Stop 1 was
Stop 2 was training. The Camfel contract/info packet describes training as "similar to a sports camp". Naively, I believed this statement and packed far too few work shirts. In actuality, Camfel training is more akin to boot camp than a sports camp. Getting up early, doing manual labor in the hot sun for hours, so-so food...fun times. We were outside so much that I got a tan. As in a legit tan, not just post-sunburn discoloration.
Training covered setting up frames and fabrics (frames + fabrics = projector screens); setting up projectors and speakers (hereafter referred to as A/V); and evening sessions on the finer points of doing intros and conclusions, troubleshooting, and filling out monthly paperwork.
Most evenings, the worn-out trainees collapsed into bed not long after evening sessions. When free time and energy coincided, we played games, watched movies, talked, and went on self-guided field trips. I went into downtown
Picture with the Chinese theater, like a good little tourist :)
Downside to the
In summary, training was a hard but good experience. There was more than one time I wanted to quit. I credit God with causing me to finish.