Seeking Jesus... Day 27 Fri. Sept. 28, 2012

      This afternoon I received an unexpected, but welcomed text message. You may recall at the beginning of this summer, during my first session at camp I had a couple of difficult situations to deal with. Today, I received closure and resolution to one of those situations today. A camper let me know today that he had made the tough decision that he was dealing with and that he was doing well. He talked about how God had guided him through this decision and that through God and the help he received at camp, it had been a huge help and he was able to get through the situation.

         I have to remember that a certain level of humility is needed when God reveals these types of things to us. But there is a certain level of pride that I do take from this in knowing that I did make a difference in this kids life. There have been times that God has revealed the results of the work done at camp in my life. Those times are far and few, but when I look back, they have come at the right time. They have come at the time when I need that validation or that boost of support.

     In a couple of days the staff applications for the 2013 summer will be open. The decision to decide to go back or not will be upon me soon. The events of today are validation that there is always work to be done and that God can use those called to camp that summer. Over the next few days I will need to consider, has God called me to summer camping for 2013? I can't go back next summer just because the past summers have been fun, or because I will greatly miss the campers and staff if I don't return. I can only apply for next summer if I feel that that is what God has called me to for that summer. We'll see what happens...