Jani was the driver of this adventure and it was so much fun! Jay and I tried hard to catch a picture of an Elect Hildebrandt sign with no luck. Naturally, on the way out of town we had to make a Scratch stop! :)
When we got there I was jumping up and down running around mostly out of excitement and a little because it had been a long ride and I really had to go to the bathroom. It was so good to start running into my camp friends. I quickly ate and headed to the Lodge to help register. When Lu arrived, it was chaos! She practically knocked me out of my chair. When Autumn got there, we got our birthday presents! :)
God has truly given me some awesome friends through Village Creek Bible Camp! :)
Since our dear friend, Alison, couldn't come, we had a couple of pictures of her floating around doing camp things. It was almost like she was there! I drank out of my favorite mug and she drank out of hers! :)
Gwen came and we redid a picture that we took last year, except this year, it was a Pray! shirt stack! :)
That night we played a game called Passport. The #1 thing I learned about volunteering for this game is to not volunteer to be the first stamp that people needed. I was mobbed and literally PINNED against the wall until I stamped close to 200 pieces of paper. My poor horse stamp nearly ran out of ink! Shortly after worship, I called it a night. Really, I didn't get to sleep until around 11:30, but it was good to be back at camp!
Saturday I had bathrooms right away at 7:30. What an adventure! I worked with a great crew who made cleaning those bathrooms used by lots of teens quite a bit of fun! I was able to have a TAG time in between that and the start of my kitchen/servery shift. It was such a stinking beautiful fall day to sit in a swing overlooking camp and breath in the calm chill of the day. I love working in the servery! It is so much fun and I love being able to connect with some of the campers through quick conversation as they go through the line. After the lunch rush, and I quite literally mean rush, Debbi sent me to my kitchen home-the bakery nook. I love that little corner! :) I got to make nearly 150 Snickerdoodles before leaving for the Craft Room. It felt good to be back in the "Vince" shirt! This is the Craft Room Facilitator shirt that used to be Lu's dad's shirt when he worked at John Deere.
I had a little break and I wandered for a little bit and ended up at the Outdoor Chapel. One of my favorite places on camp property is sitting on one of the benches overlooking the creek. The bubbling and lapping of the water has such a calming effect. While I am the calm, cool, and collected type, it had been a while since I had truly sat, not moving, just listening. One of the hymns that means the most to me came to my mind. I sang It Is Well a few times before breathing in a sigh filled with peace and joy and taking those steps back towards the people.
I had dishes at supper. I had a great crew to work with on a Mexican Pile-Up night! This is quite seriously my favorite camp meal. It just makes my belly so stinking happy! :) I did manage to slosh so much water around and down my legs. To make matters worse, it was nasty, dirty food water! Soon after that shift was done, I was headed to bed.
Believe it or not, I somehow managed to get right around 9 hours of sleep. At camp. During 4 State. Everyone I told could hardly believe me! I honestly felt like a new woman after that much sleep! LOVELY! :) As I sat enjoying breakfast, Dave came up and asked me to step in the kitchen in place of Katrina who had to take out a trail ride. I stepped in and Debbi put me back in my kitchen home to help Sarah with the cookies. We frosted and sprinkled nearly 200 cookies and I somehow mustered up enough self-control to leave the cookies on the pan and not consume countless amounts of them. I then got moved to the servery again. Debbi knows me and I am so glad! I absolutely love where she puts me! :) Again, it was another rush for food. I was then able to eat and say goodbye before loading up my stuff and hitting the road with Lu and some very tired AGWSR girls.
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