Camp Week 3 is over!

Well I am well over halfway through! Only one more camp week left and a lot of wrapping up for the summer. This will involve a lot of going back to visit families we will not able to work for this time and telling them the bad news. Telling someone we can't work for them is probably going to be really hard to do so pray that I will use just the right words.

Week 3 went really well! We had a lot of great campers and families we worked for. The weatherman was forcasting rain all week but we actually got rain only at night. It was a nice gift from God. This week I went around and asked for a lot of donations since CCC relies on donations to keep running. That was a lot of times a hard job but it helps to remember that the worst thing someone can say is no. And especially during the summer and the bad economy, No was the more expected answer. It's alright though because the Lord will provide!

One day as I was driving around asking for donations, I stopped at this one local store in Lansing on the side of the road. I went into the store and nobody was there, so as I walked back out, the owner came out of his house across the street and met me in the front. I explained to him what CCC was and this time he had actually heard of it. So after he found out it was a christian organization, this old man went on to explain how he had a drinking problem for a long time ect and then 6-7 years ago he became a Christian and has been following the Lord ever since. He then handed me $7 from his pocket and said that business was slow but he could give that. I asked him if I could pray with him and after doing so he motioned for me to come into the store. He then showed me his baseball caps that he had in the store and gave two to me as a gift. One was an I love Jesus hat and the other was a hot pink john deere had. both very cool! I now have 2 favorite hats I like to wear. :) God likes to suprise us. At first I wasn't going to stop at this store, but even if I only got $7 from the owner, I got to hear his testimony and see how God had worked in his life; not to mention getting some sweet new hats!

God also did some great things among the campers this week, like he does every week. When we divide the campers into boy/girl/adult, all us girl staff members split up the girl campers and have what we call GT (girl time); and the same for the boys (guy time). But we had some great conversations in GT this week ranging from, "what do you think about drugs," to "what makes you a Christian," and "how do we know the bible is accurate?" All great questions that led to much discussion. God works in every situation and while you may not think a GT meeting went well one night, in reality God was pulling on the kids hearts and drawing them to Him.

As I finish up this summer with one last leg, pray that I will continue doing my best every day for the Lord and to rely on him for support and strength. Pray that the families we work for will see God through the campers and that the campers will remember that the point of camp is not just to do good for families and make new friends, it is to glorify the Lord in all we do and say.