I have 6 girls in my cabin, and things are going really well. I have 2 former staff, and they are great. I have one that was a MASSIVE challenge to her counselor last summer. She had to be given her own counselor it was so challenging. But I am extremely pleased to say that I have had no problems with her what so ever. I want to thank my mom for the new shoes for my birthday, cause that freed me up to give my camper one of my pairs. I think I might just tell her to keep them at the end of the week. I don't really need them. But yeah, it's going well with my campers. The girl still needs prayer though. They all do. I was taken aback our first chapel thinking of all the different situations these campers have come from. You have ones that don't want to be reached. You have campers that came for a friend and that friend is going to ruin their week. There are campers that came to find a boyfriend or girlfriend and nothing seems to stop them from reaching their goal. Often we find campers with much deeper problems and addictions that must be addressed. It's such a wide variety.
On a lighter note, my birthday was yesterday. It was absolutely incredible. Best birthday I have ever had, hands down. My parents came up on Sunday to drop of my sister and Keela, and we did presents and my mom brought TONS of food. And Mom, the staff is in love with you. The puppy chow is almost gone and everyone wants me to say thank you. I decided to get up at 6 in the morning for a quiet time. It's not every morning you turn 21 ya know!
It was a great day though. I had several hours before breakfast, and my best friend Katie Strupp comes in with a Birthday Princess pin for me to wear throughout the day with 6 Disney princesses on it. She also gave me a Disney Princess card, washcloth (odd), and bracelet. She's been hinting at everything for weeks and it's been driving me nuts!!! I go to breakfast and everyone who knows me, and some who don't wish me Happy Birthday. Alison has me come over to her cabin, and she gave me a Disney bubble wand and an Avengers card. She also gave me a really cute pray bracelet as well. My friends know me so well. I told several people that I've gotten more Disney Princess stuff on my 21st birthday than on my 6th. People just know me better now :D. I had kinda spent the entire day shooting people with my water gun my momma gave me, so heading into the water game we played in the evening, I knew I was kinda getting what was coming to me. But Andrew Vik calls me up and says for my birthday I need to have my 7 Dippy Dips. If you don't know what this means, it refers to the man in the Bible who was told to dip in the river 7 times to get rid of his leprosy. For me it was just a way to celebrate apparently. So they have me climb into a oil barrel filled with water, as high as the bottom of my rib cage, and have me dip 7 times. THAT WATER WAS FREEZING!! But I have seriously never had a better birthday. A few of my campers have made cards and they were all wonderful. I also had a small God moment that evening that just made it all that more perfect. Alas, my time off is almost to a close. In my next blog I'd like to tell you of the sessions we've been having. They are so great, and they're something special senior high campers get to do. Keep the prayers coming. There are several atheists here at camp hearing the Word unadulterated by the world. Prayers made a world of difference.
I seriously love my friends. Message for Mom: Did you find Vals' water bottle? Facebook or e-mail me if you did, because I found one and we're not sure if it's hers. LOVE YOU!
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