Week Nine!

Well...here we are...at the end of another week of camp. What a nice week this has been! It was a smaller camp, and they ate less food...so kitchen work wasn't has hard ;-)! Also, its been much cooler this past week, like as I'm writing this I'm sitting in McDonalds wearing a sweater ( which I have been all day. ) This past week was a week of spiritual battles, especially for the counselors. Many of the campers who came this past week came from rougher homes and backgrounds. I know the Lord used the preachers to work in each of the campers lives. It was so neat for me, because of Friday night I was able to lead devotions in Mya's cabin. That was a first for me, and I am so glad I was able to minister in that way. I gave a devotion on the Proverbs 31 woman and on inward beauty, rather than outward beauty. And so here we are, on our final week of camp. Great friends and other staff members are returning to their homes this weekend, and it is so hard to watch each of them go home. Next weekend the rest of us will return to our homes. Though I am glad to return to my family, friends, and home church, it is always sad leaving the new friends I made at camp. Tonight at camp we will be watching the Summer in Review. Its going to be a fun time of skits, the video, testimonies, and afterwards ICE CREAM! Thank you to all of you who have shown me love and support through this entire summer. Thank you for reading this blog week after week. Thank you for those who emailed me throughout the week ( especially Alexia :-)! Thank you to my parents for sending me cards :-) I loved getting them in the mail. I will be making a post next week, so lets focus on this past week and look at some pictures!!!

Miss Jenna holding a bag of popcorn.

Josie eating without her hands, Joanna's cabin lost a challenge.

Of course I had to eat without my hands too, because I sat with that cabin all week.

Joanna and I eating dinner without our hands. Not only that, but it was crazy set for the counselors.

Nikki and Alayna working the dishroom.

The dishroom! AKA the dish pit.

Josie and I on Friday evening.

She had us sign her arms...

On Saturday Nikki, Alayna, and I went out. We went to a resale shop ;-)!

What do you think? Isn't it perfect?!

Nickel sized hail!

Nikki, Alayna, and I had a lot of fun in the rain puddles.

:-)

Nicole, Nikki, and I canoed to the island!

Sara, Laura, and I enjoying popcorn.

Dessert cakes.

Miss Jenna and I jumping on the balloons we left for her on her bed.

We ballooned and wrapped Miss Jenna's bed.

Mya and I at a volleyball game.

I was the official scorekeeper.

Camper speed volleyball.

Miss Becca and Miss Rachel having a donut eating contest!

Alayna and Laura working on wrapping up Miss Jenna's bed.

Picky Nikki!

Nikki and Laura on the swings.

Nicole, Nikki, and I at Mrs. Chapman's birthday party.

Blowing out birthday candles.

We played the cup game.

Fireworks!

Beautiful Fireworks!

Things got nuts in the kitchen again...

So nuts we took it outside!

Dough for Monkey Bread!

Alayna rolled it in sugar.

Miss Rachel rolled the balls, I buttered it, Alayna rolled it in sugar and then put it in the pan.

The finished product! Or at least some of it ;-)!


Sorry! My pictures seem to have gotten out of order...so sorry for the bit of randomness in the way the pictures line up.

Week Eight!

Well another week has flown by, and it is hard to believe we are coming up on our final Teen Camp this coming week. This past week has been Junior Camp 2/Primary Camp 1! The juniors are so much fun to be around :-)! I was able to assist a couple counselors by watching their cabins for them when they had previous engagements. It was so much fun, and good experience for when I will ( Lord willing ) be a counselor one of these summers. It was also great seeing a few girls from back at home. Two of these girls attend my home church, while the other plays in our home school Fine Arts Band. I hope that all three of them had a blast this past week :-)! This week has probably been the hottest week of the whole summer, especially in the kitchen! But the Lord brought us through the week, and I am enjoying the cooler weather this weekend ;-)! This coming week is Teen Camp 3, as said before our final teen camp. I am excited to see how the Lord will work this week! Not only is it Teen Camp, but is also Piano Camp. Be in prayer for both these camps, that if any come unsaved this would be the week of their salvation. Also, be in prayer for the staff. Many of the counselors and other staff members are tired and wearing out. The thing we all have to keep in mind is that the campers who are coming in, this is their first and probably only week for the summer of 2013. Though we have gone through about eight weeks now, this is there first, and we need to make their first week just as special as our first week here, just as exciting, just as new. Even though we've heard the jokes of fun time many times, and we've seen the drama acted out before, the special music is nothing new, its the same as it has been all summer...but we need to let the Lord continue to use it in our lives. The same goes for all Christians! Just because we read the same chapter in the Scriptures over and over, it should never become old to us, or become habitual to us. God can use something in our lives no matter how many times we have heard, or read it. We just need to keep an open heart and mind and let Him direct and show us exactly what He has for us! Its been a sad time here at camp too. One of our kitchen girls who worked with us for a month, Maria, has gone home. Also, a few of our operational staff guys have also gone home for the summer too. This is probably the worst part about the summer, saying goodbye. We've even started signing T-Shirts. Next weekend we will be watching the Summer-In-Review. Its hard to believe that the summer is already over! It still feels as if we have just gotten started!!! Lord willing, I would love to come and serve the Lord at Camp Joy again, in the Summer of 2014! Alrighty, well here are the pictures from this past week of camp!

The guys used a sausage as a sink stopper.

We used scissors to cut flat outs.

All of them cut up.

I put the hat on the fish :-)! It was on the elk before.

Nicole cut her giant gummy bear up!

I had to blow one of my shirts because the dryer stopped working.

Then I blew it up...

Nikki and I...long story ;-)!

Two of the campers I watched for Joanna.

We were "Power Rangers" Maria gave us glow bracelets.

Miss Jenna and her "Perfect Match."

Picky Nikki and I!

Maria and I!

I miss her, she left Saturday.

We were being "serious."

I was so glad Karalyn was able to come this week!

Charity and I were drawing on Miss Jenna's feet one random evening.

Charity drew this on Miss Jenna's foot.

We did Sundaes For a Buck outside for the Primary Campers.

Kitchen Staff 2013 ( In Order from left to right. )
Rebekah, Nikki, Grace, Sara, Charity, Bethany, Maria, Nicole, Alayna, Abby, Laura, Miss Rachel, Miss Jenna, Angie.

Abby found a heart shaped piece of cheese.

We tied Miss Jenna's apron up.

Aww! My cute wittle turtle :-)!

We went over to Miss Rachel, Angie, and Miss Becca's house for a pizza party!

Maria gave me more glow stuff :D!

Nikki and her cabin from a winter retreat.