SugarPine Chronicles, Log Account 4...
So it's the third week of camp, and I'm pretty much lovin it so far. I got over my homesickness, probably due in part to four of my supercool buddies comin down last week and the fact that Kit's comin down this week :). On Tuesday Barrett and me woke up at 6:15 in the morning to go running, which I have not done for 2 years. And we ran down a hill and halfway down the road to the director's house, and back again (I'm guessing round 2 miles). And I didn't stop much, I pretty much ran the whole way. And when I got back up the mountain I think that I got dehydrated, cause I took about 10 glasses of water in before I started feeling alright. And I was spewing out some random stuff like nobody's business, people thought I was delusional no joke. Now I'm paying for it, I am still sore.
So now let's see, how many days before I come home? I think 9. Yep. I like the number 9. And I think Superman Returns is an idiotic movie. We're watching it right now in the staff room, it's pretty cheesy. Like bad ricotta cheese. It was a waste of money for the most part. A couple good parts, but not that good to pay that much money for. And I have nothing else to say. So goodbye, see you Rosevillians in 9 days :)
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
SP Chronicles #3
SugarPine Chronicles, Log Account 3...
It's been a pretty awesome / weird / confusing week so far. I lost my shaver the first week of camp, so I've grown a mountain man beard, something I was gonna see if I could avoid lol. Last week I was having a lot of problems with keeping my voice strong, now it's completely the opposite for the whole staff. The flu has caught the Timber Mountain staff by storm, they're sneezing, dizzy, barely finding any voice to speak with, and it's affected everyone but ME. It's like God took a chunk of energy from everyone and gave it to me, because generally I've felt 100% the whole week. And since I've felt so good, I've tried to max myself out by helping the staff as much as I possibly can, I think that's one of the things God wants me to focus on this summer. But what I don't recommend is canoeing kids over the course of a couple hours, you get really sore after that.
I'm still getting over my homesickness, it's a painful process, I don't think I've missed home nearly this much before. BUT this weekend my peeps Nikie Renee and Kyle are comin up, we're gonna hang out cause we all miss each other a lot, so that's pretty cool. Oooh, something new that came out of this week is what I think is my first ever worship song. I've always tried to write one but it never came out right. I'm about 80% done with it, here's the finished product (so far)....
No answers that I can find
It's time that I opened Your door
I don't want to hide anymore
I've stayed here for long enough
I'll follow the road that You have made
I know that this time it won't be the same
I don't wanna hold back, hold me tight
Guard me through the night
And I, I hold on to this Word
I will not give in like I did before
I will not betray Your memory
I've told you before
But I still can't let go
I still don't feel release from my pain
But I know You can take it, so take it away
Why can't I just believe Your love is free?
So flawed and worthless, why'd you pick me?
You're my hope at the end of the day
You know what I'll say before I even say it
Other than that, God's doing amazing stuff here at camp. He's here and working on us and the kids, and there's never a moment here when I'm really bored, nothing here is really routine, ever. I'm gonna keep updating my SugarPine 07 pictures whenever I get the chance, so check that out too if you want. God bless, adios.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
SP Chronicles #2
SugarPine Chronicles, Log Account 2...
Timber Mountain 2007 Week One is officially 36 hours from being over, and I'm glad it has come. But it was not at all what I was expecting.
This was the week of the outreach kids, all the inner city kids come in for a week of camp. These kids are the hardest to deal with by far, we've had quite a few fights and agressive arguments among the kids. It's also the most taxing week in my opinion, cause it's our first week, we're still learning a couple things, and these kids have some serious energy and annoyance issues lol. But God was with us the whole time, and gave us the strength and the guidance the whole way through.
On Tuesday I caught myself doing something dangerous: putting myself on autopilot. I worked here last summer, and was doing the same exact job as before. I hadn't even practiced on the rock wall until Monday, and that was my first day working it, no sweat. But I realized that though it was a good thing that I could help other staff guys since I already knew how everything worked, I wasn't really focused on what I was doing and wasn't putting my heart into it. Big no no, that's the opposite of what I came here to do.
Also, I'm really homesick for a couple people back home. Heck, I'm HOMEsick. I wanna sleep in more than 6 hours a day (I'm getting generally 5 or less on the average here). I'm doing three worship sets a day and by nature I'm a loud guy, so by the end of the day my voice is dead, which is why I've been downing four cups of lemon tea a day with 5 packs of honey in each. And it doesn't help that my only real communication with Kit is through snail mail letters, which is going to end for a time now since she's leaving for Haiti for 10 days. Which I think is totally awesome, but I really miss her bad. In all honesty, there's no good reason by normal standards why I should be submitting myself to this. But God has called me to this position, and He is growing me through this to re-discover my inspiration for my faith.
So let's see, prayer requests...I'M HOMESICK AND WHINY, to put it in concise terms. I wanna go home and be comfortable and work a job that actually pays me the right amount for what I do instead of spending time with kids that barely ever get to see God's love in their lives. I wanna be selfish. I wanna go to sleep. I wanna soak in a bubble bath.
Keep me in your prayers. Thanks much guys.
Timber Mountain 2007 Week One is officially 36 hours from being over, and I'm glad it has come. But it was not at all what I was expecting.
This was the week of the outreach kids, all the inner city kids come in for a week of camp. These kids are the hardest to deal with by far, we've had quite a few fights and agressive arguments among the kids. It's also the most taxing week in my opinion, cause it's our first week, we're still learning a couple things, and these kids have some serious energy and annoyance issues lol. But God was with us the whole time, and gave us the strength and the guidance the whole way through.
On Tuesday I caught myself doing something dangerous: putting myself on autopilot. I worked here last summer, and was doing the same exact job as before. I hadn't even practiced on the rock wall until Monday, and that was my first day working it, no sweat. But I realized that though it was a good thing that I could help other staff guys since I already knew how everything worked, I wasn't really focused on what I was doing and wasn't putting my heart into it. Big no no, that's the opposite of what I came here to do.
Also, I'm really homesick for a couple people back home. Heck, I'm HOMEsick. I wanna sleep in more than 6 hours a day (I'm getting generally 5 or less on the average here). I'm doing three worship sets a day and by nature I'm a loud guy, so by the end of the day my voice is dead, which is why I've been downing four cups of lemon tea a day with 5 packs of honey in each. And it doesn't help that my only real communication with Kit is through snail mail letters, which is going to end for a time now since she's leaving for Haiti for 10 days. Which I think is totally awesome, but I really miss her bad. In all honesty, there's no good reason by normal standards why I should be submitting myself to this. But God has called me to this position, and He is growing me through this to re-discover my inspiration for my faith.
So let's see, prayer requests...I'M HOMESICK AND WHINY, to put it in concise terms. I wanna go home and be comfortable and work a job that actually pays me the right amount for what I do instead of spending time with kids that barely ever get to see God's love in their lives. I wanna be selfish. I wanna go to sleep. I wanna soak in a bubble bath.
Keep me in your prayers. Thanks much guys.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
SP Chronicles #1
SugarPine Chronicles, Log Account 1...
Training week is almost over. But I'm not sure if I'm exactly ready for the kids to come up the mountain. My heart's still in Roseville, I got too comfortable there and I'm not ready to give up what I had and be the servant of God that I want to be. I'm missing my homies in my hometown so much, I really wish they were only an hour away and I could see them every Saturday or something. Or my iPod battery actually stayed on for a long amout of time before it thinks it's dying. Darn you Nikie ;). What's gonna suck the most at the begining is they're planning a 20-minute limit on internet usage. So I'll be scrambling to get stuff done, and I'm already a technology addict.
This year for the Timber staff is multicultural like you wouldn't believe, we're not all white this summer. Me and Barret aren't sparring off like last year thank God, we're cooperating as alpha males. Everybody works together like nobody's business, no problems and no questions asked. It's a beautiful thing that God's stirring up in us and for the kids this summer. All I can say is that this is gonna be a good summer, and for the time that we're gonna have it's gonna be pretty awesome. And so far, not a single mosquito has graced my skin, thanks to the couple gallons of bug spray I brought. And I won't have to play alone anymore this summer, Gifford's gonna be playing jimbay so we can get some precussion support.
Prayer's much appreciated guys, cause I need it. I don't feel that secure in what I'm doing up here, and I don't really know why yet. God's guiding me though, and guiding everyone else, so I'm not too worried. 31 days till I visit home.
Training week is almost over. But I'm not sure if I'm exactly ready for the kids to come up the mountain. My heart's still in Roseville, I got too comfortable there and I'm not ready to give up what I had and be the servant of God that I want to be. I'm missing my homies in my hometown so much, I really wish they were only an hour away and I could see them every Saturday or something. Or my iPod battery actually stayed on for a long amout of time before it thinks it's dying. Darn you Nikie ;). What's gonna suck the most at the begining is they're planning a 20-minute limit on internet usage. So I'll be scrambling to get stuff done, and I'm already a technology addict.
This year for the Timber staff is multicultural like you wouldn't believe, we're not all white this summer. Me and Barret aren't sparring off like last year thank God, we're cooperating as alpha males. Everybody works together like nobody's business, no problems and no questions asked. It's a beautiful thing that God's stirring up in us and for the kids this summer. All I can say is that this is gonna be a good summer, and for the time that we're gonna have it's gonna be pretty awesome. And so far, not a single mosquito has graced my skin, thanks to the couple gallons of bug spray I brought. And I won't have to play alone anymore this summer, Gifford's gonna be playing jimbay so we can get some precussion support.
Prayer's much appreciated guys, cause I need it. I don't feel that secure in what I'm doing up here, and I don't really know why yet. God's guiding me though, and guiding everyone else, so I'm not too worried. 31 days till I visit home.
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