Nathan Chaim in the South Pacific
This post comes from CIC summer camp counselor, Nathan Chaim. Nathan will be a sailing instructor this summer. He attends Biola University in Southern California and is currently studying abroad in New Zealand.
My Name is Nathan Chaim and I am a sailing counselor at CIC (the best camp in the world) I get paid more for writing that right?! Just kidding, anyway, I worked here last year and had the time of my life, and can’t wait to come back again!! I am currently studying abroad in New Zealand with a cultural trip to Samoa. New Zealand is an incredible place. It is completely untamed and wild. I have seen the entire south Island and my words would not express it’s beauty adequately.
In Samoa I got to experience the other side of living (a side of living I had never seen before). The family I lived with grew their own coconuts, Taro (a root much like beets), and they caught their own fish. These people had “living off the land” down to an art. These people in Samoa have been affected by many economic failure traps. These people work with what they have and it is the most beautiful thing I have seen as far as people working in community.
I am a Communications Studies major double majoring in Biblical Studies at Biola University in La Mirada, California. I am in my fourth and final year. I love learning! I enjoy creation on a daily basis and also love surfing, guitar, photography, cycling, running, swimming, and Crossfit.
CIC is one of those camps that takes your initial thoughts of the camp, and magically makes it come true! The staff and the directors make a camp run but the kids are what this camp is about, and that’s what I love about it. At some camps I went to when I was a kid and some I have heard of, the counselors don’t entirely care about the kids. At CIC I don’t think that is possible. The reason I chose to come back was because the staff here loves the kids and cares about them. They become a part of the kids' lives instead of just being an authority figure. It’s an amazing balance between being there for them as a friend and being there to mentor them as a father figure and brother figure.
“It’s not about how much you know, it’s about loving people with your mind.”
Shalom,
N8
My Name is Nathan Chaim and I am a sailing counselor at CIC (the best camp in the world) I get paid more for writing that right?! Just kidding, anyway, I worked here last year and had the time of my life, and can’t wait to come back again!! I am currently studying abroad in New Zealand with a cultural trip to Samoa. New Zealand is an incredible place. It is completely untamed and wild. I have seen the entire south Island and my words would not express it’s beauty adequately.
In Samoa I got to experience the other side of living (a side of living I had never seen before). The family I lived with grew their own coconuts, Taro (a root much like beets), and they caught their own fish. These people had “living off the land” down to an art. These people in Samoa have been affected by many economic failure traps. These people work with what they have and it is the most beautiful thing I have seen as far as people working in community.
I am a Communications Studies major double majoring in Biblical Studies at Biola University in La Mirada, California. I am in my fourth and final year. I love learning! I enjoy creation on a daily basis and also love surfing, guitar, photography, cycling, running, swimming, and Crossfit.
CIC is one of those camps that takes your initial thoughts of the camp, and magically makes it come true! The staff and the directors make a camp run but the kids are what this camp is about, and that’s what I love about it. At some camps I went to when I was a kid and some I have heard of, the counselors don’t entirely care about the kids. At CIC I don’t think that is possible. The reason I chose to come back was because the staff here loves the kids and cares about them. They become a part of the kids' lives instead of just being an authority figure. It’s an amazing balance between being there for them as a friend and being there to mentor them as a father figure and brother figure.
“It’s not about how much you know, it’s about loving people with your mind.”
Shalom,
N8
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