Camp Sumatanga

As most people know I spent an amazing week last week at camp sumatanga working with high school students. Our theme for the week was faith. We discussed all the aspects of faith in our small groups and I continue to be amazed at the struggles that kids today have to go through and how they still come out on the other side with faith in God. This week also gave me a lot of hope that our world isn't going as badly as I may of thought. A lot of times it seems like we all get so caught up in the bad that is happening that we ignore the good which makes me sad because the kids that I met this weekend have far more good to give to the world then bad.
I had not only a wonderful cabin of girls but also a small group that was open and willing to discuss what was going on in their lives. That is so hard for a high school kid to do and I was so amazed at their honesty. I also got to get to know my camera a little better thanks to Byron and our photography interest group. I took lots of pictures its just that none of them include me and another person, there wasn't time for any of that. I also climbed the mountain for the first time which I must say was absolutely amazing. The view from the top is so much more worth it then when you just drive. Last week was a new experience for me, but one that I wish I could return to. When I left the whole way home I was thinking I loved every moment of the past week. I loved getting to build realtionships with high school kids as well as with the other counselors that were there. I met so many amazing people in such a short amount of time. There is no way to put into words how much I needed to meet the people that I met this past week. In college towns we are surrounded by people who think the only way to have fun is to go out and make fools of themselves, well I can now counter that argument. I just had one of the most fun and fulfilling weeks of my life while I was sweating mass amounts, without cell coverage, not having a computer, no late nights. I played outside and talked to people about what they think is important. It is one of those things that makes you look at how you live your life as well as the way the people around you live their lives.

It was such a fun week as well as a restoration of me. I have never felt like this before. I see so many doors that God is opening and each of them is something that would be amazing and change my life forever. It is nuts that God is showing me this quickly the reason why everything that has been happening is. I am slowly but surely becoming more free of the ties that bind me to my comfort zone, and maybe not even slowly. Thanks to a plan so much bigger and so much better than my own I can now go "Wow, I am so glad I am not walking down that road anymore." That is such a great feeling. To just let go and know that what is coming is so much better. I am glad I can see it, I always knew it was coming but now I can see it with my own two eyes.