Sabbath

  The quote often heard around camp: "A day is a week, and a week is a month".  After the first few days of being here I started realizing the reality of that.  The days seem to go by fast, but trying to think back to the day before seems like forever.  These first 11 days have been all staff training.  We started the week staying in the bunk houses at the ranch and Friday night we moved over to main camp.  It has been fun to start getting to know all the summer staff along as the full time staff.  A big portion of the training has been "leadership training", which has been very similar to LJ: the program that I went through up here with Cornerstone.  We have split up into small groups and we go through "missions" with each other and after each mission we have spend time talking about how we communicated, if the mission was successful or not, etc.  We have also been going through the curriculum for the summer and specifically doing the daily devotions that our campers will do each day of the week.  On Thursday we learned about behavior styles.  All of the staff were asked questions and we had to move according to our answers and how we would rather respond.  There are 4 categories that most people fall into, but we don't just have qualities from that one category.  It was interesting to see that and where the staff has put themselves and it then explains the way that we all respond in certain situations, it will also be nice when we get a cabin and some girls behave differently than others.
  This week has been physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting...but that is a reality of what the summer will most likely be.  I haven't had a chance to be taking any pictures yet, so I don't have any to share, sorry! :(  The internet access is very limited as you can tell (since this is the first chance I have had to get on since I've been here), so I probably won't be updating more than once a week and possibly twice if we have a non-busy day (but those also are limited).  Today we have the entire afternoon from lunch to dinner to have a day of Sabbath/rest.  It is important for us to take some time to slow ourselves down after being pushed and going non-stop for a week.  So I think it's nap time! :) Please pray for continued growth in Christ as the weeks and summer goes on, along with growth with the rest of the staff.