I'M BACK!
Hey! I'm so depressed because I'm back home! lol. I will tell you of my camp experiance, but I'm gonna be like uber nice and put it under a cut so that you don't have to scroll a lot if you don't care. lol.
Ok, this was seriously the best experiance of my life. There were so many wonderful people there, and I will never forget them ever. But anyway, there were a lot of priests there, lol. I shall name them for you: Fr. Murphy, Fr. Drummond,Fr. Jaggs, Fr. Catania, Fr. Jones, Fr. Kelly, Fr. Cantrell, Fr. Geromel, Fr. Yost, and Fr. Phelps. But my faves were the first 3. lol. You all know about Fr. Murphy, But Fr. Drummond is hilariously funny and nice, and Fr. Jaggs is realllly old and the sweetest little old man I've ever met. Now, to what happened at camp.
Ok, we get there, and there's this counselor, Bradley, and he gives people nicknames. He's hilarious. So there's this family there, the Coffey Family, (Matt, Jack, Jessica, and their cousin, Sara) and their nicknames were Coffey, Decaf, Espresso, and Sweet Tea. And seriously, I didn't know any of their real names until the last day because when Bradley gives you a nickname, it sticks. I did not get one. He said I was too cool for one. :)
So, we had church everyday, high chruch, which is just the coolest thing ever. And then we go to classes. I had Survey one with Mrs. Geromel, Christ in your teens with Father Murphy, and Lunatic, Liar or Lord, with Father Kelly. All of them were good- but I discovered how crazy Father Murphy really is. More on that later.
And a requirement for St. Michael's is to go to confession. I went on Tuesday, I tell you, although I get really nervous beforehand, I come out with such a sense of happiness and serenity. And everyone gives you a hug when you come out and that's always great.
Will went to confession too, he came out crying. They say that the more you cry, the better your confession is, which I can understand. But Will was a completley different person the entire week- Sensitive, loving, understanding- nit just the perv he normally is. lol.
And today, the last day, everyone was crying SO HARD and I was crying probably the hardest of all of them, I learned so much, it was like I was leaving my family! I didn't cry though until I saw Father Drummond crying, then I couldn't help it. And then I calmed down a bit until we got to the "hugging line", which is, after the last church service, everyone files out and lines up and everyone hugs everyone, whether you knew them well or not, and when I got to Father Drummond, I just broke down and I was bawling and he was hugging me and he said, "Now Victoria, stop crying or I'll start crying and I- waaaaaa" and he started bawling and crying too and we were hugging, it was a beautiful thing, really. And when Will hugged me, he hugged me for a really long time and he said "You are such a cool kid, Victoria, I can't wait until you go to my school next year and he was crying again, and so I hugged him again, until one of the counselors yelled "No canoodling!" and we stop hugging so tight lol...And then I got to Father Murphy and he started crying too and he gave me a kiss on the head and told me that there was always next year.*sigh* I can't wait that long, I love these people.
OH! And I found out Father Jaggs has bone cancer and on top of that he's like really old, and he kept on saying, "See you next year, if I'm here" and of course that always made everyone cry.
But anyway, all week long, we had to wear these pins with our names on them, and on the last day we traded with our friends. Well I got closest to the priests. haha. So me and Father Drummond switched, plus all the other priests gave me their buttons too, except Father Jaggs, who gave it to this girl that he has known forever, I understand why he didn't give it to me and I'm not upset. And Father Murphy couldn't find his but he said he'd give me his after he unpacked and found it. So I only have 7 as of now, but I will get another! LOL
I miss that place so much....
Funny Father Murphy Quotes:
"I'll do it! I have a slingshot in my back pocket, I'll do it!" Ok, I don't, that's a lie...and when you lie, you make baby Jesus cry."
"And when you do that, you become a bona fide cheee-tarrrrrrr!"
"Are we sleepy Christians? Head up! I'll cut it off and give it to the Phillistines!"
"Lions and Bears, Oh hi oh hi...."
"Goliath was 9 feet tall and weighed about a ton. This guy's a BIG BOY."
"And lying and cheating and steasling and What-everrrrr." (he said "Whatever like a teenage girl. You know how I mean. LOL)
Sorry so long, I had to tell all this stuff even though nobody reads this anyway. lol.