Gettin' Back in the Race!

I've been having a "Woe is me" attitude for the past few months. It wasn't pretty. I was losing hope and faith. I didn't think God was listening to my prayers, so I stopped praying. And then my mom (who has been having horrible health problems lately) sent me a Facebook message asking me to add her to my nightly prayers because she's sick again and things aren't looking good. So I told her I would. From her message, I realized it wouldn't be good for me to give up on Him and lose all hope, because then my family would be even farther away from being saved. By giving up on God, I'd be giving up on the possibility of their Salvation. Totally not cool. I mean, the only thing I would gain from giving up would be a farther distance from the Kingdom. I had two random Bible passages pop into my head. So I opened my Bible and read Galatians 5 and 6. It was definitely what I needed to read. :) So now I am going to re-enter the fight with a renewed spirit! Go Jesus!

Everyday, I am reminded why I love camp so much! It's been amazing, and right now, there's nowhere else I'd rather be. This like my home away from my other two homes :D The other night, Krystal and I got in a fight, and then I saw her walking with Mindy to her cabin. I assumed they were going to talk about me so I told them to have fun talking about me. I probably shouldn't have, but I was angry at the time. Two staff members were with me (Ken, the other cook's assistant and Spencer, the assistant Ropes Course director). Spencer said, "That's why you have your brothers here!" It made me smile. And then today, I told Karen I would be gone Aug 5th, but I really wanted to be back for the banquet that night because Ken will be getting his paddle for working 4 summers. And she said she wanted me to be here because I couldn't miss my big brother's night. That, again, made me smile. Here at camp, it's like one big family, and it definitely feels like it. Can yo uimagine if all these people were Christian?? It'd be one awesome Christian family. let me tell you! :)

Hope y'all are having a wonderful summer!