Pancakes for Breakfast

Well we had blueberry pancakes for breakfast (yummy yummy) with more apfell soda (apple). The Germans seem to really like their apple flavored drinks. They don't seem to drink much coke but carbonated water and apple soda are huge! Something interesting is that they eat less portions than Americans do. It's probably healthier for you but interesting to watch to. I'm used to kids piling on like 3 times the amount of food they should be eating at a camp but instead they eat normal amounts.

Another interesting thing Ive noticed is that the women do not seem to struggle as much with body issues. Many still don't shave (in the European fashion), they don't wear make-up, facial hair is no big deal and everyone will spend part of the day in their swim suit no matter what their size or body shape. People you would never think you would see swimming in the US love it here.

Brandon and I are picking up more and more German too, we've begun learning some verbs and can form really short and to the point sentences. We've also learned colors, numbers and basic food nouns etc... Man being immersed in a new language makes you exhausted!! Plus, we are just getting tired now. We are loving being with the people but we are now in our third week of camp without a break. Hopefully once we get to Koln we will get a day off during the week or something case we are both ready to crash and it's only Wednesday!

The kids here are smiliar to U.S. kids in many ways and in many ways different. I feel the teenagers for example will often help clean up the kitchen without even being asked, they also will play with the kids younger than them all the time again by their own thought. It's nice to see kids like this. They also just seem thankful to have some one here for them. They are familiar with the idea of interns and youth group but don't have expectations for what that looks like so for now they are just enjoying whatever we do.

It has been rainy in Gemunden (this is were our family camp has been). Which has been a bummer to most of the campers. As soon as the rain stops some of them head straight for the pool and stay in it for about 30 seconds (its freezing) and then its off to do other sports or take a drive into town with their parents. etc...

Well, I'm not sure what else to say, Brandon will probably want to blog some more later.