This past week I had the privilege of working for Sharptop Cove Young Life Camp with a bunch of my fellow Young Life leaders from school.
What an adventure. What a bonding experience.
The trip hadn't even started yet and God was already working on me. If you know me you know that I hate driving. Well lo and behold my area director told me that I was driving a van..to Georgia. Um...k. Perks of being old enough to drive rental vans right? The week before we left I drove a bunch of my young life kids to the beach so I had a little tester there, but driving to the beach and driving 18 hours to another state isn't really the same..like at all. The first day I drove us to New Orleans, Louisiana and the second day I drove us the rest of the way to Jasper, Georgia. GOD IS A GOD OF POWER. I am able to do immeasurably more than I can imagine because of Him in me. Driving there and back was so much fun because of the sweet time I got to spend with my friends and because I got to listen to my music :) can't forget that.
Our night in New Orleans was so much fun. We ate at Cafe Du Monde for dessert..so good. We also go to experience Bourbon Street.. very interesting for a bunch of Christ followers. The street is so dark and dirty in more ways than one. We literally saw women selling themselves. It was really heart wrenching to see.
The next day we woke up early, drove through two states and at a pit stop we realized we left three people back in Louisiana, sooo that was an exciting story. All of the other people at work week knew us by that event haha.
After getting everyone to Georgia we had an incredible week preparing the camp for the kids that are going to be going through there this summer and experiencing the Lord. I got to know my fellow leaders so much better and make memories that are going to carry me through this year. I climbed Sharptop Mountain and got the greatest reward/ view at the top. We had club every day, it had been a while since I was the one experiencing club instead of being the person behind the scenes making club happen. Worship was so sweet. One night a girl in Capernaum led us in worship and I about lost it.
All this to say is while we had so much fun, there was so much work going on that week. Ecclesiastes 3:22 says There is nothing better for a person to enjoy their work because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?// We planted so many "seeds" at work week. Honestly we are probably never going to see the fruit that will come from our labor, but knowing in the back of my mind that kids are going to get saved on the ground that we spent a whole week preparing for them is all I need. I've been praying for all of the people that are spending their summer at Sharptop Cove and that they experience the Father in a mighty way.
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