Can't Believe it's already week 5

Hello prayer partners!!

Believe it or not, it is week 5 here at Camp! For the college bound, that means that we have been here at camp for 6 full weeks and are on week 7. I can definitely feel my body becoming tired and ready for a nice long break! I'll give you a wrap up on Teen week first!

So the end of teen week was great!! I had great talks with my girls during the week and we really bonded as a cabin. I also became close with other girls in other cabins. By the end of the week, my blue team had won! I was so proud of the girls though because each and every one of them said their verses. There were 6 verses so say; 4 of which were small verses and 2 that were longer. On Thursday night during chapel, Pastor Mitch gave the teens an extra credit verse which was Jeremiah 29:11-13. I had 5 our of the 11 girls say that verse the very next morning!! The very last night(Thursday) of devotions, all the girls in the long house had one large devotion where we talked about inner beauty! It was a great encouragement to hear and see the girls in God's word. Overall it was a great week and it was a blessing to work with so many amazing girls!

The Blue Team                                 The Shawnee Cabin 

TEEN CAMP 2013

So this week now, is week 5. I'm again, Princess Happy Times, and we are having a great week! We have played a lot of new but fun games that the kids have really enjoyed and I'm sure will stick around camp. Please pray for homesickness. There have been a good number of campers who have been homesick the past few days. Praise God that we have had many stay behind in chapel and make professions of faith. I have had the opportunity to explain and lead someone to dedicating their lives to Christ as well as accepting Jesus into their heart. We have 3 more full days of camp and I can't wait to see whats next. 

Til then! :)

TEEN WEEK, TEEN WEEK, IT IS TEEN WEEK!

Hello friends!

It is teen weeks! I'm in the shawnee cabin and I have six girls! It's been a lot of fun so far! We have four different teams (Red, Yellow, Green, & Blue) and so far, my team (the blue team) is winning. I have really proud of my girls team because they recited 35 verses. 

We have 6 cabins of girls and 4 cabins of boys and thus far, we have had a great time in bible class, in missionary moments, and in chapels. Our team competitions have been so fun. We have done relay's and minute-to-win-it games. One of those games involved a teen putting pencils on the top of the fingers, throwing them up and catching them. They asked a leader to come up and I went up. I caught all 12 pencils and it was so awesome!! My team has great team spirit!!

As for our teens, they need some prayer. Some of the teens are going through some rough situations right now, personally and at home. Please also pray that they can follow the rules, especially with not having personal contact. 

Til next time :)

Week 3 - The place to be :)

Hello Prayer partners!!

I hope you all are surviving the crazy heat we are getting. It has been so hot out this week!! The end of week 2 went great! I had to leave early because of a wedding which was great! I was told about halfway through the week that i would be a counselor in an older cabin which made me really excited.

So now it is week 3 and we are having a fantastic week! I'm in the cherokee cabin and have 6 girls who are around the age of 11. I'm beyond blessed to have a cabin full of girls who have already accepted Christ as their savior. It's been great to connect with each of these girls and I've loved it! It's been such a good week!! The girls are having a great time and enjoying all the activities. On Monday we went to Echo's hut and did outdoor scavenger hunts; Tuesday we went to the camp store and then did a pop corn party with the missionaries; Wednesday we went back to Echo's and did a bunch of activities in the nature hut. Today we are going on a frog hut and the girls are absolutely excited!!

I'm looking ahead already for next week which is teen week. Please start praying for the teens and staff that we will here next week!

Week 1 end and Week 2 begins

Hey prayer friends!

I hope everyone is having a GREAT summer so far and everyone is staying cool and the crazy heat we had for the past couple of days! We are currently in Week 2 of camp, but it doesn't feel like it and I really can't believe we are already 3 full weeks into the summer here at camp.

The end of week one was good! It was very hot but everyone had a lot of fun! There were three salvation decisions made at the during the week! It was exciting to get to know all the girls since it was such a small group of kids. The weekend was great and refreshing as I prepared for another week here at camp!

Yesterday all the campers began to arrive at camp! It was such a big difference between the first week of only three girls cabins and then this week where we have all eight girls cabins being used. This week I'm princess happy times which is the recreation leader. Last night (Sunday night) we played a whole new game that I created. I'm not sure of the name as of yet, but the campers and staff alike loved it! I plan to use it again this summer if I can. The major goal of the game is the find the stations that have colored popsicle sticks and to bring them back to their cabins can.

This week is shaping out to be a good week! Please pray for those who have been here since CYIA! We are beginning to feel the tiredness of being here for many weeks! Also pray for health! Thanks again and I'll post another update soon!

WELCOM TO CAMP GOOD NEWS

CYIA has finally finished up. It was an excellent 10 days of ministry and hard work. Now that CYIA is over, we had a quick weekend of rest and preparation for Week 1 of camp. Please pray that all those who attended CYIA will continue to have a strong fire for God and want to serve him and any capacity that God.

Week 1 at camp is a small week this week. We have six boys cabins and three girls cabins. This week, Josh Shaw and myself have the opportunity to minister to the junior staff. I am in charge of the teen girls and josh is in charge of the teen boys. We will be working with them and doing devotions with them in hopes that we can be that example to them and help lead them. Please pray that we could do this in a way that would truly help the junior staff with their walk with Christ.

Please pray for all the campers who are here this week. I'm very excited to see what God has in store for these campers this week!