Oh, summer camp

Well I am home for the weekend and thought I'd let you know how the past two weeks have gone . . . Both weeks I have worked the day camp and have had tons of fun and yet tons of struggles. The first week I had a girl in my "cabin" that we weren't allowed to take pictures of for one reason or another so we don't have many pictures from that week. But this week I got to take more pictures and have put a few of them below. . . It is defiantly difficult working with girls from a totally different background than mine. I've had to come to realize that what I consider yelling and harsh tones aren't necessarily what they would consider them. At the beginning of this past week my CO Anna and I had quite the trouble with two of our girls really butting heads. There was a lot of "she said this to me", "she did this to me". I had a few opportunities to talk to them about getting along and how to be friends to others. At the end of the week it was so very rewarding to see them playing together!. . . One of the things I found myself stressed over was the fact of not having time to really talk or get to know my campers. Because I was working day camp the times of the day that are normally good talking times (bed time, rest period, chapel, etc.) my kids weren't there for. So I found myself getting discouraged every morning at staff meeting when all the others came in with story after story of campers getting saved and yet I couldn't tell you much of anything about my campers. I came to realize that it is not my place to save kids, that God might be using me as a milestone in those girls lives that would some day lead to their salvation! Please pray that as I start a new week I will be more in tune with their lifestyle and more aware of opportunities to speak Christ into their lives and less worried about being the one to "save them" and let God take care of that. . . . Also this week (starting 5pm today)I will be working resident camp (overnight)so I will be in a cabin and am super excited yet nervous. Being in a cabin over day camp brings a whole lot of different struggles. Also this week we start busing kids up from Chicago and I'm not to sure what these kids might be bringing with them. My heart already feels heavy for the girls I will meet knowing they have most likely been through some really tough times and seen some really horrible things. Please pray that 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 will become alive in me this summer. . . "Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law.To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.". . . . Please spend some time in prayer for me this week that I might "become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some". . . . . Thank you again for your love, prayers, and support! ~Janelle