As Court and I sit here in the laundromat...with chris from k7...
We decided to have fun...aren't the potted plants a nice touch?
Baskets are fun too when you can fit in them
Court wanted in on the action
I'll share a little more about kamp
Well my first term, I was in cabin 4 with the coolest group of 15 year olds on the planet! I had 2 co-counselors (Amy and Jordynn, as promised, here is your shout out). Their names were Amy and Jordynn. Amy is a graduate of Baylor University (Sic 'em Jesus) and she now serves Waco's public school system as a 9th grade english teacher. Jordynn hails from Missouri, where she will be a senior at Missouri Southern next fall, with aspirations of becoming a wedding planner. I'm the baby of the trio. Amy never had plans to stay more than 2 weeks at kamp (because she's a sophisticated adult with a grown up job she had to attend to), so I was planning on being in cabin 4 again with Jordynn for the last 2 weeks. Well God works in mysterious ways, and Jordynn ended up getting to go home a little early because we were over-staffed and Jordynn had been working ALL summer (can you believe that?!). Anyway, on the same day that I said goodbye to my cabin 4-ers, and awaited the arrival of my new kids...I still had no idea where I would be placed. God decided to put me in cabin 11. That means that I will be exchanging 15 year olds for 17 year olds, and the muts for inside "nice" bathrooms. (I use the term "nice" loosely) Wanna hear the craziest part?! Courtney's little sister, Chandler is in MY cabin! (They're kind of clones of each other despite the fact that they look nothing alike)
Aaaanywaz...I'm extremely drained from kamp and the fact that I'm dumb and have only taken one night off. There are a few things getting me through the ups and downs (but mainly ups) of kamp...I have been constantly reminded that God does not hand us trials in this life that we cannot overcome. It was comforting to remember that when I was faced with the mere stories of what some of my kampers are left to deal with when they return home, because even if I haven't been in their exact position, I can say with confidence that they can find rest in knowing that anything that seems too hard to handle is nothing but Satan whispering lies in their ear. I was convicted of lots of things, but have also been blessed to have grown an appreciation for the sweeter things in life from watching my kampers innocently enjoy the Lord and each other. As stated in my facebook status, I am surviving on this promise from Psalm 72:26- "My flesh and my heart my fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
I gotta go fold clothes with Courtney, but hopefully I'll be back soon-ish when I think of something esle earth-shattering to blog about. Enjoy something sweet and simple today, dear readers-God puts sweet things in our path every day, but instead of tripping over it, pick it up and enjoy it :) You can thank me later....or you can thank God. Or the both of us will work too
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