Summer over…

Well, I got back this afternoon from my last session at camp…for this summer. My campers were amazing this session. We had a lot of fun. I had a couple of signers in my cabin, which made me really happy…I could practice my ASL! yay!

The past two days were really emotional. I really dislike goodbyes, but that’s not really why I was so emotional. This summer I encounter many spiritual battles. Most of my peers had no idea. Negativity is really contagious! For a couple of session about halfway through the summer, I hit a really big slump. People were pulling pranks, not pulling their fair share of work, gossip galore…it just felt never ending. But then, after much prayer, the two people that caused most of the problems left and the atmosphere was just so much better! God also blessed me greatly! The past two sessions were really peaceful for me. I worked with great people and had fantastic campers! And the goodbyes didn’t bother me. But yesterday I realized how much Burnt Gin is a part of me. If I don’t go back next summer, I feel as though a part of me will be missing. I love my kids! I have to do at least one more summer. I only hope that God allows me to do so. This year, I have to work on focusing on the little positive thing instead of the little negative things. My Lord please help me to accomplish this.

I move into school on Saturday…I can’t believe it’s here already!

Better week

I just got back from camp yesterday evening. I go back Tuesday evening for the last session. This past session was a teen session where we served young people from 16-20. It was a really easy session and a much more positive session. Some of the staff members that were partially the source of negativity had left. It was also the secret pal session, so everyone was focused on lifting each other up! Which is the way it should be! So I enjoyed this session, but for some reason, I am still not at peace and my heart is not in it. There was also a prank pulled again this session, but thankfully it was a good one. People actually got a laugh out of it and it affected no one personally. If pranks are going to be pulled, this is the way they should be.

Now that is pretty hilarious.

My mom went to a conference at Franciscan University in Stubenville, Ohio last weekend, so I got to hear all about it yesterday. It sounds like it was pretty amazing. Mommy got my sister and I rings that say Love because there is Faith, Hope, and Charity (Love), and the greatest of these is Love. She bought a couple of books. One in particular stuck out to me. Have you read the God Delusion? Well, Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker have written a book to counteract what the God Delusion has done to the Christian religion. People have actually left the church based on this book. So Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker had to come up with something to tell people the Truth. So they wrote a book called Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Dawkins’ Case Against God. It seems like a great book to read, especially for young adults who are so influential.

God is so good!