Fort Wilderness

Today is the start of my last week at Fort Wilderness( a Christian camp in the north woods), can I just say the past 2 weeks have been amazing and I'm sad to go home in a week. I started on June 12 counseling JV camp and I had amazing girls, then I went and counseled another week at Outpost (another part of the camp and a little more "rustic"), but it was a dream. Let me start off saying that I was blessed again with amazing girls to counsel. They all are so special in their own way and I hope I helped in their walk with Christ. Um, another thing, my co-counselor pretty much is one of the greatest, most down to earth people I have ever met! She is such an inspiration to my walk with Christ (and my artistic aspirations as well). All the other staff I worked with were so inspiring too. There's something about being surrounded by christians that are onfire for God... it started the spark back up in my own life. I'm alive!! and living in the love of Jesus Christ! During my quiet times I started reading the book of James, and memorizing different verses in it, which is really hard for me but SO beneficial! ...alright quick story: the NZ countdown is like super super soon and I'm having anxiety about it and just really needing God to just calm me down, you know? so I went to have my daily devotional time and my Bible opened (because I had put in some pictures in it randomly) to a verse in Psalms that I had highlighted before..."how long must I wrestle with my thoughts and everyday have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Look on my and answer, O Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death; my enemy will say, " I have overcome him, " and my foes will rejoice when I fall. But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me."  Psalms 13:2-6. Alright basically I was just like what am I worried about? God knows all my fears and thoughts, he will answer and I can find hope and I have sooo much to be thankful for and I don't need to worry at all about my future because he holds it in his hands. Thats the story and thats what I've been dealing with lately, but God is good and his love endures forever. So I've got one more amazing week at Fort, and I'm just going to soak it all in! (then its home to pack, pack, pack, but I have a peace about it now :)  

Lazy Summer Days

Today is a lazy monday :) Here are some things that have been going on in my life... going to the lake with Emily, Shelly, and the girls (thats the picture), I just got the new Dave Matthews Band album, Big Whiskey and the Groo Grux King, and also the Live Trax Album from Alpine Valley... they are AMAZING wow (few of my favs: Shake me like a Monkey, Out of my hands, Money, Alligator Pie, You might Die trying, and Louisiana Bayou). I've been keeping busy with staying fit and playing a little rugby, so thats good. Im also slowly but surely packing for New Zealand... scary for sure and just packing all my stuff into 2 suitcases, backpack, and a carryon...ummmm possible? i sure hope so. Im also getting ready to counsel junior highers up north then home for 2 weeks then Alaska in 39 days then New Zealand in 48 days. Start praying now for a safe flight and layover in LA. Alright I promise I will start writing more, but thats all I've got for now...

verse I need/am working on memorizing: Ephesians 5: 15-21