cabins, sweat, and tanlines: day 29/365

I have been reminiscing a lot about church camp lately, all the different "family groups" I was in and all the life changes that took place there. I mean, many many life changing talks took place all over the camp grounds and I get to witness many lives being changed. I know for me....that basketball court was the place my life got turned all the way around by a guy named Scott Brawner, not long after my grandmother had passed. I was holding on to a lot of different emotions and a lot of hate and anger and un-forgiveness. That night Scott reminded me that by feeling that way, I was only hurting myself and my Lord, and how it was alright to feel that way every now and then, but that I needed to remind myself that every minute I felt that way, was going to be a minute of happiness that I could NEVER get back. Like I said...many life changing moments. It wasn't all about those moments though, there were a lot of fun times at good ole Camp Bobwhite! WE always had family challenges, where I learned a lot about my ability to trust others, or the lack thereof, to help me accomplish a task. I learned a lot about team work, friendships, and how at camp....appearance doesn't matter. That is also the place that prepared me the most for what college had in store for me....having to shave my legs in a sink. Also, the showers....oh my goodness, the showers. Generally there were two temperatures....either antarctic cold, or fiery pits of hell hot! Plus, when you share a shower with 25 other girls in a cabin....that typically meant that past person number 3 or 4....it was cold. Definitely made me appreciate the shower at home much more when the week was through. I also remember the worship. That is probably one of my fonder memories of camp. I loved the simplicity of it all and I often find myself longing to be sweating my face off, listening to the sounds of only a guitar, soft drums, and 300 teenagers lifting their voices to the King of Kings. I loved it. I really do miss it...although I will never miss playing red rover, red rover. I gave it a good solid couple tries, once I almost broke the nose of a person on my team when I flipped over their arm and the person's arm next to them, and the second time, I broke through and tripped over a big pile of wood. All in all though, I spent many good, blistering hot, bug infested, life changing weeks in those woods....no cell phone, no computer....just me, my bible, my teammates, and my Jesus!