A Letter to the Month of June

Dear June, 

      It was nice seeing you in passing. I realized the other day that you have nearly vanished into a whirlwind of campers coming and going, eager excitement, pure exhaustion, chapels, ambushes, morning clubs and activities. I can’t believe how fast this is going and how rare it is to get a moment to even have time to think about the time that has elapsed. I have two weeks of campers and the west side program is starting to become routine. I’ve been at camp for a month now and we are more than 25% through summer 2013. I am learning the value of living in the moment and enjoying the little things. I have realized that I often either look forward to the next exciting moment or sentimentally recall all the great moments in the past. But I don’t want to wish camp away or not enjoy the current moment due to the fact that I miss last week or even yesterday. I’m having so much fun and am truly enjoying the blessing of this opportunity!

I’ve enjoyed making new friends within the staff but it is also fun to have some familiar faces in the group. Hannah Ford and I camped together ten years ago and it is so cool to be counseling together this summer, we’ve come full circle.

Well I was home for the night and am packing up to leave again bright and early this morning. Yay green and white camp buses!  It was so nice to see my family and to just be home, even though the time was very short. It is so strange to think that in 12 hours I'll be playing ambush with a whole new group of girls. I'm excited and nervous all over again and although the intensity of my nervous emotions are much less than they were the first week and even last week, the butterflies are still there. 

I would greatly appreciate your prayers for the coming weeks, strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow! I love this so much, but it is far from easy. Several people have asked me if I need anything and the only thing that I would really ask for is mail. I have had such encouraging, funny, and delightful letters from so many people over the past few weeks and I truly enjoy hearing from you all! Thank you so much for your encouragement and prayer! I am constantly reminded that I can not do this on my own. Hallelujah! All I have is Christ!

Well June, I should be going and all to soon you will be gone too. Thanks for the tan, the bug bites and the memories, as blurred as they are right now, I will remember you through my journal and blog posts. 

Gotta run, the campers are coming!