This is a photo taken at our retreat center in Acolman during Youth Camp (ages 16 to 25). A group from Bridgeman, Michigan have been with us for the past two weeks and the camps went very well! Our first week of the summer was VBS, then last week was Adolescents Camp (ages 13 - 15), and we have just finished our third week at Youth Camp. We're a little tired but having fun.
Our camp food has been traditional Mexican dishes - all delicious yet inexpensive. We especially enjoyed Mexican meatballs with a small piece of hardboiled egg in the center of each meatball, served with a tomatoe sauce and white rice with vegetables. The Spanish Word of the Day quickly became "Meatball". The campers laughed when we guessed that the name was "Ball of Meat" (pelota de carne). "No, no, no :) Al-bon-di-ga!!" Someone would walk by and Marcel would say, "Hey - meatball." The reply would be a giggle and "Albongida!" After much repetition and laughs, this new word is now in our nogins!
The campers have also had some traditional camp fun. They moved their counsellor's matress, sleeping bag, suitcase, and lamp our of their room and into the hallway. A couple days later, the same man was tied up, stuffed into an inner tube, decorated with a Welcome sign across his forehead, and then given an application of foot powder to his head. Funny how youth always know when you really love them and that you will put up with their affectionate pranks.
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