Stand In

So, this blog is a little late...it was pretty busy this weekend as it was my last full weekend at camp.  Last week, I was the stand in Craft Room Facilitator!  This was my position last year during Family 3, so a lot of the crafty moms remembered me.  I loved interacting with the families and getting to know a lot of the kids and parents.

I ended up staying in Lakeside with Alison, Callie, Mira, and Bethany.  It was way more interesting in its own way than last time.  Upside was that it was cooler.  Downside...Skittles in my bag found by the mice...  Also, it rained and the steps are dirt.  I made up a silly song about going down the hill side instead of the step side and overheard laughter from the lake one night when I was singing it at the top of my lungs.  It was still a lot of fun, and I got to drive the Wilderness van!  :)

I had dishes a couple of times, and it was a good change of pace because I don't remember the last time I did them at camp.  I also had good crews to work with.  I even crashed the Girl Scout Horsemanship's movie in the barn.  Luke said he's never inviting me back...

The McCauley boys coordinated a crick stompin' adventure with Connor sporting my boots.  HILARIOUS to watch!

Some amazing people worked with me in the Craft Room this week.  I worked with Callie, Hannah, and Heather.  We had some really good times in the morning!

Candi came in one day and cleaned all the paintbrushes, just because she saw that it needed done.  Alison did the same thing another day and spent a good couple of hours fixing a mess of parachord so it would be easier to work with.  Ryan fixed the parachord so it was a better display and easier to get at.  Heather sat with me during free time.  God had truly blessed me with the people who I work with.

The speaker for the week spent morning chapels on Philippians.  WOW!  The main theme of the sessions was how counter-cultural Christianity is.  We're called to be of one spirit as the world say individualism.  It was a really good week of sessions.

I had two of the best visitors on Friday!!  Emily and Nathan stopped by and it was so good to catch up with Emily and play with Nathan.  I miss them and Matt dearly and don't see them often enough.

It was a wonderful week full of families, crafts, God, songs, rain, and dishes.  Prayer requests include soft hearts for the junior campers who are here.  There is lots of homesickness this week already.  Also, there will be A LOT of people leaving this weekend, so prayers for sufficient staff would be appreciated too.  I'm in my last few days of work, so prayers that thoughts of home would stay at bay and that I could continue to focus on my campers.