Wow!

Hey guys! Well last week I went home for a few days. I got to spend the 4th with my family, and be there for Jonah's birthday, which was awesome! And I got back into Charleston last sunday. This week of camp was amazing. It was one of the best weeks of camp so far. I had the biggest bible study/track group with 29 kids and 6 adults! It was crazy at first, but it ended up being a great group of people! On thursday at site, 9 of the kids there became christians! Praise the Lord! It was an awesome day! Today we ended week 5, only 2 more weeks to go, and that makes me real sad. I can't believe how fast this summer has flown by.
Today was an amazing day. We all went ice skating. I was pretty ridiculous. I only fell once though! But it was a ton of fun. Then tonight we had a staff appreciation dinner. So we all got really dressed up and went to a fancy resturant in downtown Charleston. It was yummy! I will post pictures soon! I have 150 pictures I have to upload to the computer though, so it won't be tonight! Well I'm gonna go to bed! Goodnight all! Love you guys :)

week 2

Hey guys! Well week two ended yesturday. We had around 550 kids at camp last week. It went pretty well. I got to take my 25 bible study kids to a place called Midland Park. While we are there we get to teach VBS to about 70 kids ages 4-12. All in all it was an awesome week. I get to go back to this site the last 3 weeks of camp so I'm pretty excited to get to see those kids again. Yesturday we all went out to eat at Chili's because it was one of the girls birthdays, we had a lot of fun. Last night Beth and I went driving around downtown Charleston, it is so gorgeous down there. My favorite thing is that instead of street lights, they have lanterns with actual fire in them. I think that is so cute! Today I slept til about 11:30 (yay for sleeping in!) and then went down to the pool with some friends for almost 4 hours! It was a lot of fun. Some of us just went and got some ice cream, I got Watermelon Italian Ice, it was ahhmazing! And we are about to go play some Apples to Apples! We I'm gonna get going. But Here are some pictures for you guys!

Me and Talia! She is precious!


This is Tatiana! She is such a sweetie.


Week 2 Bible study group!

p.s. I will be home Tuesday July 1st-Sunday July 6th!

First week of camp

Hey guys! Well the first week of camp started on Monday. It's one of our smallest weeks with only about 350 youth. I have an awesome bible study group, we have a lot of fun and they are all really hard workers on site. This week we are teaching VBS at a small church about 25 minutes from CSU. Yesturday we had 17 kids and today we had 23, praise God! Last night we had a huge safari with the entire camp, and oh yeah my team won!! Go us!!! We were super excited to win! :)
Well I have to get going, but I just wanted to let all of you know that week one is going awesome so far, and I can't wait to see what the rest of this week, and summer brings.

I have a few pictures for you guys from training week. I will try to post more later. I hope you enjoy! Love you guys!


Beth and I in the FUGE van!


Valarie (my roomie), Amber, Kayla, Cassie and I about to go out to dinner on our day off!


Melissa and I at Safari night!

One week...

Well I've been here a week! We have had a super busy week, full of lots of fun and training. I will try to update this more, but my internet has been hating me lately so I haven't been able to log on much at all. Since I last updated you all, some exciting/crazy things have happened. One morning as I was sitting on my bed, getting my make up on, I looked up and saw a mouse run across my floor. And suprisingly I didn't freak out like I would have imagined myself to do. After a day, we got some traps out, and got it. It was a baby one, and it made me sad a bit, but glad to not be sharing my bed with a mouse. Good times..

Yesturday was our free day. So I got to sleep in until 10:30 ish which was amazing, then me and about 8 other girls headed to the beach. It was so amazingly warm and so was the water. FYI I swam in the ocean yesturday.. not just like put my feet in, but like went in up to my shoulders... for those of you who know my fear of fish, this is a BIG DEAL! YAY! and we had a blast in the water. Then we headed back to campus, got ready and everyone dressed up and went out to eat in downtown Charleston at a Crab House. And then after walked around downtown Charleston for a while, and then went to an ahh-mazing pier.

We only have a few more days of training, and then Monday camp starts! How awesome is that!

Alright guys, I gotta go get my bible study material ready and set up my room some more. I love you and miss you guys! Thanks for the prayers!

p.s. I found out that there is a slight difference in my mailing address, so here it is...

If you are mailing something USPS

Jesse Scenga/ MFuge
Charleston Southern University
CSU Box #1040
P.O. Box 118087
Charleston SC 29423

If it's FedEx or UPS

Jesse Scenga/Mfuge
Charleston Southern University
CSU Box #1040
9200 University Blvd.
Charleston SC 29406

I'm here!

Hey everyone! I arrived into Charleston yesturday at around 10:30am. I had to wait a while for some other people from the team, and arrived on Southern Charlestons campus around 2ish. The campus is beautiful! And it is already so warm and humid. Today it was 90 degrees with 70% humidity! But I'm sure that I will get used to it! I have a really cool roommate for summer, and suite mates. Oh and my dorm room is the only one to have a full kitchen in it!. So we will have cold water all summer! yay! Oh yeah and the cafeteria food is actually really good!

We started training almost immediately after getting here yesturday. And as I sat there with 30 other amazing people from all over the country, I couldn't believe that I was really here doing this. I remember thinking when i was younger how "someday" I would go and be a staffer, and after 8 years I'm finally here doing it! I am just amazed at how God put that on my heart so many years ago, and when it was his time, called me here and gave me this oppurtunity.

So from now until Monday, June 9th we will be training. And then the first week of camp is the 9th-14th. We have a lot to go over, and learn in the next week, but so far it has been an awesome time.

Praises

• That all 30 members of our team made it to camp safely
• God has blessed me with some really awesome people to work with this summer
• I already feel like I have grown closer to God in only 1 day of being here

Prayer Requests

• Pray that God will continue to work in me and show me everything I need to know for the summer
• Pray that the staff can really get to know each other, and build close relationships, so that we can support each other like a family.
• Energy and a good attitude in everything I do!
  

I hope everything is going well at home! Sorry that I haven't really been able to call much, this is the first real break we have gotten since we arrived! We have training everyday from 7:30-late! lol. But I miss you guys!

Love you! :)

I leave in 2 days!

Well I am packing, and getting ready to leave for camp on friday. My flight leaves at 6:30am, friday morning. Please pray for safe travel, and that everything with flying will go well. I am a bit nervous about flying and connecting flights, and all of that stuff. Please also pray as I get to camp and train for 10 days, that God will prepare me for this summer, and that I will learn everything that I need to.

My address for the summer is:

Charleston Southern University
9200 University Blvd.
PO Box 118087
M-Fuge/Jesse Scenga
Box 1040
Charleston, SC 29406

I know it's long, but that's my address for the summer. So feel free to send me stuff! ;)

I will update you all once I've gotten there! Thanks for all of your prayers and support, it means alot to me!

Almost there...

Well I leave for M-fuge in 20 days! This is so crazy! But I am so excited. Please pray that God will prepare me physically, mentally, and spiritually this summer. I am so excited to see how God will use me this summer for His glory.