“A trusting response includes Me in your thoughts as you consider strategies to deal with a situation.” -Jesus Calling
Week 2. My oh my what a whirlwind. We jumped from 250 kids to 1300 in just a matter of days. Talk about reality check. I had a really good group this week. Some great kids were in my Bible Study. Very energetic and seemed to really enjoy themselves. Lots of them made some really awesome decisions. Some even felt like they were being called into full time ministry! Praise the Lord! It made me so excited for them! While this week was really great, I still felt like there was a huge burden in this place. I felt like there was a lot of Spiritual Warfare going on. With that being said, Our God is still greater than all of that and he proved himself to be sovereign. My prayer is that the decisions these kids made will be genuine and authentic decisions for the rest of their lives. I hope this week was a defining moment in their life. Major positive of week two was that my family came and visited! That made my heart happy. They were able to see the Hannah piece and the AM show and get a small taste of camp life. Yay for family!
This weekend was fun! Lots of us took a mall trip on Saturday night! Praise for Chick Fil A, Old Navy, and a new dress! (SA, don’t be alarmed... it is black and white. I couldn’t help it!!) Then on Sunday (Happy Father’s Day, Daddy!) we went to Cracker Barrel (Praise the Lord) and to see Toy Story 3. Yes I cried and content in that. I have no shame. It was the end of an era. Finally it was time to do laundry and get some rest! Yay weekend!
Here we go. In the middle of week three. Our biggest week of the summer. On one hand that thought frightens me and stresses me slightly. On the other hand, it makes me so excited because that means 1600 kids are going to hear the name of Jesus and encounter Him this week! Praise the Lord. That makes me so thrilled! It’s delightful!
Monday: Oh hey Monday! I just love registration day! I say that with complete sincerity! We welcomed about 65+ churches in about three hours. That was exciting! I love Monday’s because a lot of these kids are getting their first taste of camp ever and many of them are returning so they are pumped up about what is ahead. Opening Celebration was explosive this week! Todd Agnew is leading worship and it has been such a blessing to get to know him and to worship with him. Praise the Lord. Then we meet our Bible Study Groups! I have such an exciting bunch this week! They are chatty but so much fun! I see myself in one of these girls completely. I feel the need to go apologize to everyone of my teachers for talking excessively in class. So teachers.... if you are reading this, I’m sorry! Oh yeah.... I met Jeff Slaughter (you know, the VBS music DVD guy...) That was a KAIROS moment.
Tuesday: This day hated me... I think. I don’t know what I did to June 22, 2010 but I am hoping I figure it out VERY soon so I NEVER do it again. So many different obstacles were put in my way on this day. It was a struggle. I struggled personally, emotionally, and spiritually. Basically if there was a way to be down, upset, frustrated, or hurt... it found me. However, I had a pretty decent Bible Study and I had good tracks! The Lord still protects his children! He holds them up! And I had two conversations with two of my dear friends, SA and Jeanette. I have never been more thankful for the two of them in my life. Thank you girls. Praise the Lord. In retrospect, I now know why the Lord made Tuesday so challenging... because Wednesday was fabulous and if Tuesday did not have hurdles, then Wednesday would not have been so great.
Wednesday: Dear Wed. of this week. I love you. Thank you for existing. I, Katherine Anne Roberts, am forever grateful. My kids were outstanding today in rec. They participated so well and cheered their little hearts out. I to the N to the F-E-R-N-O we are Inferno! What what!? Sorry for that side note. Bible Study was fantastic as well. It was Rack, Shack, and Benny day and I love this story. I think it’s such a great story for kids to learn from. I had two really awesome conversations with students! For protection of their privacy, I am not going to say what they were about but just know, the Lord does things for reasons we cannot understand. I now realized why He did some things in my life and caused things to happen I was able to better minister to this girl because of these circumstances I have faced in my life. Praise the Lord. My tracks were really good today too and worship was fantastic. Rob brought it tonight. I think the sermon was for the two students I talked with today. The Lord worked in a mighty, crazy, exciting, awesome, I could keep going but I’m not way! It was so exciting.
Now I shall be going. It is almost time for nightlife. It’s time to hangout with some kids, eat some ice cream at the Nibble Nook. (Grandmother, if Mom reads this to you... Know that the ice cream is still delicious! Some of the workers in there remind me of you so much. They are so precious and so sweet. They cannot replace you in any way shape or form, but they are taking care of me and making sure I always have something delicious to eat! They have been such a blessing! I miss you and I’m being careful!)
It is now after nightlife and I am adding to a short part to this post. God. Is. Moving. Period. I got to talk to a guy tonight about everything that went on in their church group devotion. He could hardly contain his excitement and his passion for what the Lord is doing in his life and in his group! God is SO good.
Hope all is well in your lives. Miss you all!
-kar
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