I Won't Give Up

I had an ok week. The campers were fine. The co counselor on the other hand could use some work. But it was an extremely difficult week emotionally. I just wanted to share a sort of devotion/testimony that one of the other counselors told me. It refers to the song I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz. Instead of think about the lyrics as in between a couple, they thought about it as between themselves and God.  One of the lines is (obviously)' I won't give up on us'. You can look at this from either God's perspective or your own. I like to think of it from God and His everlasting and unconditional love for us. Another line says, 'and when you're needing your space, to do some navigating, I'll be here patiently waiting to see what you find'. It's like God talking. So even if we fall away from God or just don't talk to Him for a while or anything like that, He'll still be there waiting for us to come back. Also, when it says, 'even if the skies get rough, I'm still looking up'. So when things don't go the way we wanted or planned, we can still rely on God to do what is right. 'I'm giving you all my love' is another line, pretty self explanatory. One line says, 'God knows we're worth it'. We have a purpose. Even if we don't know what it is or we aren't sure why things are happening to us, to remember God has a plan for us and we just have to trust Him on that. 'I don't want to be someone who walks away so easily, I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make' can be seen as we want to stick with God, never let go kind of thing. And also that we have a job to tell people about Him, make a difference in the world. 'Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use the tools and gifts we got'. God gave us each a special talent / gift and we should use it for Him.  I just think its cool how they took a mainstream song that probably wasn't intended to religious and saw a deeper meaning in the words. Last week of camp is here, I can't believe it. I gt to counsel with my BFFLAAT week, should be tons of fun and a little crazy. :)

Half Way Done

Hello again. It's been a while, I think.  All of the days and weeks are just blending together.  I can't believe there are only 4 weeks left of summer.  We had a midsummer core staff party this weekend where you could stay overnight and try out some of the different activities around camp.  We only ended up having time to do banana boating and canoeing and kayaking.  Hopefully we will find some time to do the other activities because I really want to shoot some arrows and rifels. I also think it would be interesting belaying some of the other staff instead of kids. But this means that my weekend is now only 24 hours long.  Oh well. I tried to get lots of sleep, slept in today until 10.  I'm still tired though.  My BFFLAAT and I are riding the bus up this week with the Project Camp kids. They are kids who can't afford to come to camp so someone has sponsored them to be there, and they don't have a ride up to camp. It should be interesting.  Last time (week 1) the Project Camp kids came, there were 50 of them and it was one of the worst weeks camp had ever seen. This week there are 90 of them coming up.  Like I said, should be interesting.  I'm in G5 this week, which is younger than last time there were Project Camp kids.  Another thing about riding the bus up is that it doesn't arrive at camp until around 4:45 or so. Regular campers start arriving at 3.  So it means that my CIT will be alone with some campers by herself until I arrive.  And I won't have anytime to talk to her before hand about what rules I usually follow and how I do things, kind of.  I hope she can handle it.  And I won't have any time to set up my stuff.  I saw one of my friends yesterday and it made me realize how much I missed all my friends.  It's hard, because I'm always so tired on the weekend and don't really feel like doing anything. Oh well, until next time.