camp... again

I had a wonderful two weeks at camp, and I'd like to share some highlights with you. See my last post to find out more details about the camp and the leadership program in which I participated.

Here are some excerpts from my journal:

I am absolutely thrilled to be here. God is ministering to my heart as I minister to others. It is such a privilege to be a CILT, and I am trying to make the most of it by being the love of Christ to those around me. God is bringing ministry opportunities to me, just as much as I can handle. It is so exciting to be able to make little differences in people's lives.

"Rejoice in the Lord always... the Lord is near." I want my attitude to be one of wonder-- at who God is, at what He has planned for me, at what He has created, and at how much He gives me that I do not deserve. I want to appreciate every moment in its full potential, and to see God's hand at work in the smallest details. What could be better than that?

l-r: Kayla, Lily, Bryant, me, and JoHannah


















All the girls in my cabin
























Oh... camp photos! Why are they always so goofy?


















The graduates!


















me, Johannah, and Kayla


















All the staff have "bird names." Now that I am a new staff member, my name is "Kestrel" at camp.

The lovely quilt from camp t-shirts that my mother made as a graduation gift for me.

My mother and I together at staff Bible study, for the first time!

camp

I'd like to share with you about some of the exciting things that will be happening for me very soon. Next Sunday I am leaving for camp for two weeks. I attend NeKaMo Camp Cherith, an interdenominational girls' camp in Warsaw, Missouri. This summer at camp is going to be very special, because I am graduating from a two-year camper-in-leadership-training (CILT) program. It is a course that my mother and aunt also graduated from, over 30 years ago.
The past two years in the program have been wonderful, because I have learned to work with kids, speak in front of groups, lead songs and games, teach Bible studies, and much more. God has opened new doors and taught me so many new things through CILT, and I can't wait to find out what He has planned for me in the future. At the end of the two weeks, I will be a full-fledged staff member. That is an amazing thought, because it doesn't seem that long ago that I was 11 years old and spending my first week at camp.:) Will you keep me in your prayers as I prepare this week and during the next two weeks while I am there? I am greatly looking forward to how God will work in my life and and in the lives of others.