Teen Camp 2006

The strongest staff ever!! Look at those muscles!!
TC 2005

One huge part of my life is serving with these people. For about 5 years now I've been involved with Teen Camp. The first 3 years I was on the Force and also doing some programming things. Last year I was on program staff. Quite a change for me. Last year was especially hard because Laurie and I had planned on hanging out at camp that year. My heart was just not there. It also didn't help that I hadn't gone through counseling yet. Every free minute I had, I spent going off site and just driving. Driving to get away. Driving to free my mind of the pain. When Winter Camp was coming up, I wasn't sure about where I stood with camp and my position. I asked God to start opening and closing some doors. That's when God decided to have me be a counselor...eek! The cool thing was, that I tried it, loved it, but also saw that my place at camp is not really in a cabin. It's very much in the programming. It's in the hustle and bustle of everyday things and running around to make sure everything is done. It's in the background.

Today we had our first brainstorming meeting for TC 2006. Already we have some great ideas and I'm super excited about this year! I love being at camp for the week. I love the atmosphere. I love being able to serve God and the campers and giving my all. These next few months will be very hectic with schedule making and planning and meetings. But it brings my heart so much joy to be a part of it. I thank God for giving me an opportunity to be there and giving me such a great team to be a part of!!