Personal Narrative: My Journey To Camp Wapo

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Imagine going away from your family for 6 days in a completely different state. That’s what kind of position I was in. I didn’t want to go this church camp at all, and the only reason I was going was because I had friends coming with me. The bus ride there, I was saying to myself, “Why did I agree to come here”. Back then, I was shy because I would be worried if I messed up on something and the popular girls would make fun of me. So going to this camp made me really nervous. As I get to Camp Wapo, I didn’t like it at first. My stuff was thrown into a huge pile and there were about 20 different piles, so I didn’t know where to look. 15 minutes later, I find my things and come to realize that my friends, Halle and Sophie are gone and I’m left by myself. I don’t really like talking to people that I don’t know. …show more content…
Right in front of the building, was Sophie and Halle and I got a little frustrated because they just left me. Halle and Sophie have known each other for over a year, while I have only known them for a couple months so they sometimes will leave me out. As we go in the Chapel, I get in line and wait, but for what? Someone called my name and I go up in the front and they start asking me questions like “When is the last time you have been out of the country”, or “Do you have any medications in your suitcase”. When I’m finally done answering questions I wait for Sophie and Halle and we look at where our rooms are.
Halle and I have the same dorm and Sophie is the dorm right next to us. When we walk in there, I first see my two counselors, Cambell and Katie. We meet them and we unpack as more girls are coming in. It was around dinner time and we ate pizza, chips, and cookies. Then we went to bed not knowing what we were doing the next

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