Week 10 has come and past. Summer camping at SharpTop Cove is over until next June. This session, the third and final, comes to a bittersweet end for me. I am excited about moving on from summer camping, to get back to a normal schedule and get some much needed rest. However, I am sad to say goodbye to some good friends. Both interns, whom some of which I've been with for 51 weeks and others 10. I am also really sad to say goodbye to the assigned team here for session 3.
One thing about YoungLife camping that is great, but makes it so difficult, is the intense relationships created in a short period of time. Most of these people I have spent 16 hours a day with for 3 weeks with. Serving next to and experiencing the joys of life with. And as of 10AM tomorrow morning, they will be gone. Surely some of our paths with cross again. Others, it is realistic to say, they won't. Regardless, this has been a great time of getting to know people and really sifting through and throwing aside facades and false identities.
As I said in my last post, I'll be visiting home and then coming back to STC. However, it certainly will not be the same without these great friends I've met.
Hasta la vista.
August 7, 2011
August 4, 2011
Future Plans...
My future plans are that I have no future plans. Okay, well that isn't entirely true, but in a sense yes, it is.
It is hard to believe but Saturday marks the end of the summer camping season here at SharpTop. It signals that roughly 4,000 high-school students have come and gone. And a large percentage of them have had their lives changed forever. What that also signals, is the end of my year-long internship here. Looking back now, it feels like a whirlwind. Nevertheless, 52 weeks have come and 52 weeks have gone.
As I look forward I've realized that I am not very good when it comes to the unknown. I always want to know what is next and how that transition will look. Recently, I have been resting in the fact that I don't know. That I can not control this one, and that I need to trust God. So that is what I am doing.
I have been asked to stay here at SharpTop and help out for a little while. I'll be heading home for a week but coming right back down and working through September. I am excited for that time and have another 6 weeks to try and figure things out. I do not know what is next; long term, but I have been presented this opportunity and I'm going to take it.
Adios.
It is hard to believe but Saturday marks the end of the summer camping season here at SharpTop. It signals that roughly 4,000 high-school students have come and gone. And a large percentage of them have had their lives changed forever. What that also signals, is the end of my year-long internship here. Looking back now, it feels like a whirlwind. Nevertheless, 52 weeks have come and 52 weeks have gone.
As I look forward I've realized that I am not very good when it comes to the unknown. I always want to know what is next and how that transition will look. Recently, I have been resting in the fact that I don't know. That I can not control this one, and that I need to trust God. So that is what I am doing.
I have been asked to stay here at SharpTop and help out for a little while. I'll be heading home for a week but coming right back down and working through September. I am excited for that time and have another 6 weeks to try and figure things out. I do not know what is next; long term, but I have been presented this opportunity and I'm going to take it.
Adios.
July 17, 2011
Not So Fast My Friend...
So I might have said goodbye blog. Well not exactly. Occasionally I'll make a post on here. Generally longer thoughts.
But as I sit here, I am in the middle of a whirlwind. Session II has ended and Session III begins tomorrow. So that means about 150 staff & volunteers are leaving by 9am and 150 new staff & volunteers will be moving in. With that begins week 8 of our 10 week summer camping schedule. It's crazy to think that 70% of the summer is done. This thing that consumes us most of the year, as far as preparations and planning, is almost done. How quickly it goes, but not without victory. Tonight 80 high-school kids stood up at the "say-so"; representing 80 lives changed. How awesome that I get to play a small part in that. It is truly a privilege.
But as I sit here, I am in the middle of a whirlwind. Session II has ended and Session III begins tomorrow. So that means about 150 staff & volunteers are leaving by 9am and 150 new staff & volunteers will be moving in. With that begins week 8 of our 10 week summer camping schedule. It's crazy to think that 70% of the summer is done. This thing that consumes us most of the year, as far as preparations and planning, is almost done. How quickly it goes, but not without victory. Tonight 80 high-school kids stood up at the "say-so"; representing 80 lives changed. How awesome that I get to play a small part in that. It is truly a privilege.
July 15, 2011
The Twitters
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Twitter is a neat, clean, easy way to make posts. 140 characters. No long posts. So see ya blog, hello tweets.
Twitter is a neat, clean, easy way to make posts. 140 characters. No long posts. So see ya blog, hello tweets.
June 18, 2011
Session II & Twitter
Well session I comes to an end tonight. That means, one thing, session II begins! We say goodbye to the assigned team and welcome another for 4 weeks. We're all excited to get a fresh start and team with this group.
On another front, I was coaxed to finally starting a twitter. My name you ask? Of course, it's @JoeyRattlesnake - Thanks to inspiration from Will Otto and Drew Holcomb.
On another front, I was coaxed to finally starting a twitter. My name you ask? Of course, it's @JoeyRattlesnake - Thanks to inspiration from Will Otto and Drew Holcomb.
June 13, 2011
Joey Rattlesnake
Wow! That was a fast 2 weeks. The first couple of weeks of summer have come and gone and I can barely wrap my head around it. I've met some good friends, seen some incredible sights, and gained a nickname, all in the process. Quick story on the nickname...
James Rockwell, the camp speaker here at SharpTop Cove for session I, called me Joe one night during his club talk. He had some sort of slip and called me the wrong name, not once, but twice. So it became a rather funny joke, no one quite knew where Joe came from. And later that night I received a call from the girls house with a frantic tone. Turns out there was a rattlesnake outside their door (See previous post). I went down and took care of the girls. Well news about that spread and insert Rattlesnake. Joey Rattlesnake. It's pretty funny how quickly it caught on, and I'm starting to believe that some people don't even know my real name anymore!
But the job here at camp has been one of long hours and many humbling experiences. Through all that, I'm loving my job. I really enjoy the challenge and having something I can take ownership over.
There is a little update and I hope to be keeping you in the loop more often. Sorry about the long gap since my last update!
Take it easy.
James Rockwell, the camp speaker here at SharpTop Cove for session I, called me Joe one night during his club talk. He had some sort of slip and called me the wrong name, not once, but twice. So it became a rather funny joke, no one quite knew where Joe came from. And later that night I received a call from the girls house with a frantic tone. Turns out there was a rattlesnake outside their door (See previous post). I went down and took care of the girls. Well news about that spread and insert Rattlesnake. Joey Rattlesnake. It's pretty funny how quickly it caught on, and I'm starting to believe that some people don't even know my real name anymore!
But the job here at camp has been one of long hours and many humbling experiences. Through all that, I'm loving my job. I really enjoy the challenge and having something I can take ownership over.
There is a little update and I hope to be keeping you in the loop more often. Sorry about the long gap since my last update!
Take it easy.
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