Teen Camp 4

Every Monday we waited in front of the JEC to get our campers. This was Bryce and my last week as brother/sister counselors because he was going to counsel for soccer camp the last week. Mondays were always the hottest days of the week so carrying luggage halfway across campus was a treat! haha! But it was always an exciting day, so it didn't matter (too much). ;) Bryce's "little" brother, Clark - who's actually 6'7"!! came for Leadership camp, so it was fun to have him there. Stephanie Davis's younger sister, Kelsea was there, too. I really loved having her there - she was on the RED team and had awesome team spirit! She also was camper of the week! Rachel Swangim is in the picture with me and my lazy eyes. It was fun to meet her. I had gone to leadership camp with her sister 3 years ago. She is a sweetheart.

Cindy wasn't in my cabin that week, but it was fun to see her. She came to camp a few times this summer. She had been one of my snow campers back in February.

Jing Peng was also one of my snow campers and she requested to be in my cabin, so that was awesome! She said ALL her verses and was a very good participant in all the activities. But even more important than that was her tender heart. She made a lot of decisions at camp, and went home struggling with things, but called me the next week and told me how she had acted on her decisions and talked to people who could help her back home.

Nikki and Emily both came together and were probably the biggest blessing to me of all my campers this summer. They both had gone through a lot of the same things the Lord has chosen to bring me through. It was really neat on my one on one's with them because the common ground made immediate bonds. I was excited to be able to share how the Lord had and was helping me through. But at the same time I think they were more of an encouragement to me than I was to them. It was cool because I felt like we had developed more of a friendship than a counselor/camper relationship. It's neat how the Lord works.

A new activity at camp this year was the Old Tyme Photos. I only did it once with my cabin, but we had a good time. They make such cute pioneer girls ;)