We are "guru's!"

Yes, that's right. We were called "guru's" today. Which means teacher, but guru sounds a lot cooler.

We woke up at 7am for breakfast which included CEREAL! Chocolate corn flakes and original corn flakes with semi cold milk. Semi cold milk or not, having cereal was amazing. Also provided was potato french fries and this spicy chicken pot pie thing.

After breakfast, we headed back into Binong village to the Lentara school that we taught English at on Wednesday. Instead of wearing our skirts and dresses, we were in our comfy soccer clothes. We came into this clinic having no idea how many kids we'd have, what the ages were, and their skill level. They don't have a field, just a concrete court. We brought some soccer balls and some cones. The first group we had was 4th/5th graders. They were extremely polite and cute. Some of the boys had some skills, but for the most part the girls were very shy and not as good as the guys. We split into two groups and worked on simple fundamentals like passing and dribbling. Games were incorporated immensely which was loved by all. The second group was 7th graders who were also very polite, cute and eager to learn. There were only about 6 boys in the group, so we split up between boys and girls. Again, the same fundamentals were taught. The boys group was very good. The girls group was a bit shy, but enjoyed themselves nonetheless. Overall, the mini camp was a huge success. There was a ton of laughing, especially when we made the kids do star jumps, jumping jacks, and squashed tomatoes! Marty was very proud of us for stepping up and getting the job done despite not know what to expect. The kids were incredibly adorable and fun to work with, even with the language barrier.

Brit and a camper doing squashed tomatoes after dribbling to the cone. Brit did the best squashed tomato we've seen...except that boy might be her competition.

Katie doing her squashed tomato!

Working on dribbling. We must be good "guru's" cause they are winning in this picture!

The field (court) we had to work with!

They're so adorable!

Team picture of course.

Another team picture of course.

After camp, we headed back to UPH for lunch and some rest time. Today's lunch was definitely needed for us grumpy eaters. It included BURGERS! and french fries and watermelon! Our own little American BBQ for lunch. It's safe to say we all enjoyed this meal and ate it all up! From there, a few of us hit up the BK lounge again to get some dipped cones. Others slept, rested, used computers, read, etc etc. It was a good resting break for us after a long week.

We had our last friendly game today again the SPH faculty. They recruited the high school boys to play for them too, after their loss to us on Wednesday (which by the way was 8-1, not 4-1 which I originally posted, My B!). Unfortunately for us, we lost 2-1. We definitely didn't have our best game, especially the first half. We were a little bummed, but more extremely exhausted. We had the opportunity to swim at SPH after the game, but even that was too much work for us (that's how tired we are!) Sorry blog followers, we didn't get a team picture after this event!

Melissa dancing with the other team. Typical Melissa!

Pretty view from the field!

For dinner, we had french fries (yes, frenchies again!), beef, and veggies with a side salad. After dinner, some of us headed back to BK lounge for our comfort food: dipped cone. I don't think we've appreciated a fast food dipped cone more in our life. It really hits the spot, and we have no shame in getting it twice a day!

Tonight was the Teachers College devotional. We traded our soccer shorts for jeans, skirts, and nice shorts. Melissa was volunteered by Marty to speak for a few minutes about our trip. She did an amazing job, and spoke wonderfully to a 600 person crowd. She got some "ohhhhhsss" when the translator was stumbling a bit. We kind of felt bad for him as the crowd was giving him a tough time, but we all know he had a crush on Melissa! Here's hoping he adds her as a friend on Facebook :)

For the rest of the night, we're all resting and hanging out, preparing ourselves for a long camp tomorrow. It's our last camp of the trip, expecting around 100 elementary girls for 3hrs.

More pictures would have been updated, but Times bookstore is closing. Goodnight blog followers! See you tomorrow!