Oh, how I love camp...

Yesterday marked the end of another incredible week at camp. I didn't think I was going to be able to go last week, but after a lot of praying, I felt like God really wanted me to be there and that He would work everything out. As always, He got me there and really spoke to me throughout the week.

One thing that I think God wants me to do is have more faith in Him. I tend to think too much, and instead I should be trusting Him, knowing that He will carry out His perfect plan for my life in the perfect time.

He is still telling me to have a servant's heart. He has spoken that to me several times recently. Also, I found this verse that I am really trying to live by now: "Whomever wants to be the greatest among you musts first be a slave to all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many." (Mark 10:43-35)

This kind of goes along with the Faith thing, but God really helped me conquer a fear this week. I often tend to play it safe because I don't like to fail, but I was given a challenge this week that I had to rise to. For my non-Winnataska readers, each week at the end of camp, the leaders and staff put on the pageant of the Holy Grail. It represents our individual quests or Christ and the good character that comes with being His disciple. It is a very big honor to be asked to be in the play, and this week I was asked to be the Vision. The Vision is a dream that comes to the knights and motivates them to seek the Holy Grail, and in the play, the Vision sings a song called "Follow the Gleam." I DO NOT SING. At all. Ever. I told them no when they asked me to do it, but they kind of forced me. Thank God for the best friends and family in the world, because they gave me encouragement and listened to me sing that stupid song all week long. I could not have done it without them. I was so scared to sing in front of people that I cried, but God helped me through it, and I think it turned out as best as I could have hoped for it to. I feel so blessed to have played that part, and I'm glad God challenged me with it.

It's back to the real world today. The next two weeks will be filled with dance practice, dance camp, my birthday, and wishing I were at camp. I hope the summertime is finding everyone well.

***Father, thank you for speaking to me while I was at camp last week. Help me to have faith in you, serve, and have no fear. I really am dreading dance practice, but please give me a positive attitude. Bless the people that are at camp while I am not, and make the time pass quickly until I am back to that wonderful place again. I love you and praise you for the many things you do for me. Help me to give back to you in any way I can.***