Friday July 12th - Saturday July 13th : MA Camp

Once I finally arrived at the Dallas Airport, I met up with the Global Expeditions staff and some other Missionary Advisor candidates. We hung out in the airport for a little while waiting for some other people to arrive. Then we drove 2 hours to Garden Valley, which is where the Teen Mania headquarters is. On the bus I met some people that were going to New York, Zambia, Jordan and UGANDA!! It was exciting to meet people that were on the same project as me. Once in Garden Valley we met the Project Directors, Candace and Adam and the 6 Team Leaders. We did some crazy fun games and got to know people a little bit. Finally we got to go to bed with strict instructions not to set any alarms or get up before 6am the next morning.
At 5:50am the next morning we were all awoken by a loud horn. We were all so confused because it was too early to be getting up. The night before they had explained what to do in the event of a tornado. So I thought maybe it was a tornado siren, but when I looked out the window it was clear skies. Finally someone burst through the door to the "hut" we were staying in and said it was a tornado drill and that we all had to go to the wash house. We spent the next 20min learning tornado protocol. And then our day began. I went through a lot of sessions filled with great information about being a leader. We learned about what our roles as MAs would look like and how to be the best MA possible. We also got to do a low ropes course with our Team Leaders. It was a lot of fun and a great time to get to know people on my project and our leaders a bit better.
MA camp was packed full of activities and sessions, and Texas was extremely hot, but the information and training was extremely necessary.