i'm there =)

my flights went well and i made it into california wednesday night. we spent the night at mel's sister's apartment and thursday we came up here to her house. that night we got to meet the other counselors and our camp director and nurse and assistant director. we had lots of fun (and rug burn!) playing games getting to know each other and then getting to meet with our teaching teams to plan out our lessons for the summer! the rest of the week mel, lance, ben, and i have been hanging out with melanie friends and some of the other counselors. we've gotten to go shopping to buy fabric for the super hero capes that our assistant director is making for us. my super hero is the phantom farmer...i disappear! and my cape has cowprint fabric! so we've been hanging out around mel's house...swimming a lot in the pool and having water fights - we just went back to the dollar store today to buy more squirt guns! the cashier knows us already ;) - and stargazing because it's gorgeous out here! we can see the mountains from the deck in the back and the sky is huge and bright and it's amazing! we sit out there for breakfast and work on tans while we eat our cereal! today we went out to the lake and went sailboating for awhile. so we've had a great trip so far. tonight ben and i are making pizza-y creations for supper and tomorrow we all head up to camp for training! thanks so much for all of your prayers! i appreciate it very much! we have our first group of kids (the little 1st-3rd graders) coming in this week so that's one specific thing i would appreciate prayers for. so that's the first week update...talk to ya in about a week after i'm an official counselor! much love,