required sunday morning listening:
I wish to tell you everything. I wish to elaborate on the change my heart has made in these past 3 weeks. I wish to tell you that I am happy where I am. that my soul overflows with love. that I am surrounded by good, loving people who take care of me. I wish to tell you of all the lessons I've learned in such a short amount of time. and I wish for you to know that I miss you like crazy. but I think you already knew that. As for the other things, I know not how to communicate these things in a time-sensitive manner. I do not know how to tell the stories in such a way that hits to your core. That really answers the question how are you liking New Frontiers? Nothing I say to you can fully explain how things are with me. except that I am so abundantly delighted. By no means is the job easy. Many times I have felt empty, weak, and just plain lower than low. But I have learned to lean on God. I have found my strength in Him. and I am so thankful for that. As of now, I am home for the weekend after spending an incredible week with 150 + sixth graders for character quest. They taught me so much about what it truly means to have faith. Their hearts, minds, and spirits gave hope to my soul. And I pray that their hearts were flipped in the same way. As I said, I am home for the weekend. What a nice place to be. I even got to see a few familiar faces this weekend which made my heart happy. Catching up with old friends and being silly was such a joy. Sadly, my time with them has run out and I will be returning to camp later this evening. only to be on my way to the smokies in the morning for a backpacking trip. A crazy beautiful story I am living. All the praise be to God.
until we meet again,
Em
worship on the last day of quest.
Sounds like an amazing experience. This is awesome! And I have a picture very similar to yours from a kids camp I junior counseled last year... We had about 100 kids ages 6-12 and like 20ish counselors I think. When I tell people it was life-changing, they give me weird looks. But in the end I honestly say it was. I worked with the kids during the day and lead worship with a group at night, then was put in with 10-12 year old girls (yikes) and it was all work and effort I wasn't expecting, especially running off of 5 hours of sleep pretty much every night. I didn't even realize how much work it would be at first, and it was exhilirating at times, while other times I really just wanted to crawl under the bed. But in the end it was seriously the highlight of my summer and it was very life changing, and the theme was Character Matters. Both a character and a humility lesson more than anything, and it was so worth it. They taught me so much in that short time. :) Glad you're getting to encounter God at New Frontiers. Keep it up!
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