shareasnack (saranac holla!!)
WOW.
I really did have the most amazing week of my life. It was so so sweet. We (the Westland/Grove City crew and myself) traveled to Lake Saranac in New York to Young Life camp. I love mountains! The colors were so rich and the scents so refreshing. All kinds of trees surrounded us yet gave away at the waterfront. Never have I laughed so hard and enjoyed people so much. Every conversation I had was so eye opening and awesome. So much deeper than the usual small talk. It was so great to be reminded that we are living for something so much bigger than ourselves. The girls that were in the cabin (yeah Pharaoh Lake!) are girls I feel so much more close to and still everyday I can't wait to hear from them and see them. God opened my heart and my eyes to a deeper level of caring for people, and not just with these girls/guys from camp, but with people in general. Getting to know someone is one of the most amazing things. It just reminds me that God created us for relationships which makes sense that we feel more fulfilled when we are in them, especially with Him. My heart longs for another sail trip (and by trip I mean a multiple hour adventure where we may have gotten lost, stuck and forced to jump for dear life), another hike down to the point (a huge rock at the point of the lake that puts you right in front of an enchanting island), another canoe experience (complete with pirates attacking us), another heart to heart conversation (and man were the hearts I got to know amazing), another camp trip with Lindsay (it was possibly her last as she goes off as an official graduate now), another chance to completely humiliate myslef doing silly things that no one outside camp would believe could be fun, and another night to realize more kids are wanting a relationship with Christ and deciding to turn around and start over. What can beat that? Nothing I tell you. It's worth anything to see that someone else is starting to experience the real life we were created for. I want to describe every moment of the week but it's impossible. So I will leave you with the simple knowledge that it was an awe-inspiring week. Although it was completely draining, it was completely energizing at the same time.
hey guys make sure we sit in the front! hehe
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need i say more?
parasailing what??
view from the rock on the point
don't worry, i beat Mitch in the end
have you ever seen such a hot group?
"It's amazing how You love me
It's amazing how you care
It's amazing (clap) that you're always thinking of me
All the time, everywhere"