Tuck it in and hike it up!

Young Teen 2 is in the bag, and I'm not gonna lie, it was one rough week!  It was my hardest week out of the past two summers combined, but it was still good.  I had a cabin of 7 girls that all knew each other, and only one of them was having her first summer at camp.  This week made me realize the difference 8 years makes for the 13 year old girls of today's world compared to that of when I was 13.

My girls were all amazing.  A couple of girls are where I was at 13.  Just kind of sitting.  They aren't really pushing forward, but they know enough not to regress and fall into obvious sin traps of today.  A few of my girls were reading their Bibles at other times besides TAG time and could tell me where they have seen God working in their lives.  I had one girl who is just so broken and blind to that brokenness.  My heart just ached as she told me her story and aches because she doesn't have that many people who are pouring good things into her.  She is really hurting, but not reaching out.  Please pray for her.  These campers all find their way into my heart so very quickly and it's sometimes so hard to send them back to homes that are broken and to places where you know they won't get poured into like they do here.  The campfire night was a very emotional point in the week.  They all came back crying and we talked for a long time, and cried too.  The week drained me.  I was also a little distracted by the thought of my parents coming to visit me, waiting impatiently for mail, and thinking about Whit's journey to Africa.

I had the best instruction hour assignment!  I did trampoline as kids got done with their hours.  This meant that we only had to do it for about 15 minutes!  :)

I also was in charge of hiking/photography this week.  It was a ton of fun!  :)

I found a backpack buddy!

It also rained!  :)

We played Dodge ball!

God is so good, even when life it hard.  Even with so much hurt and longing in this world, He is still here.  I have been given a week to kind of recharge.  I'm in the bakery from 6am-noon, work in the servery, and then I head to the Craft Room for the afternoon.  This week is going well, but I miss my friends who thought they needed a week off...Lu and Alison!  No video this week, the weekend was too much fun!  :)