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visioncgbc | June 23, 2008 12:42

How in the world to fit all this into anything less than a small book I’m not sure, but I’ll try.  First off I want to say “I’m sorry” because I haven’t blogged in a long time.  No time at camp, and the days leading up I just couldn’t think very well.

 

One week ago we weren’t even there yet.  It’s hard to believe how quickly it went by.  When we got there, it was literally crazy as we drove up.  They were screaming.  We were screaming.  They actually had a banner for us to drive through. 

 

Several funny events occurred.  One of which being the girls dorms had five flights of stairs-with no elevators. Also, you have five choices of the groups you want to minister to.  You choose three.  They try very hard to put you in the first, but sometimes it’s the second.  I prayed “Lord, wherever is best for You, is best for me, Amen, from your oh-so-humble servant Gina.” Well, I was under the assumption that His best would not be the group Games and Rec.  I didn’t even put that on my list of the top three!!  I walked out to my group leader and said “Did you say Games and Rec.”  She confirmed that yes; I was in Games and Rec, even though I didn’t choose that at all.  Megan Blanton, me and Holly were all in the group, but Holly wasn’t with me and Megan.  Neither of us put that on our choices.  I said “Ok Lord, you must have something real good in store here!”  Of course, he did.   

 

The camp pastor was Moses Caesar, and he is quite a character!  www.mosesbook.com

He’s truly a modern day Paul. 

The camp director was Jana Spooner.  She and her husband Michael led worship, and it was truly worship. 

 

The food was good, but I did encounter a grumpy pizza man.  There was another lady though who was very nice and hugged me when I told her I’d be leaving.  I took my own coffee pot, so that wasn’t an issue. 

 

The Bible studies were based on Matthew 13.  We had times together in the morning as a group, as well as study time with the adults and then evening time together, and then time for our individual youth group.  During our time with the group in the evening, we had a lesson taught by different people.  I’m a proud momma bragging here, so please indulge me.  The night Meagan taught, it was one of the most moving things I’ve ever been a part of in my life.  Some people were literally laying face down on the floor, and pretty much every person in the room was crying, and most were sobbing.  Her lesson was on forgiveness, and it was huge.  It was.  We almost missed that night’s event when the group came back together as a whole, but nobody cared.  OK, bragging over for now.  Thank you. 

 

I  could tell you a million stories, but I won’t.  I’ll share one.  There was a girl that was 9 at the community center we ministered to. We went outside and sat underneath the playground equipment. She was fixing my hair.  They all wanted to fix our hair.  She asked me if I sang, and I told her I like to write songs.  A little later she said “I write songs too.  But they make me cry.”  I said “Oh.  That’s good.  That means you really understand the song.  That’s a good sign.”  A little later I told her to sing something.  She opened her mouth and sang “Wind Beneath my Wings.”  All adults around had their jaws drop.  I said “You are obviously trained.”  She told me that one of the community  centers offered voice, and that she took it.  But her talent goes deeper than her training. It was almost in her soul.  We clapped, and again she fixed my hair.  She had a beautiful smile.  She said “My Daddy used to have girlfriends.  Some of them were mean and some weren’t.  But most were.  Then Daddy started drinking.”  She went on to tell me she has been abused in the worst possible way for about a year and that her father told her if she told he’d hurt her mom.  She didn’t for a year, and when she finally did, her mom didn’t believe her for almost two weeks.  “Daddy’s in jail now.  I love my Daddy.  That’s the songs I was telling you about me writing that make me cry.”  As we left that day I thought “What in the world can I possibly say to this girl?”  I told her that God had a special plan for her life, and that I’d pray for her, and begged her not to settle for something less than what God had planned.  We left. 

 

Holly asked last night during our share time what we were taking away.  For me one of the things is the excitement about Heaven. You see when we serve God on Earth there are always distractions.  Drama, money, lack of sleep, temptation, fear, sickness, selfishness, and on and on and on.  In Heaven we will serve God in whatever way best suits His will.  I can’t even imagine how wonderful it will be to serve God the way that He wants and we want, with absolutely no distractions.  How exciting. 

 

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.   

 

Shout out to my former roommates-Holly, Megan and Lori!!

And shout out to my track leader Ashley B!

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