Week two of camp

Today I killed a snake. Well I chopped a snake in half with a broom and we had to get a boy to crush its head. I heard Nadelli screaming so I ran outside to see her throwing rocks at the ground after asking her what she was doing she pointed to a snake slithering around on the ground. I had been told that there were no poisonous animals on this island but Nadelli told me the snake could kill and I didn't need to be convinced anymore so I grabbed the broom and hit the snake in between Nadelli's throwing of chunks of cinderblock. It began to climb into a little hole at which point I started hitting it harder and eventually severed part of its body. Nadelli then took off to find a boy to crush the head of the snake. She soon came back with one of the boys who live here as security and a baseball bat. The whole while Alba was hiding in her room watching from the window. The boy pulled the snake out of the hole as Nadelli quoted Genisis 3 about crushing the head of the snake and screaming. After a couple tries the boy crushed its head with the broom stick. It was a fantastic welcome home after camp.
The second week of camp was completely different from the first as we were dealing with older girls but it was wonderful. This camp I really connected with the girls in my cabin. We shared the Gospel with them daily and God gave us many opportunities to build into the lives of the young believers although none of the girls in my cabin accepted Christ there was a definite openness and changes in the lives of all the girls believers and unbelievers. Tonight at youth group all but one of the unbelievers were in attendance. Be praying that these girls come to know Christ. Also be praying for the young believers that they could have someone to guide them and disciple them. We talked a lot about salvation and that it's not just some prayer you say so you don't go to hell it's a decision to give your life completely to Him because you are a sinful person in need of Christ and His love. The Gospel is preached so much here but many times people say a prayer out of fear and after a while we find out they really weren't saved and they really didn't understand God's love. We had the chance to speak about what it really means to be a Christian.
In the evenings we also had our big group gatherings in which the Gospel was shared and we did dramas and sang. In one of the dramas I was Hannah Montanna and it was hilarious. I had two body guards wearing sunglasses and raincoats with ear pieces and salami as guns. The girls went crazy screaming and everything. It was a lot of fun. We had a family from the States who are originally from here and the mother spoke for two of the evenings. She did a really good job speaking about self-esteem and having an identity in Christ and then about purity and leaving behind the pleasures of this world and having Christ guarding us from the nastiness of this world.
This week I was the Romans coach and I really enjoyed it. It was great to see the captain and how she has really grown and become a really good leader. I also saw fantastic teamwork and putting others before themselves which last year was very minimal, but the girls are growing and God is working.
I came back with some fantastic wounds as well. I have a bruise on my leg from falling while playing freeze tag the length from the tip of my thumb to the tip of my pinky. I also have a cut on my foot from falling while playing basketball in the rain. It's not that big of a cut but in the middle of the game I was surrounded by twenty girls who lifted me up off the ground and carried my into a massive mud pit, then I went to the river which was dirty because it was raining to get some of the mud out of my clothes and my hair. As a result the little cut on my foot became very infected and is very swollen. I'm taking some antibiotics and cleaning it daily so hopefully it will get better soon.
I go back to the states on Wednesday and I'm glad to be going home and seeing everyone there but it's going to be hard to leave.