Update!!

I am sorry it has been so long since I updated this blog. I have been extremely busy with camp. I have now been here for about five weeks and I am about to end my third week with kids. It has gone very well in general. I am having a ton of fun and this is a wonderful atmosphere to work in. All of the staff are really accepting of me and are nice. I have had three great groups of kids. Some have been more challenging than others obviously, but I have had a lot of fun with them. It has been really neat this past two weeks to work with some special needs kids. Last week I had a girl with pretty severe ADHD in my cabin. This was cool because hopefully I was able to help her out with her struggles. This past week I have a girl in my cabin that is very poor from the inter city of St. Louis. She has ADHD, dyslexia, LD, and mild mental retardation. She has been somewhat of a challenge, but has been a lot of fun to work with. It has also been neat to work with her since I have had quite a bit of experience working with these kind of children. This job is also wonderful experience for being a teacher. I have to teach different activities for the children and I am learning how to better take care of and discipline children. I am so glad that I have gotten this opportunity to impact the lives of so many children. I will continue to keep you updated.

Camp Life

I have been at camp now for a week. I have been extremely busy learning about children, going through emergency procedures, learning CPR and First Aide, and dong work project around the camp to get ready for the summer. The last couple of day or so we have spent a lot of time going over emergency procedures. I am completely and utterly amazed at how well things are thought out and planned here. Everything has a plan and is thought out very well. I found out this week that I will be working with the 9-11 year olds. I am excited about this. Sometime soon I will find out who my co-counselor is, who I will be with probably the majority of the summer. I will continue to keep you updated on what is going on. I hope you all are well.

At Camp

Well, I am officially at YMCA Camp Lakewood. I arrived yesterday and have bee extremely busy since I have been here. I am having a lot of fun meeting new people and learning about Lakewood. I has been an interesting experiene, but I am enjoying myself. I will be taking part in staff training for the next two weeks and then we will have a full grop of kids come the first week in June. Please pray that God will give me the energy I need to serve and love these children. I will continue to keep you updated on what is going on.

Completely Done with my Freshman Year!!!!

I turned in my last final this morning. I have survived my Freshman year of college. I can't believe that this year is over!! It has gone by so fast. It has been a long year. It has been both good and bad. I have learned a lot and am glad that I came here to Central. I love it here and wouldn't want to be anywhere else. God has definitely been faithful, even when I have been unfaithful. He is an AWESOME God. Thanks for going on this journey with me throughout this year. I am going home tomorrow. I will be at home for two weeks and then I leave to go work at YMCA Camp Lakewood. I will be at camp until August 9th. I will try my best to keep you updated on how I am doing, but I don't know how easy it is going to be for me to get on the internet at camp. I will probably post at least one more time before I go to camp.

Summer Job Hunt Over !!!!!!!!!!

Wonderful News. Today I was offered a job by both the Salvation Army Camp and YMCA Camp Lakewood. I have decided to take the YMCA Camp Lakewood job. I am very excited about going and working at camp. I have been waiting a long time to hear from them about the job and it finally happened today. I really feel that God is calling me to work there. I can not wait till this summer. I have once again been reminded of God's faithfulness in my life. The last couple of weeks I have been praying and praying for me to hear from the different jobs and for God to help me make the right decision. At first, it didn't seem like he was answering my prayers, but now I know that he has. He continues to be faithfull even when I am unfaithfull to him. God is an AWESOME God and He has a perfect plan for your life.

Exciting News!!!!

I was talking to my mom this afternoon and found out that I am going to have a niece!! I have known that my sister-in-law is pregnant for quite some time, but she and my brother just found out the other day that she is going to have a girl. I am so excited for them. She is due on August 21st. I can't wait to be an aunt.

BSU Women's Retreat

This weekend on went on a women's retreat with the Baptist Student Union at my school. I had a blast. We went to the Lake of the Ozarks and had a very relaxing weekend. On Saturday, we went on a hike through the woods and saw God's creation. I am always humbled tremendously when I am in the"wilderness" around God's creation. I love spending time in these places. This weekend was also great because the group of girls that went was fairly small and we all got to know each other pretty well. I am glad I got to go on this retreat. It will give me the endurance to get through the last five weeks of the semester.