calling for snow tomorrow. Dang.

I have a girlfriend...yay! :D

I have lost 5 pounds since I have been here.

Cheese smokies... mmmm I live on these.

I have nothing else.

My blog is not giving me any love.

I have never really been a fan of Valentines day.... until this year. :)

We still had campers here today but we got the afternoon off.

I went on a hike with Taryn, Meg, and Joel up to Elk Falls. It was such a beautiful day! The falls were beautiful and so was the company. It was kind of a double date... hmm.. :D

well.... back to normal camp life. We have a lot of camps from now till mid March. I probably wont blog much.

Love and miss you guys!


I get March 29th-April5th

Camp. I think I was born for this.

Stillwood

I am sitting in a sweet cafe watching the Canucks game on high speed internet at Camp stillwood! Doesn't get much better. Last night I stayed in the hottub until 12... after playing 2 hours of indoor soccer. This conference is the bomb...
Well it hasn't all been a slice... lots of sessions during the day time... they aren't very relavent to me at the moment but they are a good learning experience!
Tonight is "Death by chocolate night" and a live auction... I think I will go to the gym and do something.... not... destructive to my body.

We headback on Thursday and are launched into a large camp of Catholics (trouble:)... 160 kids
It should be fun though they have lots of supervision.

Some friends come to help with that camp and it will be much needed.

Valenteen Weekend.... I am excited.
Alot of feelings are going to be flowing by all the campers this weekend.


I should warn you all. There has been a recent development in my life. Development being... a woman. This is all I can divulge at this moment to the public... but certain of you have more info than others... :D

-Josh