sunburn, climbing walls, and moving

the past two days have been very full of adventures and lots of work. yesterday (monday) i helped paidia run a day camp for kids in Aidia refugee camp here in Bethlehem. the camp lasted from about 9 in the morning to 5 or 6 at night and the activities included ultimate rugby, various team work low ropes type games, and the climbing wall. i was initially supposed to just take pictures, but we were understaffed so i ended up working the climbing wall all day which was very fun but also frustrating and tiring. i got really sunburned with some awesome tan lines. i now have a farmers tan from my shoes and from my shirt sleeves...it's pretty cool. not. i feel that the camp was successful and the kids had alot of fun. it was still hard not knowing arabic, but i am still learning more and more as i go on. please continue to pray that i will pick it up fast. 

today (tuesday) all day was spent moving sarah and jason into a different house. it's not too far from the old one, just about a 10 min walk, but it was a huge task. when we got to the house we found it to be not so move in ready. the family that lived here previously moved to America, and they left a lot of their stuff here. the closets were full of blankets, clothes, towels, table cloths, books, shoes, and pretty much anything else you could think of. all the closets had an overwhelming smell of moth balls and the smell had moved through out the whole house. the freezer was full of meet wrapped in tin foil and there were still pictures of the family that lived here before all over the walls. also, we found a total of 4 refrigerators. one in the kitchen, one in a bedroom, one in a stairwell, and one outside on the side of the house. needless to say, sarah, jason, me, saleem, and 2 little neighborhood boys spent the day moving our stuff in and trying to move their stuff around to make room for ours. it was a very interesting  and tiring experience, but the majority of the stuff is done. tomorrow nothing is planned so far so it should be somewhat relaxing and a good day to finish organizing our stuff.

thank you for your prayers and support.