I know its been about a week since some of you have heard from me, but let me reassure you that all is well. I'm trying to sum up the last couple of days...which is EXTREMELY hard to do because I have literally had no free time on my hands (except for now).
As you all know, Lindsay and I got up here safe and sound. We are having a BLAST! She's down in Child Care (her camp name being "Coral") and I am back to the place that I love so much! So far, each and every day is kind of like the following:
Get up, eat, meeting, seminar, meeting, decorate, eat, meeting, decorate, eat, meeting, another meeting, decorate, shower and sleep (throw some dinner rehearsals in there for Wednesday too!). I literally have NO free time. That will all change when the campers and their families come. But as of now we have been sitting through meetings dealing with Conflict Management skills, a Child Abuse seminar, Staff bonding activities and how to handle campers with special needs. Its been informative, busy and wonderful.Anyways, I LOVE everything about this summer so far! I love my staff (old and new) and the theme this year is "California Jones; Journey to Relic Isle" or something close to that. Day Camp is themed as Relic Ruins and my staff and I have been hard at work to make my Supervisor's design ideas into reality. Might I add that it is working?! :)
Its hard to summarize EVERYTHING that we have all been doing. I do believe God's hand is definitely in on who He has called to serve this summer. I have discovered that I am not the only one who came into this summer broken, apathetic and numb. It feels good to know that their are others like me here; who were nervous about coming to camp. Wondering if they really should be here. The other night my day camp staff and I went to the beach to share our lives with one another. To tell each other about our years and where we are at. Joys and Trials. Its a tradition for summer staff up here to do this. I am not going to lie...sharing what I have gone through and where I am at in my life was so hard. Especially when I have NO idea what God is doing in my life at the moment. I am at dry season as of now, but I do have hope that God is going to work wonders this summer. Especially when our theme is based on learning about the Holy Spirit.I can't help but reflect on the last year. How stupid, selfish and controlling I have been with my life. I am definitely not in the same place as I was last summer. However, I did come in wanting to serve and wanting to see my campers again. I am hoping that that in itself will allow God to mold me and make something new out of me. The walk is going to be scary, but I am not alone. My friends are right here with me.
As far as my Day Camp staff goes, we have become SO close already. Everyone is so easy to talk to, I feel comfortable with everyone which allows me to be my goober-ish self and I LOVE hanging out with some of my staff from last summer (day camp, other Conference staff, Pondy and Redwood). I love hanging out with Whinny, Spike, Mowgli, Sassy, Hooligan and Amp again. I have missed them terribly! Not to mention getting to know my awesome new staff. The girls being Summit, Frizz, Katniss, Otter and Tunes. The guys being Sunny, Crash, Whopper, Twizzler and Ace. Not to mention hanging out with my lovely boss, Heidi.Sorry if this entry is all over the place, but I have yet to even process this week. All I can say is that I am SO extremely happy and grateful that God has allowed me to do this again this summer. I haven't been this happy in a while. I cannot wait to see what God is going to do in my life this summer. I hope to have an open mind and heart as I listen carefully for the Holy Spirit.
Ta-ta for now! :)
~KRICKET
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