I'M BACK!!!! Yes, camp is over and I am outrageously exhausted!! I don't have any clue where to begin! I guess I'll just start out by saying that these past two weeks have been a blast, a great learning experience, and a true blessing.
First off...last week I made an AWESOME friend whose name is Tiffany - I can't tell you how much I felt like the Lord used me in her life. I won't give any of her background info however since it's private. I will just say that she's had a difficult life and still is going through a hard time, but she's coming around and has been saved by the grace of God. Just last week however she recommitted herself to the Lord- of which I encouraged her to do! Like I said, I won't go into any details, but I encouraged her A LOT about spiritual things - I hope she'll never forget the things I shared. I know without a doubt that she was the reason God put me in teen camp this year. He answered my prayers - I wanted to be an encouragement to someone so badly...and my Father gave me that opportunity!!
On Friday I left teen camp very excited but very tired. So I spent a couple days resting and regaining my strength for the following week of which I knew I would need it.
Monday came and off I went back to camp to be a junior cabin leader. When I arrived I found out I was placed in Girls Cabin #1 with all the little girls! I love taking care of 8, 9, and 10 years olds because I seem to be really good with them - so I was really hoping I'd be put with that age group...and what do you know?! I was!
We had a meeting for all the leaders and then the week began. Eight little girls were in my cabin along with the cabin leader and another junior cabin leader - eleven of us all together. The girls names were Hayley, Heaven, Carly, Kirstie, Jalynn, Shania, Bailey, and Michelle. The very first night after campfire, Hayley wanted to talk with me. So I sat down, talked with her a little, and found out that she wanted to recommit. So I prayed with her, and then she prayed silently, with me closing again in prayer. She was very quiet and didn't open up a whole lot to me at first, so I naturally thought that she had just recommitted herself to God - that's what she told me. It turns out however, later on in the week the camp director talked with me and said that he thought she had gotten saved. I told him of course that she told me she recommitted. Thinking that there was some confusion going on, he gave me a track to explain to her the plan of salvation, just in case. So I did. I asked her if she got saved that night - and she said yes! I made sure she understood everything, gave her the track and that was that. Still to this day, I really have no idea what went wrong! All I know is that she accepted Jesus as her Savior sometime during the week and that's enough for me!
On Wednesday night - the very last night - Carly wanted to talk with me. So we sat down on the stony/grassy ground next to our cabin and discussed what salvation meant and why it was important. Thankfully, Carly had already asked Jesus to come into her heart a year or two before. But since she was so young, she just wasn't sure if she understood it all. After I talked with her however, she did. I prayed with her that night as she recommitted her life to God her Father in Heaven! God had allowed me to help two more people! What an amazing blessing it was to me and I pray it was a blessing to all of them as well!
Camp 2010 was outstanding, and I NEVER will regret going!!
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