So after much anticipation and counting down the day, summer finally came...and now were only a little less than 3 weeks away from starting a new semester. Crazy right?? I am so ready to start school! I can't believe I'm saying that...but I can't wait for school to start!
I have really enjoyed my summer up at camp Como! It has be crazy awesome, adventurous, exciting, tiring, wonderful and did I mention tiring??
I could go on and on about all of the stories and different adventures we went on but that would make this blog like 30 billion pages long and I'm way to tired for that!
I have 2 weeks left at camp and I'm hoping they will be slower then the last 2 1/2 months. I'm completely exhausted and in need of a break. But even as I sit here and complain about how tired I am...I am grateful for the things God did in my life this summer. The things he showed me and the adventures he allowed me to experience. I'm thankful for the time in his word I was able to enjoy. I'm thankful for the moments where I allowed God's creation to speak to me. I'm thankful for the friendships that were formed, I'm thankful for the campers that came up. I'm thankful for the TLC's that reminded me of my love for people. I thankful for the chance I got this summer to serve others. My Job consisted of supervising the TLC's. We washed pots and pans, we cleaned a billion trays 3 times a day, we cleaned bathrooms and any other random work project that was assigned to us. But I absolutely LOVED it! I Loved it! It was always a joy to wake up in the morning. I was breathing clean, fresh air (unlike the air in Missouri) I saw bears, cows, deer, tons of ground squirrels and all kinds of other animals. I also got to meet tons of really awesome people. I played games till all hours of the night. I ate to much junk food and decided what my plan would be if zombies attacked. I even made a plan for escape if those zombies happened to be middleschoolers. And even though I got little sleep, became frustrated at times, wished to be home with my family and longed for the day when I could get lost in a good book...I would not trade this summer for anything! I loved my summer! I am so thankful for the opportunity I was granted to be able to work at Como. But being so tired reminds me of a verse I read this past semester... it's 2 Corinthians 6:4-10
"rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything"
I want this verse to be true in my life. I want to always be rejoicing...even when others make me mad. I want to always be rejoicing even when I'm tired and I still have tons of homework to do. So that's what I will be working on this semester. I want to find Joy in everything.
So until next time I'm off to bed. I have to get up at 5 tomorrow morning to head back up to Como. But you can count on one thing, I will have a smile on my face. Because I am thankful for this day off, because it allowed me to spend some much needed time with my family.
So goodnight moon! :) Sleep tight world!
Kristie
