fireflies...close your eyes...dancing so sweetly by...
i have been putting off this entry for quite some time now.
i remember when i first got to camp...and all this cool stuff was happening...i kept thinking of all the things i'd type into my lj....the way i would explain all the fun, all the people, all the ways God changed our lives this summer....
but.there.isn't.much.for.me.to.say.
camp was one of the best things i have ever been involved with. ever. it was the first time i have ever felt such a strong, authentic christian community of geninue believers who consistently prayed for each other and uplifted and encouraged one another. the people i met this summer were nothing less than amazing. the kids were vessels for lessons that God would teach us, ways He would show us where we were weak, and ways for us to use our gifts.
i feel so completely blessed to have had this opportunity to serve in leesburg, this summer. i have grown so much. i love God all the more...as He has helped me become more loving, patient, kind, understanding, gentle....
i was so sad to go to camp in may. and to leave everyone in gainesville behind.
and then i was so sad to leave camp in july. and to leave everyone at camp behind.
i wet my pants from laughing so hard....hot dang, a lot of times this summer. and praised God like crazy. and rocked the black tarp of death in my floaties and ducky intertube. and bootie danced in the rain. ate lollypops under christmas trees at a theme park. saw derek webb play for us. shook it at those 80's skate parties. sang old flame at the top of my lungs while folk dancing. mooned lots of people. cried. laughed. peed. learned.
saw God in so many.,..
kids.
stars.
fireflies.
can't wait until next summer.
i remember when i first got to camp...and all this cool stuff was happening...i kept thinking of all the things i'd type into my lj....the way i would explain all the fun, all the people, all the ways God changed our lives this summer....
but.there.isn't.much.for.me.to.say.
camp was one of the best things i have ever been involved with. ever. it was the first time i have ever felt such a strong, authentic christian community of geninue believers who consistently prayed for each other and uplifted and encouraged one another. the people i met this summer were nothing less than amazing. the kids were vessels for lessons that God would teach us, ways He would show us where we were weak, and ways for us to use our gifts.
i feel so completely blessed to have had this opportunity to serve in leesburg, this summer. i have grown so much. i love God all the more...as He has helped me become more loving, patient, kind, understanding, gentle....
i was so sad to go to camp in may. and to leave everyone in gainesville behind.
and then i was so sad to leave camp in july. and to leave everyone at camp behind.
i wet my pants from laughing so hard....hot dang, a lot of times this summer. and praised God like crazy. and rocked the black tarp of death in my floaties and ducky intertube. and bootie danced in the rain. ate lollypops under christmas trees at a theme park. saw derek webb play for us. shook it at those 80's skate parties. sang old flame at the top of my lungs while folk dancing. mooned lots of people. cried. laughed. peed. learned.
saw God in so many.,..
kids.
stars.
fireflies.
can't wait until next summer.