Camps Revisited: Week 6 - Dayspring

Week 6: Dayspring - Dayspring has always held a special place in my heart because I will forever remember it as a camp where I made bold decisions to live, love, and lead differently. And I can honestly say that I honored most of those commitments. Going into this week I had the attitude of "If I can just make it through this week, then I'm done! I'm free!" I was already looking to the other side of the river without looking at what was even in the water! That's when I realized that my attitude totally sucked! And once again, God showed me that he knows exactly what I need and that it wouldn't be any more than I could handle. Dayspring is a magical camp - you know, where things happen and you're like "How did God do that!" This year I lead the graduate group and I couldn't have had a better group. Even though we didn't get to do all the special privileges like grads of the past, it was so incredible to be able to sit and admire God's goodness. While I was struggling in the "pong-game" of wanting to be home and finished with camps and trying to be love God, love people, and love camps, it wasn't until later that I would realize the fruit of my efforts. Just this past Sunday we had students share their testimonies from camp. I was able to sit with a few of the students and talk about their experiences and that is when I became thankful for enduring 6 weeks of camp. Other highlights from this week included grad group domination, Jello in my bed, a swim in the bathwater lake, and our midnight canoe trip with star tripping.

Good times, good camps, goodnight!