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Friday, July 27, 2012

More than meets the eye

Psalm 119:17-18
Be good to your servant while I live,
    that I may obey your word. 
18 Open my eyes that I may see
    wonderful things in your law

Well, so far this first summer at Camp Tamarack has been very eye opening in many different ways. I blogged in June about the behind the scenes stuff that it takes to get camp ready for the season. That continued for the rest of the summer. I learned something new every week, if not every day on what it takes to keep the camp up and running.

I learned that everyone has a story and a place they are coming from when they come to Camp. You have to listen to and honor that in everyone. It might not always jive with where you are coming from, but that is where learning and growing comes from. 

My eyes have been opened to different ways of approaching faith. We have had some rental groups that don't have the same theological background or ideals I have, but it's ok. What we did have in common such as the love of this space was enough to start a conversation. 

God has spoken me to in many different ways this summer and has gotten his point across each time. Some took a little longer for me to catch on than others! He spoke to me through the campers and leaders and I truly saw miracles happen. He spoke to me through nature and I learned lessons from ducks and squirrels. He spoke to me through my family and the hardship of not being at home for an extended period of time. He spoke to me through silence.

I hope that everyone has a chance to have their eyes opened in a new way to new things or maybe even seeing the same things in a different way! 


Monday, July 9, 2012

2 for 1

I am falling behind on my blogging! In the past two weeks we had the Junior Camp (5th/6th graders) and the Jr. High Camp (7th/8th) graders.

After those two weeks I am exhausted, but in a good way :-)

The Junior Camp really followed the message of Journey and one day had a Journey of the Cross.
What would Jesus have worn

What smells - when Mary washed Jesus feet
How much would you sell out your friends for?


Communion

The rope that tied Jesus up - what it would have felt like

The cross

Say cheese!

For Jr. High, I am going to paraphrase a message Pastor Phin posted on FaceBook:
Adverse Circumstances - Heat in triple digits with temperaments to match

Entangling Relationships - Rookie director with 5 cabin leaders from Sr. High Camp and an additional assortment of adults; 51 campers of varying backgrounds sharing a small space to beat the heat + a rookie Director of Camping Ministries!

Mistakes - We got over it and moved on.

And we overcame them all and pressed on to NIKE! VICTORY!

Keep on moving forward, for WE ARE OVER-COMERS!

Proof of heat and humidity.....cold camera meets the warm air! This is our group photo :-(

We were here over the 4th!
It has been a very rewarding and exhausting couple of weeks. God has worked miracles in campers, volunteer leaders and staff! I love this job :-)