I am currently in Daytona Beach with a handful of students from my youth group. And I am tired and need to sleep soon, but I really want to write about camp while it is still in my mind.
This summer was great. Again, my friend and I counseled at the summer camp we were at last summer. Again, we had a great time there. I know for me, I didn't really have that much trouble with any of my girls. My co-counselors were awesome and I really enjoyed all the girls I had. Background info: Every night, in our cabins, we have devotionals. I love these times. They are a time to reflect, to create unity in the cabin, and to simply talk to the girls about God's love for them. One thing I struggled with for my first three weeks was that none of my cabins wanted to talk about spiritual things at that time. I prayed for it and hoped so much that the girls would open up. It never happened for the first three weeks. To be honest, I got a little discouraged and talked to my co-counselors about it. The whole time, I kept praying for God to use me and thinking that maybe His plan was to use our time together as a "fencepost" as Connie says. Fourth week comes: 3 of the girls in my cabin accepted Christ for the first time! I was so excited. I even got to pray with one of them. It was all worth it. Everything that I did this summer was worth it. I wouldn't trade a hundred spiritual conversations for that experience. I am so stoked about this past summer and all that I was able to see God do in my girls' lives.
*Thank you Lord for using me in spite of myself and my own wants. You know what is best for my life and what was best for my camp experience. Thank you for your love. Heavenly Father, You always amaze me.*
