My camp experience

This is about one month overdue, but I just wanted to let yall know a few of the things I learned that I believe are most important. Instead of making this entry a million pages long, I chose a few of the things I've learned to share.

1. Trust in God and have faith no matter the circumstance you may be put in.

My very first week of camp, i was super excited about bible study more than anything else. On opening day, Meghan was handing out rosters so we could make sure we had all of our campers with us before heading out. So the day went on, everyone had an overflowing amount of energy, and we were finally off to bible study. While we were filling out our blue info cards, I noticed immediately that two of my campers were having a tough time with the questions. When we were going over special attention cards that night at our meeting, I learned that one of the boys had a mental disability, and another boy had a type of Autism. I'm not going to lie, once I read that, I freaked myself out in my head a little bit. However, throughout the week with those two amazing third grade boys, I learned such a huge lesson from them: God will not put you in situations that He knows you can't handle. He knew what Seth and Hunter were going to teach me, and He placed those boys in my bible study for a reason.

2. Never doubt God. He knows what He's doing.

Before I left for the summer, I thought I had my life all figured out. You know, graduate college, have a job, get married, have a beautiful family, live in Suffolk. However, I began to doubt whether or not I wanted what I thought God had laid out in front of me. I didn't know if I wanted to live in Suffolk. I had no idea what I wanted to do after college. Granted, I still don't really know all that God has planned for me, I really believe that I'm more open to things. I know that if God wants you in situations, He is going to make sure that it happens, whether you realize it or not. I was pulled so far out of my comfort zone this summer that I forgot what a comfort zone was. I started gaining self-confidence and being more proud of who I was. I'm a creation of God, and I'm exactly the way that He wants me to be!

3. Different personalities can and do work well together.

I was on CK1 this summer, with 31 amazing people. Every single one of us had different personalities. While some were similar, none were exactly the same. Each person brought humor, love, encouragement, knowledge, and so much more to the table. I'll gladly admit, pulling up to Campbellsville University to begin training week was legitimately one of the most frightening moments of my life. Somewhere close to one hundred jumping, screaming, enthusiastic people all in one place at one time. I definitely felt completely overwhelmed and had no idea why I was there. I thought to myself "There is NO WAY that I'm one of these people." Sure enough, I AM one of those people. I'm crazy, I scream, I'm enthusiastic, and I'm in love with God! All 32 of us CK1ers were placed on that team to do amazing things through the lives of campers, and in each of the staffers lives this past summer. I love you, CK1, and I can promise you that we made 92384798237 memories that I'll never forget.

All in all, I definitely would not trade this summer for anything in the entire world. I believe it showed me so much about myself, about others, and about how to truly live my life to please God, not the world.

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