Hard Work... Greater Rewards

Well... we are almost a week into the second session of the summer, Session 1B. We have another great group of kids in the cabin this time. We have 7 kids, with a couple of them from Alabama. This session has been going by slowly, but that is a good thing. This session has been stressful, mentally. But it has also been very rewarding.

There have been several opportunities to reach out to the kids in my cabin. I ask that you keep each of them in your prayers as several of them are dealing with some difficult things. While these are only 10-11 yr old boys, they are dealing with some pretty adult stuff. Stuff that you wouldn't normally expect until the teen years.

One of my kids believes in God, accepts that he be forgiven for his sins, no matter what he does, but is struggling greatly with the guilt for his past sins. Another kid, who seemed to have it all together on the outside, completely broke down last night after camp fire. He began to question whether he really had faith in God. The list goes on, but as you can see, God is present at camp this session, more than ever.

It has been amazing having these conversation with these kids every night. I don't think I have gone a night this session where I haven't been sitting down with one of them and talking to them about Jesus and how amazing he is. This is what camp is all about. Building these relationships with these kids and telling them about this awesome guy named Jesus.


During the Session the staff get's one day off, either Thursday or Friday. Friday is my day off during a session. That means, for those two days we only have half of the staff at camp. On Thursday, I took the big chair. Our Tribal Leader had his day off and I took over his responsibilities as well as my cabin staff duties. At Camp each tribe has a Tribal Leader. The TL is in charge of the whole tribe. So yesterday, I took care of my kids as well as being in charge of the whole tribe. This involved some extra work on my part for the day, but the majority of the day went smoothly. The greatest compliment that I received yesterday was from the Asst. Program Director and he told me that I would make a good TL and should apply for the position next year.

We have a less than a week left with these kids. There is a lot of work to be done. I think this next week these kids will open up even more. I am excited to see what the week will hold.


On a personal note, I have found myself developing some good spiritual habits. I find myself praying more, going to the bible for guidance and feeling overall more spiritual sound. There is still a lot of work to be done and I am continuously praying that God will continue to strengthen me for what ever comes my way.