Welcome to the shrinking and growing camp – as trips come and go. Much time and energy has gone into preparing for all these experiences from checking the protein content on each meal to reviewing the trip itinerary. I look forward to a bit of vicarious fun through the trip skits on Saturday when everyone is together again in camp.
Changing groups and camp is a great way to change the group dynamics. I usually blog about all the activities and events that celebrate what we are doing and how well we are getting along. But, of course, that is only part of the story. We also have our challenges, make mistakes and try to take the easy path rather than the necessary and correct one. But we work on these mistakes every day, and we are honest about them. It is never easy to call each other out – but we do it every day – from campers all the way up to support staff and myself.
“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict.”
Dorothy Thompson