Hi everyone! Last week was swim camp. Instead of doing 10 lessons a day we changed it up and provided a camp for children ages 7-14 years of age. 2 of the days we had days at the pool with a lot of games planned for the kids to do. On the other three days we went to the world's second largest aquarium, the beach, and a water park. The aquarium was amazing. There were a lot of really neat things there and the kids really enjoyed it. The beach was alright, but two of the kids got stung by jelly fish while they were swimming. Swim camp was a nice break from swimming lessons, but lessons started back up again today for the 3rd session. This past weekend we all wanted to relax after being so busy with swim lessons so we stayed on Camp Foster for the weekend. On Saturday we woke up early and went to a zip lining course. The zip lining course was really beautiful. It was in the middle of the forest and if you were up high enough you could see the ocean right beside the forest. It was amazing. Friday night our Project Coordinators had planned a "mandatory fun" event for all of the counselors. We all got dressed up in war paint and had a dodge ball tournament along with a bunch of different relays. It was a lot of fun. We only have a month left in Okinawa! Even though I am having a lot of fun, I am ready to get back and meet my nephew and see the rest of my family!

Hi everyone! Sorry it has been so long since my last post. I have been so drained of all my energy with teaching swim lessons. Since the last time I updated I have completed my scuba open water diving certification. It was a long process with 4 ocean dives and many tests, but I did it! It was a really neat experience being so deep in the ocean and being able to breathe. I saw many neat fish and enjoyed every second I was down below.
We are half way through our second session of swim lessons. I really like the new batch of kids we have this session. I was given some older levels besides preschool and parent-child this time around, and I really like the age of kids I work with. They all enjoy swimming and listen to me when I talk. It is a change from preschool. They never listen when I talk and they constantly jump off the table they are to stand on so they can touch. I have had to make many rescues because they think they can touch the bottom, when they cannot. Other than that, I do enjoy teaching lessons and it has given me a good idea of what teaching will be like.
Over the 4th I went camping with some friends in Okuma. The base will rent out 12 person tents for 10 bucks. It is really cheap to do and we had a lot of fun. We saw some fireworks but they only lasted for about 10 seconds, not as fun as I hoped.
This weekend it is one of the boy's birthdays so we are taking a ferry to an island and camping on the beach all weekend. We are going to bring snorkeling stuff and snorkel while we are there as well. It should be fun!
Hope everyone has a great week, I will try to be better about updating!