Things have been busy here at camp. I've been working on team clothing the last couple of weeks. I've been to the mall so many times people recognize me and I've had to explain what we do four or five times! It's been lots of fun and I've managed to stay happily busy. So, I finally recieved a copy of our teams schedule for the year...and here it is.

Sept. 7-21 --Northport, AL
Sept. 28- Oct. 12 -- Cayce, SC
Octr. 19- Nov. 2 -- Brandon, MS
Nov. 9- 23 -- Ferguson, MO

This is the schedule for the first half of the year. I will update in time as the positions fill. Well, life calls. Thanks for your prayers!

summer

Wow, so much has happened since my last post. I made it here to camp and had two amazing weeks of Family Camp. Both weeks I was family assisant. My first week I had a five year old little boy that was so cute. I really got attatched.

My second week I had four kids 15,13,11, & 8. I've never had teens so I was a little nervous but it was actually a lot of fun and so much easier since they can do everything themselves! They have a competition here at camp called the W.H.A.T competition. It's like a knock off of Survivor with multiple teams and each day we have challenges and two each teams get eliminated each day til the last day when two teams go head to head for the final challenge. My team older camp girls and a guy from my team decided to enter into the challenge and were very pleasantly surprised to be runners up!

This summer seems to be the summer of weddings. I can't even count on my hands how many people I know that were getting married or already have. This last year on the road there were three engaged couples on the team all of which got married this summer. I was able to attend two of them. Jayson and Majenta were married in Indiana and Steven Canfield did the service.

I flew out to California last Tuesday for Ross & Kyrsten's wedding. I was able to help with some of the photography among other things. It was a ton of fun! I was able to go to LA and see the Pacific coast! I saw the Walk of Fame, drove down Sunset Blvd. and saw the beautiful sights of southern California, definitly a place I would like to visit again!

I'm back at camp now. We have started staff training and all the new team members have come. It's crazy having to start all over and get to know a whole new group of people that I get to travel with for the year. I think it's going to be a good year. I've been busy helping with team clothing and whatever else I can find to do! Please be praying for our new team that we will grow together in unity and love for one another. This coming week is Revival week. Which is at time that Life Action and all the staff Pause and get refreshed though teaching, worship and prayer. It should be a good week. Thanks for your prayers and support!

update

I'm hoping to keep up this blog and let you know what's going on in my life. So here's a quick update...

I've been on break since June 7th. It's been a good break. I've really been able to relax and hang out with friends and family. I come into break bracing myself for the culture shock. It's like I slowly emerge from my nice little Life Action bubble and step into the 'real' world! It's been good though. I think the neatest thing is to see what God is doing at home and at church. A lot has happened this year at Anchor and it's neat to see how it's grown, especially in the singles class. I was pleasantly surprised by the honesty and openness of the life school class. It's cool to see God working even outside of my Life Action bubble.

I've also stayed busy at home 'training'. I am hoping to do a triathlon at camp in August. I've never done anything like this before so I'm excited. I've been running just about everyday. Which brings up a cool story. Last night I decided to go running at a park close to the house. I normally go with my mom but she didn't want to go, so I obviously went by myself. So, I drove to the park and grabbed my ipod, hid my purse, left my cell phone in the car and then attached my key to my shoe. After a little stretching I hit the trail. I had run about a fourth of a mile when I stopped and looked down and realized my key was gone. So, I walked back the way I came looking all over for it. The whole time I was praying I would find the key or the right person to talk to so I could call home or something. So, I got all the way back to my car and looked around it and still no key. It was starting to get dark which is when the park closed. I figured the cops or someone would come by. So, I waited for probably about 15 minutes when a couple walked up. I told them the situation and asked them if I could borrow there phone. They asked if it was a black Ford key and I was like yeah that's it. They told me where it was, so I was just going to go get it but they didn't think it was safe. So the guy went to go get it and I ended up talking to the lady. I told her what I did and turns out she was a christian and lived next to a couple in our church and goes to another church in town. She had four girls and home schooled, so we talked about the fact that I was home schooled and that kind of thing. It was so cool that God answered my prayer, brought a christian couple and got me my key back. I am thankful for the very obvious God moment and that I can trust in Him and His protection and provision over my life.

I head back to camp tomorrow morning where I will work two weeks of family camp. I'm really looking forward to going back to camp and seeing all my friends and getting back into the 'swing of things'. I head out early in the morning so I need to get packing.