Hungary, Day Wednesday - The Day That Will Live In Infamy

Today was a rough day for the Green Group. First of all, the Green Group is the younger group of teenagers. And it appears to me to be the biggest group. They had their hands full today. It was pretty much chaos. I think Laurie had an aneurysm. I threatened to take my own life. It was not a banner day for the Green Group. They weren’t on their best behavior today. But we press on. There were many good things that did happen today. For example, 4:00 came and camp was over for the day. And 6:15 is going to come soon, and we’ll go eat dinner. And then 10:00 will come and I’ll be asleep. So all in all, it’s been a pretty good day.

OK, it wasn’t that bad. OK, it was, but still . . . I’m not saying anything negative about the trip. It was a hard day to keep everyone in line, and that’s it. No one is even remotely intimating that this trip isn’t going well. Heck, I’ve had times when I’m teaching American kids that I know I don’t have their attention and if I set my hair on fire they wouldn’t wake up. And that’s been going on for 11 years. You don’t really think I’m going to let one bad day at Camp Miskolc break me, do you? No, it was a bump in the road in what is otherwise going to be a smooth ride. It happens. The work here is great, and greatly needed as well.

(Later, after dinner and devotional)

Yeah, we just had a great dinner. This Italian restaurant served up some very tasty lasagna. One serving is enough for two people. I ate all of mine, and still had room for dessert. OK, so I didn’t have room. I crammed it in. And you know what? It was worth it! We practiced our skit tonight after devotional. As soon as I heard that our skit tomorrow featured Zaccheus, I turned to Robyn and said, “Three guesses who’s going to be playing the lead tomorrow. Let’s pick on the short guy.” So I will now, at least for the rest of the week, be known as the “wee little man.” But it’s fun. Tomorrow is going to be the best day ever. I can feel it.

I can tell that I’m going to be going to bed pretty soon. It’s been a long day and I didn’t get to talk to my wife and kids today. I know they’re doing well and Stacy is really busy with VBS. I’m saving my minutes. This morning, I got a text message from the good folks at AT&T. They told me that I was running up a pretty steep bill, because I had failed to get an international package. But the rep was kind and signed me up for one retroactive to my trip. Nice of him to do so, because he saved me about $300. Whoopsa-Daisy!

So I’m signing off for the evening. I’m going to try to get this posted and then get some sleep. But I am checking my email too. Everyone is doing well and hanging in there. You’d be proud of your group, Bammel. There is good work going on here, and I hope everyone will sign up to come over here to help out one summer. It’s so worth it.