Howdy hi ho dere. You all thought I had disappeared off the face of the earth, didn't you? WELL THINK AGAIN. In all honesty, though, I've just been at a camp where I have no free time and no effort to get on my laptop. Like, ever. Also because there's lots of cool people around.
Anyways. There's no possible way I can update you on everything exciting that's happened this summer. I've been here since June 1 (maybe it was a few days before; I don't remember, that was two months ago now :P). So I guess I'll just make a numbered list of some of the highlights of this summer. (Apparently numbered lists are the expected format around here). Okay, hold onto your hats....
1a. So I guess I'll start off by trying to describe what it is I do here at Sky Lodge Christian Camp. Our summer staff program is called The Zone, and it is structured to be a discipleship program for high schoolers (in addition to running camp, obviously). That means there are foremen (college age folks) who lead each service area with a crew of high schoolers. Every week we have different crew members - some are only here for 2 weeks, and others stay all summer. The foremen, however, are here all summer.
There are 10 foremen this year. I am the Hitching Post foremen. It's called that because one of my main responsibilities is running the snack shop, which is called the Hitching Post. (It has nothing to do with horses). But mostly, I just clean all day. In addition to cleaning and making snacks, I also fold laundry, go shopping, and keep track of kids' money. Yes, I've been called a housewife. I'm aware.
1b. More than my responsibilities as a worker, however, I also get to be a leader and participant in the awesome community we have here. Like, my job is to build relationships with people and talk about Jesus. YES PLEASE. Yeah. The community is very much a bubble (there's lots of rules...we don't get out much, or listen to secular music, or watch movies, or use the Internet much, and there's a strict curfew), but it's the best kind of bubble. It's a bubble meant to help people forget about the distractions and stresses of their home/school life for a short time and focus on hearing God's voice and focus on working hard and focus on loving people. And no, you can't force anybody to do those things. But with the leadership we have (the head honchos, above all the crew and foremen), there's a great example to follow and I've seen so much spiritual growth in people this summer.
Anyways. That's my spiel trying to explain the Zone. It's hard to explain something that is completely rooted in experience. The important part is that I absolutely love everything I do here. Except for the fact that it leaves me with zero time. But oh well.
2. Another really cool thing is that I get to help lead worship every Thursday night for the staff. I like that a lot. There's some really talented musicians here too.
3. Instead of writing a novel of all the good times we've had this summer, let me just say that one of the reasons I love this experience is because this is where people make lifelong friends. And I've loved being able to spend the summer around some of my best friends, and that I've been able to make new ones. Megan's been teaching me sign language; that's been awesome. Long, heartfelt conversations with Beth have been great. Road trips with Ethen, Rachel and Beth are prime. Any time spent with Matt is great. If I had the time, I could probably have 1,000 word posts everyday about all the great times we have.
4. The guys have been dominating in Honor Cabin this year. You see, every week the guy and girl staff clean their cabins, and whoever does a better job wins Honor Cabin. At the end of the summer, whoever has the most wins is named champion. Well, from 1997 - 2012, the girls won every single summer. There were some close ones, but they always came up on top. Last year, however, the guys had had enough and won the summer for the first time ever. And this year, it looks like that's going to happen again. So yay for guys winning things.
Well, that's probably enough update for now. The only reason I wrote this is because I'm sick today, which means no work. But yeah. Maybe I'll update some more later. There's only two more weeks before I go home...and only a month until school starts! (Whaaaaaat.) So, that's all for now. Deuces.
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