The weather outside today just makes me crave summer. I am preparing myself for an amazing summer. This past summer I was completely blessed by an amazing staff. This staff became my family and I miss them a lot. Camp is a very special place to me. It's where I'm tried a lot. Where I have to utterly depend on God for everything, no matter what. He has to become my everything. He places people into my life to challenge me, come alongside me and push me forward. I am so thankful for my camp family and how they've blessed me so.
This semester has been a tough one for me. I've been busy with work, with school, and with friends. I've also been thinking a lot about my future and how I'll be a senior next year. A year from now I will be working in a first grade classroom student teaching. After I graduate I have no idea what God wants for me or what He has in store. I just want to serve God in all that I do and I just want to give Him all the glory. I just want God to use me and I know He has a plan for my life but I just wish I kinda knew what it was. Ha but I will just have to wait patiently on Him and wait on His timing, because it is perfect.
Our theme this summer is for such a time as this. We are celebrating our 60th anniversary this year. 60 years of faithful service. It's really cool to see how God has worked and changed and used LGYC to affect so many people. I am here at this time for some reason. God has a purpose and a reason for me to be here right now. I am here for such a time as this. I need to live my life to the fullest while I have the opportunity. I will only be blessed with so many days here on earth and I must use them for what He wants me to do. We've experienced a number of deaths here on campus this year. To see so many, young and old, passing on to the next life, the eternal one. Will I have as much of an impact on those around me as Peder Hedberg or Vernard Jones? Will I leave a legacy behind like my grandpa or Phil? I hope that I do and that I let people know about the God I serve and love and that they come to know Him even more. I want to help more people see Jesus and see God's love for them. This is why I spend my summers at camp, not because I get to go boating and swimming everyday, not because I make amazing friends that turn into family (though this is a perk), I don't go to make money (if I wanted to make money during the summer I would stay at home), I go to serve my God and to tell more kids, parents, people in general about God and His love for us. I am here for such a time as this.
