camp
This week I am chaplaining 7th-8th grade horserider camp... we have 16 girls, and they are AWESOME. Steph is chaplaining with me... and we are ALSO chaplaining day camp, which has 4 boys all in grades 1 to 3. they are freakin adorable.
tonight I am home for a bit because we have our project dress rehersal... but then directly afterwards I will be driving back to Camp Donegal for another action-packed two days. Then Friday night is the concert... then Sat I work. woooohooo!!!
Camp has been incredibly beautiful... the weather is spectacular... though last night while sleeping I got eaten alive. I have bug bites on my arms and legs... but it was worth it to be in the cool air. The moon was so huge and bright last night, we could barely see the stars. Campfire was good too.... but I definitely smelled like smoke afterwards.
This summer camp is about the fruits of the spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self control.
the lessons and vespers services have been going really well... so far ive taught about patience and goodness and gentleness, and they have been learning other fruits elsewhere. We came up with some fun games for the day campers... they had to draw with sidewalk chalk things that they thought were gentle and things they thought to be ungentle. And they we called out animals and objects and they had to run to the appropriate box. It got pretty silly. As I said, they are adorable.
I dont know, it just feels so good to be there, so relaxing. I feel like I can be myself and just be outside and enjoy life. Its harder to do that here all the time, theres a lot weighing me down here, I think.
tonight I am home for a bit because we have our project dress rehersal... but then directly afterwards I will be driving back to Camp Donegal for another action-packed two days. Then Friday night is the concert... then Sat I work. woooohooo!!!
Camp has been incredibly beautiful... the weather is spectacular... though last night while sleeping I got eaten alive. I have bug bites on my arms and legs... but it was worth it to be in the cool air. The moon was so huge and bright last night, we could barely see the stars. Campfire was good too.... but I definitely smelled like smoke afterwards.
This summer camp is about the fruits of the spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self control.
the lessons and vespers services have been going really well... so far ive taught about patience and goodness and gentleness, and they have been learning other fruits elsewhere. We came up with some fun games for the day campers... they had to draw with sidewalk chalk things that they thought were gentle and things they thought to be ungentle. And they we called out animals and objects and they had to run to the appropriate box. It got pretty silly. As I said, they are adorable.
I dont know, it just feels so good to be there, so relaxing. I feel like I can be myself and just be outside and enjoy life. Its harder to do that here all the time, theres a lot weighing me down here, I think.
posted by FireWithin at 2:25 PM
1 Comments:
I am glad you are there. I know it is good for you. Take care of yourself while you're there, and the kids too.
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