So. I made it through my first week. I had week one off so that I could go to a whole slew of weddings and my little bro's graduation. I missed camp so much while I was away. I figured that was a good sign.
I came back last Sunday to move into a cabin with two girls I didn't know at all and news that I would have 13 girls in my cabin in a few hours. Luckily, Jesus is so good. We will put all this in list form to make it easy.
First of all, I've realized that what God wants to truly reveal to me this summer is what his goodness is and how I can go about seeing it in my world daily. I love that he promises us that so many times through out the Bible. "I am still confident of this, I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living" Psalm 27:13. Boy, has he come through.
My two co's are so wonderful. Their names are Callie and Sarabeth. They are both so sweet and I feel so blessed to know them. Both of them just finished their freshman years. Callie goes to Texas State and Sarabeth goes to Blinn. Callie is from Brush, Colorado (Go Beat Diggers!) and is the younger sister of a girl that was on leadership when I worked in the summer of 2009. She is stinking good at basketball and probably one of the most generous and selfless people that I have met. Sarabeth is from the home of the New Braunfels High School Fighting Unicorns. (Yes, they are the ONLY unicorns in the country.) She is sweet, extremely nurturing, and going to be a dang good mom. The way she loves the girls in our cabin blows me away. We all three get along amazingly. Its like every one of us has room for our natural giftings to come forward as we lead together. They bless me so much and I am SO happy that they are my co's.
So, last week we had the youngest girls in camp. That means that they we had 13 girls going into the 2nd grade. It. Was. In. Sane. Literally insane. They were all so sweet and so loving, but required soooooo much attention. I mean, I know that sounds silly when obviously my job here at camp is to be these children's care taker/fun facilitator for a week, but it was still cray. However, I have found that I do truly miss them. My batter's box (bible study group) was full of girls who have a real genuine love for God and honestly desire to know him better. Whether they realize it or not. I had one camper give her life to Jesus. After our gospel presentation she just looked at me and said, "Its just horrible. I can't believe they did that to him." She is in the 2nd grade. She can't even tie her own shoes and she was able to comprehend the pain and anguish of Jesus' death. When I told her that it was for her and because Jesus loves her, her face lit up. She was changed by the realization that Jesus would do that for her. Even the thought that he would do that for anyone. The reality of love changes things. The power of love changes things.
This year at camp we are studying love and what love does. I am also reading Love Does by Bob Goff. I am so excited for God to continue revealing himself to me and showing me exactly how powerful and changing his love is. His love is literally the MOST powerful thing in this world and it is the only thing that will change it.
Wow. God is good. All the time.
All the time. God is good.
