Saturday, August 19, 2006

A challenge...

On Wednesday a 20 year old girl that we knew was in a car accident and died at the hospital. She was beautiful, loved the Lord, had a great goal to be a teacher, and, she died...I was reading her obituary and was struck by the thought "What if I were to die at 20 years of age..." I'm 16 years old, that would give me 4 more years to make a difference in this world. I was struck also by the question of "What will I have done for the Lord in 4 years...what will I have accomplished for Him?"
I guess when I think of dying my mind autamatically thinks "Older" but...she was 20! She was in the best years of her life! It just goes to show that we DON'T KNOW! Do we live our lives with the mindset of wanting to live each day to the fullest, of wanting to make a difference in others lives, of wanting to touch as many people as we can with the love an hope of Jesus Christ?
What if you or me died today? Would we hear from the mouth of Jesus "Well done thou good and faithful servant." Or, would He be dissappointed in us...It could happen in an instant...are we ready?

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Ok...update 2

Hey all you bloggers out there :)
Here I am, once again, to try to finish telling all the great things God has done for me while I was gone for a month at Bliss Summit Bible Camp. I already kinda shared about Teen week...Let me just say that I came home and I wasn't sure if I was really cut out for the job.. Then, after I had cried all the way there, when I got to camp the Lord totally picked me up...Junior weeks are sooo incredibly different that teen wks. :) I had an awesome cabin and an awesome counselor. One thing that I noticed though was that until I started focusing on God and decided to not try to impress others...things didn't get better,BUT, as soon as I got my priorities straight God did great things! Anyway... this was my cabin... there were a lot of different challenges but it was sooo neat to see God working in these young girls hearts and lives. One night my counselor gave a devotion on salvation and explained it to the girls. We then told them that if they had any questions they could come out after and talk to us. All bit one girl came! They had a lot of good questions. It was neat... although none of the girls made a decision that night lator in the week 0ne got saved and I pray that many seeds were planted... I'm sure that some people wonder why on earth I do this...spending such a large part of my summer with these kids... I really believe that God has called me into this kind of a ministry... I love being with the kids and spending time one-on-one with them. The neatest thing in the world to me is seeing Jesus become real to them. I really believe that the Lord has called me into this kind of ministry...I love it!!! God is sooo incredibly good! Seriously, words cannot express what God has done...
When I went to camp I was pretty "comfy" in my walk with God...I don't think that I necessarily realized it them but looking back, I was. The Lord really challenged me to start focusing on HIM...to start living to the fullest for HIM...to know HIM better...

"To be like Jesus...to be like Jesus...
All I ask to be like HIM..."

Saturday, August 05, 2006

My month at Bliss Summit Bible Camp...

Ok, so...how are you fellow bloggers? :) I am AWESOME! These past few weeks have been the most amazing experience of my entire life! I can't even really...express just what God has done for me during this time. He has stretched me to the point where I thought I was going to crack and then, JUST when I thought there was no way I could go on...He was there :) God is soooo good! I just want to take you briefly through this awesome adventure that I have been so privledged to undertake!
My 1st official week as a CIT was Teen week...
this is the whole camp with Pastor Holman outside Holman Lodge that is dedicated to the memory of his wife. There weren't really a lot of kids ,but, that was kinda nice cause we as staff had the chance to spend more one-on-one time with each camper. This is my cabin...overall it was a great group of girls. We had a few issues but,hey, it's to be expected :) This week was hard because I was...so focused on pleasing others and proving myself to the other staff...
Well, my Dad's here and I have to go maybe someday I can actuelly completely update you!:)
Bye.