Today was considered the "international" day of fun and is a record breaking one because we have countries representing from Czech, Canada, U.S., and Great Britain! The U.S. staff decided decided to get our faces painted by the Czech staffers. I wanted to be a zebra, but they forgot and painted me as a tiger...(Get it? Tigers hunt the zebra?). Well we started off the morning with the fun day warm up and of course the fun day song that has been made famous in the U.S. The campers had a lot of fun in the large conga line in the small gym.
Petra and I
We then moved into jump class, stunt class, tumbling class, and FBI time. For tumbling, we decided, or Blake decided, to have us spot back hand springs the whole class ;-) In our FBI time, we recapped the primetime from last night. I asked them what they put faith and confidence in and many mentioned friends, themselves, or family. It is tradition to play ships and sailors on fun day and because of the new rule "SAL" short for Staff Always Loses, we cannot win. I will add that I was the last staffer standing though...
After lunch we had private coaching, which is when an instructor
coaches a team for 45 minutes (30 minutes on the 2nd day) to perfect the
routine they have to perform for evaluations. Today, Jana and I had our
FBI's so after private coaching we moved back into electives class.
Birthday girl
We then moved into pre-evaluations where we give the team we are assigned to three things to correct, and after dinner they must perfect those three things to get a blue or silver ribbon.
At primetime tonight Zuska gave her testimony again, and since she was speaking in Czech, we (U.S. staff) needed a translator. Linda and Petra, our Czech staffers did a great job translating for us, and it is amazing to hear how God has used FCC in Zuska's life. Blake then shared his relationship with God and why FCC always shares about Christ. He compared it to a gift, and when someone receives something very special, the first reaction is to tell someone about it. Our goal as a U.S. staff is to provide the best cheerleading instruction possible, but more important to us is our God, and we want to share Him with the people we love at every moment :) During FBI time immediately following primetime, many groups had some questions regarding our personal relationship with Christ. I shared with my group my testimony and background of how I became a Christian, and how He influences my life.
Back at the campers hotel, Bara and Nikol surprised Ashley with a birthday celebration. Her birthday is not until Tuesday the 14th, but since it was camp, we got the whole camp to sing to her!
We then had our usual observations, frustrations, and prayer requests. Afterwards, we went and hung out with the campers and coaches as well as enjoyed the last night of camp as a staff. I have grown so close with the entire staff, coming in only knowing two of them. It will be a hard goodbye, but I am so blessed and grateful to God for bringing each and every one of them into my life.
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