Thursday, August 16, 2007

Jesus rocks my face off!!

so, friday (july 27th) was our last day. :( it started out really cool at 6am, though! :) with, drum roll please, the black band!! :) the black band, for all of you who don't know, is a swimming band, where you have to swim across the lake. it's basically bragging rights! ;) so, they had a lot of girls doing it this year. the way they do it is, you wake up at something like 5, they tell you stuff, boat you across the lake, then you swim back! it's really fun to watch and cheer for everyone, even though you stand on the dock for a while between when they boat them across and when you can actually see people. a bunch of staff kayak and canoe across with the girls, and they're probably the best part! they're awesome, they're always singing some crazy song at the top of their lungs. they're great! :) i guess zach decided to show us his mad talent this year! he was standing up in the canoe, paddling and singing "I'll Be" all at the same song (he has a really good voice, too!)!! it was awesome! :) so, a lot of girls from ashlee's cabin did the black band, but only kaeleigh in my cabin didn't. :( she did an awesome job, and she tried really hard, but she said she started swallowing water and choking, so they threw her a life vest. :( sophie said she's going to do it with kaeleigh next year. everyone did an amazing job, i know i would never be able to swim the black band! so, a round of applause for everyone who at least tried!
so, after the black band, it was only 7:30, so we had breakfast after! yeay! god breakfast! :) it was waffles and it was really yummy! :)
after breakfast, jodi talked about being full of/drenched/overwhelmed with Jesus! that, my friends is the best way to witness to your friends. we need to get full of Jesus' love! overwhelmed means to be buried or submerged. we need to be overwhelmed with Jesus' love! people need to taste the pudding before they want to know what's in the recipe, a.k.a., you need to show them Jesus' love before they will want to know about it! :) get to know and love Jesus, then share Him! one of the verses we talked about was john 15:8, "this is to My Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be My disciples." we need to prove to others that we are Jesus' disciples by abiding in Jesus. ways to abide in Jesus-- by having a desire, praying, spending time with God, reading the Bible, etc....
for quest today, we had waterfront for both quest times. at the beginning, we had a obstacle course/race thing. i think we got 3rd place. after that, we had free swim, and meghan and i went kayaking! yeay! that was a lot of fun!
after water front, we had tacos for lunch!
during free time, i played soccer with caitlin (my former jc, who is now a counselor! yeay!). she had challenged me to a game a while ago (i think it was last spring), and so we were able to play! :) it wasn't really a game, we just kinda kicked the ball around, but it was a lot of fun! :) after that, maryann, madison, kealeigh, meghan, rachel and i went kayaking! that was a lot of fun, too! :) i love my cabin!
for dinner, there was a cookout at the bbq pit with hamburgers and hot dogs. patti, lacey and i were able to take a picture of our rings together, and the pictures came out really cool!! when we first began learning the verse at the beginning of the week, jodi said that if every single cabin came up to her and performed the verse for her, the counselors, jodi, patti, lacey, kelsey and the band would go in the lake with their clothes on!! well, the deadline was dinner today, and *drum roll please* every single cabin in camp did the verse! it was the first time ever that that happened!! go girl's camp!! :) and our cabin were the first ones to do it! :) woop!
so, after dinner, we had chapel. the singing and awards were in the gym, and then we went up to the amphitheater for jodi's message. the amphitheater rocks! :) jodi talked about how we can't do anything apart from Jesus. how God wants us to do great things. She talked about how Jesus didn't go to the talented, popular people to be His disciples, but He went to the rejects. if Jesus tells us to do something, He'll give us the power and everything we need to accomplish it. it doesn't matter how huge, insane or crazy it is!! the disciples needed to learn that they couldn't do anything by themselves, without Jesus. she talked about how we can't do anything without Jesus. it's NOT US!! it's ALL GOD!! we have to keep going back to Jesus for everything we need. He gives it to us to give to others. even though it may not seem like it, Jesus always provides. it's always God working through us, not us. God can use ME to do amazing things for Him!! :) but i need to be doing it with Him, because i can't do ANYTHING apart from Him!! if we believe Jesus can do amazing things, He will do it!! we can turn this world upside down for Christ!!
after chapel, we had a "sleepover" in the gym (where we all hang out in our pjs in the gym and dance and do sleepover thing [a.k.a. hair and nails])! those are always fun!! they played high school musical songs, and it was insane!! everyone knew all the words, and everyone was just going insane!! kelsey and lacey went up and did a dance with a bunch of other girls!! it was so much fun! :)
because the whole camp said the memory verse (it was the 1st time that had happened!!), jodi, patty, the band and counselors jumped in the lake after the sleepover!! it was awesome!! :)
i miss camp, but i had an awesome time!! :)
sorry i don't have pictures, i can't find them!! once i do, i'll post them!!

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