We're Home!

Hello Family and Friends,

We are home from high school camp! Now that we've both taken "real" showers, we're beginning to feel a bit more human than we did a few hours ago. Dinner's in the oven, so I have a few moments to reflect on this week's activities at camp.

First off, I have to begin by saying all glory to our Awesome God! He really did work in and through the campers, counselors, staff and everyone involved in the week.

I have found myself humbled by those who work during these youth events and a good chunk, if not all, of their work is done from the sidelines, not to be visibly noticed by the rest of us. After working in the kitchen during junior high camp, I have a new respect for all it takes to feed several hundred people, especially teenagers. We have a fabulous team of cooks who come and cook for us every year. It's so fun to catch up with them year after year.

Then there's others like Dale, the sound guy, and his sons who works so hard to make sure our sound and lights for chapel are organized, set up and ran. He has an amazing gift!

So, much like some of the lessons we've been learning this week, we all have a story, we all have gifts to be used in and out of the body of Christ. A camp speaker's story and relevance and duty is really no different than the person who cleans the toliots.

I appreciated what Andrew and Dan tried to emphasize this week, that just because their testimonies might include some really dramatic events, the person who has been guided and led with a moral compass in their lives also have a powerful testimony of the Lord's faithfulness and goodness.

I was blessed to be a "substitute counselor" for a good chunk of yesterday and this morning. My good friend Jill had to return home to her preschool that she (and God, as she would say!) own. The blessing of all of this is that the girls in her cabin were all former girls in our junior high. They are now either freshman or sophmores. It was so much fun to laugh with them and hang out. We went out on the boats and they all went on tubes (me and my lack of mad water skills decided to enjoy the view from the boat!).

Josh did an excellent job leading the games for the week. He and Tim worked so hard to bring everything together. I kept hearing from campers and counselors how cool it was to have games a part of camp again. We didn't have organized rec for junior high camp.

Well I'm starting to fall asleep as I finish this blog entry up. Josh is also dozing off...I'm going to suggest an early bed time!