Life Recap

For lack of a better title, I think "Life Recap" is a good way to summarize what has been happening since I returned from a long awaited family vacation.

For starters...

Summer Camp Prep- Life in the office was most definitely crazy leading up to our Junior High & Senior High summer camps. Thank goodness for an incredible team that works together well!!!

Junior High Camp
This year I headed off to both camps, starting with Junior High, July 7-10. I was going mainly as a support staff to Chris Lehane & Jason Thompson who did an incredible job of leading around 130 students/leaders. This was an incredible trip for me for reasons that are different than what I anticipated.

It was a unique spot to be in going with the Junior High group that I don't typically work with. I didn't have many connections with the students so I felt like I was in a bit of an awkward place. BUT...while at camp, I was reminded as I looked around me of the incredible leaders I was working alongside. Many of them (Joslynn Focht, Christy Brink, Alyssa Walter, Kalyn Lantz) were in Junior High as students when I was a leader for the camp. So to see them then turning around and investing in students was an incredible thing to see! God blew me away with how He met with each of them individually & I was so encouraged as I watched them interact with and pour into students lives. Cool God moment!!!

I also got to connect with a small group of Junior High girls, one of which gave her life to Christ on our final night at camp!!! Yet another cool God moment! All around it was an incredible camp experience!

Senior High Camp
After returning home on Thursday night (July 10), I got my laundry done & got just enough sleep to be able to function for Senior High Camp which left on Friday, July 11-15. Crazy as it sounds, I was really looking forward to heading out again with many students that I've had the opportunity to build relationships with.

There are far too many highlights to recount in one post. So there will be more to come on this. For some of the camp highlights, you can check out Derry's blog.

The biggest thing God challenged me on personally at camp was this idea of counting the cost of what it means to fully seek & follow Him. Fear has always been a huge issue in my life. My fear is what keeps me frozen in place...it keeps me from stepping out & trusting God. Part of counting the cost is letting go of those fears and not allowing them to control where I go or what I do. Cool stuff...much more detail to come...