LAKESIDE!

WHAT A WEEK!  It's been a hot and happy week here in the Valley!  Family 1 is in the bag and I loved every minute of it!  I got to drive the Lakeside van and it is a beast!  I love it!  :)  Lakeside was a practical hotbox, but so peaceful being away from the rest of the camp.  I had a wonderful family and learned so much this week!  My children were all so precious as were the other kids who came.  The week was filled with laughter, puppies, kittens, chicks, dam additions to tubing in the crick, naps, pony rides, and sweat.  I seriously feel like I've been sweating since last Saturday.

I had a little girl in my family who looked just like I did at that age and was just as shy and bashful as I was.  My goal was to get her talking by the end of the week.  I did well.  She would start talking to a few of the other girls!  She also didn't like her photo taken, that was me also!  She finally did take a really good one with me on Saturday.  I learned a lot about potty training and had a bubbly baby to help.  He was one of the best babies that I've had to go down for naps and sleep at night!  I learned quite a bit about life in India.  It was really great to have this family!  Nap time was great because I always tried to take one too, but it didn't always work.  One afternoon, I was able to get a ton of encouragement notes to staff written!  :)

We had our chapel groups that we started planning the second week of summer.  We do have some debriefing to do, but I do feel like it went well, and the kids seem to enjoy the lessons as well as the missionary stories.  It was a lot of fun to be Corrie ten Boom, but sometimes the questions at the end seemed to turn things into a history lesson.

Prayer requests for the week ahead include health for the staff who have been battling colds and such, RAIN, RAIN, RAIN, soft hearts, RAIN, RAIN, RAIN, continued unity among the staff, RAIN, RAIN, RAIN.  I'm sensing a theme.  :)